[Milsurplus] another neat item... INTERCEPT OFFICERS EQUIPMENT

Sun, 25 May 2003 08:21:26 -0700

I will get some to  post on the whatzit page  at the museum of some of these
items.  I can probably just lay the unit on top of the scanner. would be
great to know more about this!

Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gregory W. Moore" <[email protected]>
To: "ed sharpe" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] another neat item... INTERCEPT OFFICERS EQUIPMENT

> Ed,
> do you have a pix of the Japanese plotter?  It sounds from your
> description like a standard nav plotter used with sectional charts
> today, and is used to lay off courses from true to magnetic.
> The other possibility, is it a pantograph?  That configuration was used
> with a driftmeter.
> If you have a pix, send it on, will try to figure it out (I am a pilot
> as well as an avid milspec type, and have an interest in the "old"
> methods of nav (celestial, etc) just because they are there..
> 73 de Greg WA3IVX
>
> ed sharpe wrote:
>
> >another neat item that was in the incoming batch was a INTERCEPT OFFICERS
EQUIPMENT  box, they appear to be navigational tools.   need to learn more
about this...
> >
> >Also  stashed in the museum we have a Japanese  WWII sort of map plotter
rule protractor thing. ( wish I knew more about nav stuff...)
> >
> >these things are all very interesting to me but I am trying to figure out
what display to put them in.
> >
> >I suppose they would fit in a display  with computational devices more so
than radar and comm?
> >
> >Ideas?
> >
> >Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
> >
> >Please check our web site at
> > http://www.smecc.org
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> > coury house / smecc
> >5802 w palmaire ave
> >glendale az 85301
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