[Boatanchors] Locating an FSN

Mike A mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Thu Oct 16 10:37:06 EDT 2014


On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 09:17:32AM -0500, Doug Hensley wrote:
> Is there a repository where old FSN's go to rest in peace ?  If there is, I'dlike to know.  I have several items with Disposal tags but the numbers don;tcome up using the internet search engines.  I also went over to WebFLIS andthey don't come up with any of them.
> For example:  I have a spool of military coax (supposing it is military).  The disposal notice on this unused spool of RG8 size cable is dated 2 JAN 01.  It shows:
> Old Stock Number 5995ND050011P
> New Stock Number 6145ND050011P
> Thanks in advance for any clues,
> Doug W5JV/NNN0BXX

Those don't look like any FSN/NSN I ever dealt with. I've never seen alpha
characters in any FSN or NSN. But, then, my experience with them pretty much
ended in 1973, and THings Could Have Changed Since Then. 

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
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