[ARC5] A10 Warthog

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

One would *assume* that pretty much every ARC-164 in existence has been upgraded to Have Quick operation. 
It’s the government so one can also be fairly certain that somewhere there are a pile of un-upgraded radios sitting
for some odd reason.

Bob

> On Jul 3, 2018, at 3:06 PM, Michael Bittner <mmab at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> Nice description, Nick! 
> I just can't see an F-35 getting down and dirty like the A-10.
>  
> Some of these attack/fighters must be using pseudo random noise modulation for jam-resistant communictions, even ARC-164s retrofitted for same? 
>  
> Mike, W6MAB
>  
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Nick England <mailto:navy.radio at gmail.com>
>> To: Mkdorney <mailto:mkdorney at aol.com>
>> Cc: ARC-5 <mailto:arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2018 11:57
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] A10 Warthog
>> 
>> We were on vacation in Germany in 1984 and driving through some back country where an exercise was going on (a little disconcerting to come around a corner to find a tank muzzle aimed at your rental car). 
>> We were crossing a ridge into a valley when two A-10's popped up on either side of us, cruised down each side of the valley (at what looked like treetop height), crossed at the end of the valley and swept back up the opposite sides. It was wickedly beautiful....
>> 
>> Nick England K4NYW
>> www.navy-radio.com <http://www.navy-radio.com/>
>> 
>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 1:24 PM, Mkdorney via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net <mailto:arc5 at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>>>  ... Now I don’t know if any of you have seen the movie “ Dragon Slayer” , but these two A-10s sure as hell reminded me of the opening sequence of that movie, when you see the dragon fly up a  valley. These two planes just looked like death coming at you. 
>>> 
>>> 73
>>> Mark
>>> WW2RDO
>> 
>> 
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