[Lowfer] Tacamo 17.8 kHz

Dexter McIntyre W4DEX dexter.mc at gmail.com
Sun Jan 23 18:52:33 EST 2011


ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com wrote:
> Hi Dex,
> That sounds like you have had some neat experience  operating
> one of the ground stations for the airborne VLF transmitter  planes 
> and also got to see the gear used in the plane. I am  sure they
> are probably using different planes nowadays?
>   
I had just got out of the Army and returned to my prior job when the air 
to ground equipment was installed.  The task was a real hot potato which 
no one wanted.  So like Brer rabbit I said "please don't throw me into 
that room full of Collins radio gear"  :)
>  
> Also wonder do you think it would be possible to find a  program
> somewhere that would enable someone to decode the narrow  50Hz
> shift RTTY still used on some VLF transmitters?
I don't know of one Todd but maybe someone will chime in on this.

Dex


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