[Fwd: [Milsurplus] KWM-1 a spy radio?]

Tue, 09 Sep 2003 07:08:46 -0700

Ooops!!  Sorry!!  I meant to say that we put
both KWM-1 and -2 radios in those C-130s...depending on vintage.

Dick

[email protected] wrote:
> 
> Definitely not a legend.  I did the systems integration
> and EMC/TEMPEST design/test on some C-130 "Rivet" airplanes
> during my career at Lockheed.  We had several KWM-2 radios
> installed and ran them from 28 VDC.  Some also ran on the
> aircraft's 115 VAC 400 Hz power.
> 
> Dick
> Managing Engineer (Retired)
> Electromagnetic Engineering/Engineering Test Pillot
> Lockheed Skunk Works
> 
> Gee, I sure do miss that job!!!
> 
> Marty R's GI-stuff haunt wrote:
> >
> > K6DUE's CBS counterpart claims this.  This man is the fella that
> > sent news of early Mercury splashdowns from the Enterprise to CA on
> > a KWM-2
> >
> > Says 'M1 was used in small numbers in late '56 when the U2 was already
> > 2 yr.s old.  Gives availability of 28VDC supply as evidence
> >
> > Urban legend?
> >
> >   Marty
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