[Milsurplus] making sense of nonsense

[Eric Jones]

de N4TGC Eric

There does appear to have been an effort, how early I'm not sure, but it would
have collapsed from having too much equipment to name, to assign meaning to the
letters.  Charted in the front of the Caringella & Clarke book is three columns
of letters and their supposed meaning, such as ASB=Airborne, Special, Bombing;
APS=Airborne, Radar, Detection/Range/Bearing; ART=Airborne, Radio, Transmitter,
etc.

The sequence seems to only hold true for the sets beginning with 'A', tho
F=Fixed (ground); G=Ground; M=mobile, etc., a system recognizable as being used
in the GRC/VRC/PRC nomeclature.

I maintain that there WAS a system intended, it just went awry from too many
sets, too rapid an introduction, and too careless an assignation of letters -
plus the strong possibility that some sequences were deliberately obsfucated to
obstruct recognition of purpose.  Besides, it's a lot better than arguing over
beliefs that violate the laws of physics ...

The only info I have on the APT/ASB units is a few schematics, as reproduced in
'Surplus Perversion Manual 3' and the like.  It ain't much, but I can Xerox it
and send what they is.
    e