[ARC5] What Do Y'all Think About This? - MORE

[J. Forster]

My best guess is a one-way link for special ops or insurgents or
something. The Txs were very powerful. From the era, perhaps Cuba ??

Kinda like the BBC sending messages to the Resistance.

-John

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> This is all very interesting but why make a pocket portable set like this?
>  Jay
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com>
> To: Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
> Cc: arc5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Mon, Dec 30, 2013 12:13 pm
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] What Do Y'all Think About This? - MORE
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> It's a Navy VLF Frequency and Time Receiver.
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> See:  http://www.virhistory.com/navy/freq-equip.htm
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> On the top of the eBay unit there is a table (which I missed at first
> glance, my bad):
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> 14.8  NAA
> 15.5  NSS
> 17.4  NDT
> 18.6  NPG
> 19.8  NPM
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> Put 'NSS' into Nick England's site (URL above). Excerpt:
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> "WORLDWIDE VLF FREQUENCY AND TIME SYSTEM
> NRL's precise frequency and time developments have been applied to the
> Navy's high-power VLF communication stations (NAA, NSS, NBA, NPG, NPM, NDT
> and NWC), making possible precise frequency and time service in addition
> to the communication function (1959 to 1967). England's station GBR also
> provides service. NRL's developments have also been applied at the Naval
> Observatory (NOBSY) to serve its frequency and time determination and
> surveillance functions. NOBSY has astronomical observation stations (OBS)
> at Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Florida. NRL provides NOBSY with atomic
> time data, over a special radio circuit, which is used in combination with
> data from the NOBSY clock system in the determination of standard
> frequency and time. The system serves all military services, other
> government organizations, such as the Bureau of Standards (NBS),
> commercial interests, and organizations of other countries. International
> cooperation is accomplished through the International Radio Consultative
> Committee (CCIR) of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), an
> organization under the United Nations."
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> I don't think the eBay unit does frequency, BTW.
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> -John
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>> Reference ebay Item 231122508229
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>> A Spy VLF radio receiver????
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>> Wayne
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