[Elecraft] OT Wullenweber Array

[David Cutter]

If there's one thing the Navy do not like, it's being shown up by another 
branch.  I heard tell of a newbie secretary who typed up some minutes and 
put the attendees in alphabetical order.  The Navy refused to attend the 
next meeting until they were at the top - it's probably an 'urban legend' 
but they like to be considered the 'senior service.'

David
G3UNA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Kane" <k2asp at kanafi.org>
To: "Bob Cunnings" <bob.cunnings at gmail.com>; <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT Wullenweber Array


> On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:40:47 -0700, Bob Cunnings wrote:
>
>>While we're at it, I remember that an FRD-10 was in operation at NSGA
>>San Diego which we called the "Dinosaur Cage". That was eons ago,
>>don't know if it still exists.
>
>  Imperial Beach.  AFAIK it's been gone for quite a while.  When
>  I first joined the FCC in the late Sixties, there were several
>  such monitoring installations that were co-located with NSG
>  facilities using their Type Ws.
>
>  The straw that broke the camel's back was when we DFed the
>  Appollo splashdowns to much greater accuracy than the Navy did,
>  using the same antenna.  Their plotting system was computerized.
>  Ours was still the compass-and- string system dating from years
>  before WW-II.  This emvarrassed them no end and they were in no
>  mood to renew the shared-use agreement when it ran out.
>
> --
>   73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
>   Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402
>
>
>
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