[ARC5] ZB discussion!

[Michael Bittner]

Bang on Bob!  Mike W6MAB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
To: <jfor at quik.com>; "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment." 
<arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] ZB discussion!


> In 1942 in the middle of the Pacific Ocean this was a NAVIGATION SYSTEM!. 
> It
> was the way the airplane found their carriers when they were returning 
> from
> their missions. Carriers are not link airfields. THEY MOVE! THEY MUST 
> MOVE!
>
> What you may consider a navigation system today is much different from 
> what
> was available in 1942!
>
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
>>
>>> I consider a navigation system one that allows the user to determine his
>>> position whereas a homing system allows the user to go to a known
>>> position
>>> but doesn't tell him his position until he arrives at the known point.
>>>
>>> Lenox
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of J. Forster
>>> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 10:28 AM
>>> To: Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment.
>>> Cc: 'Mike Morrow'
>>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] ZB discussion!
>>>
>>> In the OP context, "navigation" clearly meant getting to a specific 
>>> place
>>> (at a specific time) for the intercept. The ZB would have been little 
>>> use
>>> for that, unless a ship was sitting underneath. OTOH, something like
>>> LORAN
>>> could have helped a lot.
>>>
>>> FWIW,
>>>
>>> -John