[ARC5] APX-6 and Surplus

[MICHAEL BITTNER]

Sometime during the Vietnam war I wandered into a surplus store in Hawthorne, CA, and there hanging on the wall was a very realistic plastic palm tree, about 3 ft tall, with a BNC connector where the roots should have been.  What was that all about?  Never seen one since or heard anything about its use.  Classified program???  Mike, W6MAB

> On December 16, 2022 at 4:52 PM K2GKK D C_Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>     When I was in EWO school at Mather AFB , CA in 62/63 equipment we were studying that was classified Confidential was on sale at surplus stores in nearby Sacramento!
> 
>     Mac, K2GKK/5 in OKC, OK
>     USAF & FAA Retired (1981 & 2010)
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>     On Dec 15, 2022, at 13:34, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
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>     Jimmy Horn from Seattle told me this story. He was in Navy at San Francisco and was walking by a surplus store one day. In store window he saw an APX--6. He was surprised, to say the least, because it was still in use in Navy and in fact was still rated CONFIDENTIAL. I did not get a chance to ask what year. I find the APX-6 a wonderful looking beast but totally useless to my interests.
>     Hue Miller
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