[ARC5] [Milsurplus] Old surplus catalogs are always fun to look through

Al Klase ark at ar88.net
Sat Nov 19 15:23:30 EST 2022


Yes,  Their outputs were wired in series-parallel so at least two of 
them had to vote to set off the device at a specific altitude, but one 
couldn't screw up and cause and early detonation or a none detonation.

ARK Sig Block Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
On 11/19/2022 1:46 PM, Gene Smar via ARC5 wrote:
> Four Tailend Charlies were used as altimeter fuses in the Little Boy 
> weapon. See https://images.app.goo.gl/WBdK5PidXzAskfxV6 .
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar AD3F
>
>
> Sent from my Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100 laptop
>
>     On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 1:21 PM, scottjohnson1 at cox.net
>     <scottjohnson1 at cox.net> wrote:
>     That would have likely been an APS-13 (tail end Charlie) , a
>     simple pulsed
>     RADAR at 450 MHz, that lit a lamp and buzzer if its signals
>     bounced off
>     anything.
>
>     There were three equipments that had similar appearance and
>     operated in the
>     same band from late WWII- The APS-13 tail warning radar, the SCR-718
>     (BC-788) high range pulse altimeter with J-scan CRT display, and
>     the APN-1
>     low range FM altimeter.
>
>     Scott W7SVJ
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
>     On Behalf
>     Of K2GKK D C_Mac_ Macdonald
>     Sent: Friday, November 18, 2022 8:35 PM
>     To: Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com>
>     Cc: ARC-5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; milsurplus at mailman
>     <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
>     Subject: Re: [ARC5] [Milsurplus] Old surplus catalogs are always
>     fun to look
>     through
>
>     I don't remember now what I bought for about $5 that I think was
>     some sort
>     of device used  in the tail of a heavy bomber.  No real use to me
>     but I took
>     it apart for tube sockets (7-pin miniature) and whatever tubes they
>     contained.  The initiation of my "junk box" in about 1954.
>
>     Mac , K2GKK/5 in OKC, OK
>
>     Sent from my iPad
>
>     On Nov 18, 2022, at 21:25, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
>
>     >> It's surprising how much of this stuff is still around after 80
>     years.
>     But really, what can you do with a BC-645 anyway?
>     >> IFF and RADAR were crucial for WWII, but largely useless for
>     civilian
>     experimenters. I suspect most of that gear was eventually
>     scavenged for
>     parts or just sat on a shelf.
>     >> One section caught my eye: magnetron magnets. I built a nuclear
>     magnetic
>     resonance demonstration setup for an AP chemistry project in high
>     school,
>     based on a writeup in Scientific American.
>     >> Kinda wish now I hadn't tossed out all my John Meshna catalogs
>     when we
>     moved 35 years ago.  Still have a good assortment of Fair Radio
>     though.
>     >> Dave N9ZC
>     >
>     > Remember this line in the catalog?  "Meshna's Mashuganas " ?
>     >
>     > OH yeah, from the Fair catalog:
>     > "Same but different"
>     > "Reparable"  ( never got repaired )
>     >
>     > -Hue Miller
>     >
>     >
>     >
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