[ARC5] Dual Inspections

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Mike,
 Would that radio receive signals from the "Monkey Turd" seismic transmitter? Somewhere here I've got a new one albiet with dead battery. Looks like sh*t to me...
 Jay KE6PPF






-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>
To: arc5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 8:11 am
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Dual Inspections


Mac wrote of the JAN system:
>Many years ago at a comm school at Keesler AFB,
we marvelled about what could be put together
with the various designator at that time.
A well-known example comes from a letter written to CQ magazine more than
0 years ago that asked the Surplus editor if the TBX set really was a "ground
ransportable [T] pigeon [B] used for identification and recognition [X]".
One of my favorite *real* JAN set nomenclatures is AN/USQ-42.
U = General Utility Use Installation
 = Special Type Equipment
 = Special Purpose
That clearly pins down exactly what the AN/USQ-42 does!
(In fact, the AN/USQ-42 is a portable VHF receiver the size of the AN/PRC-25
hat monitored signals from seismic intrusion detectors put out on trails and
round firebases in Vietnam.  See http://www.prc68.com/I/USQ_Rx.shtml .  I
ound one at a gunshow for $20...the seller had no idea what it was, and
either did I at the time.)
Mike / KK5F
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