[Milsurplus] making sense of nonsense

[Jack Antonio]

In this particular instance, the ASB designation
was not a part of the AN designation system.
It was from the pre AN system the Navy used.


----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Jones <ejones at hiwaay.net>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 10:58 PM
Subject: [Milsurplus] making sense of nonsense


> 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
>
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