[MilCom] USN Radio Comms Lebannon?

[Greg Brazil]

The many smaller Navy ships I've been involved with almost always use 
VHF Marine radios for ship to their shore personal.  Also some use 
single channel UHF units.
Greg (SF Bay Area)

Ken wrote:

> Jim & the group:
> 
> The antenna shown in the video is about 10 1/2 inches and and fairly 
> thin verus the satellite antennas
> that are thicker in diameter.  Perhaps someone on the list knows what 
> type of radio system that ship uses.
> 
> Ken
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Johnson" <jasbo01 at charter.net>
> To: "Ken" <rfinder1 at verizon.net>; "MilCom" <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 7:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [MilCom] USN Radio Comms Lebannon?
> 
> 
>> I've heard that the military is a user or the Iriduim satcom 
>> system...was the portable your describing possibly a satcom portable?
>>
> ..snip..snip...
> 
>>> CNN ran a video segment showing the USS Nashville (
>>
>> http://www.nashville.navy.mil/default.aspx  )arriving in Cyprus
>> http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/19/lebanon.evacuation/index.html
>> One of the officers on the dock has a portable radios that had a very 
>> large
>> rubber duckie gain type antenna. 
> 
> 
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