[ARC5] [armyradios] Re: was another whatsit? Now we know what it is!

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

JUST LIKE FLYING!

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> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:20:48 -0700
> From: jfor at quik.com
> To: armyradios at yahoogroups.com
> CC: arc5 at mailman.qth.net; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] [armyradios] Re: was another whatsit? Now we know what it is!
> 
> >
> > You guys are great,Thanks for all the technical bits. How was it used?
> > Survailence as described in "The Secret War" chapter about Battle of the
> > Beams? Or something similar?
> 
> Nothing like that. It was likely used in a couple of ways:
> 
> On ships (for the units with an S** in the nomenclature with steel cases
> and 60 Hz power supplies) to detect and warn and classify enemy RADARS
> that presented a threat to the ship. The sub LIONFISH has similar gear.
> 
> On aircraft (for units with an A** in the nomenclature and aluminum cases
> and 400 Hz power supplies) to identify enemy RADARS that might be painting
> the aircraft, and for targeting the companion jammers to the RADARs.
> 
> Boring, but I'd think much of shipboard duty is like that, interspersed
> with minutes of panic.
> 
> Best,
> 
> -John