[Elecraft] Grumman (was Weller)

[Vin Cortina]

Speaking of Grumman and the LM.  I know this is off topic, but I just had to 
tell you all back in the mid to late 80's in my early years at H.P., I was 
doing field service on what we called Test and Measurement equipment, and I 
was specializing in microwave network analysis.  Grumman was one of my 
accounts, and I visited them in Bethpage, Calverton and some other minor 
site, I believe.  Anyway, there was one lab I went to somewhat frequently 
and the older engineers there took a shining to me, I guess.  They brought 
me into the lab (they may have called it a hangar) where the LM was made. 
Doesn't sound like much of a story now, but you must imagine what a thrill 
that was.  I was 13 years old when Apollo 11 made its historic voyage, and 
have been an amateur astronomer longer than I've been a ham.  So this was a 
VERY big deal to me.  I only hope those fellows know what a gift they gave 
me by simply giving me a personal tour of that place.

OK, now back to my KX1


Regards,

Vin  KR2F

K1-4 s/n:1977
KX1  s/n:1476


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeremiah McCarthy" <wa2dkg at earthlink.net>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 10:01 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Weller


> Gregory Beat wrote:
>
>>Grumman used the TCP irons for the Lunar LM construction in 1960s; Collins
> for the "S" line production and rework stations in 1960s and 1970s and 
> NASA
> in 2002 used a Weller WTCPT pencil (tied to station's 24 VAC bus) on ISS
> Alpha for soldering tests in microgravity.<
>
> A very informative post...Thanks, Greg...
>
> I own one of those Grumman soldering stations...The company let me keep it 
> when I retired in 1993 and it is still in use today...It is at least 35 
> years old and works perfectly...
>
> Jerry, wa2dkg
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