[Milsurplus] Re: prox. fuzes

[antqradio at juno.com]

Reminds me of a marriage, one spouse comes up with the idea and the other
has to reduce it to practice.
Or like the professor said "It is a trivial matter to ..."
Now, as long as the wife doesn't see this, everything will be OK.
Jim


On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:55:18 -0700 "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
writes:
> 
> Yes, those were surprising facts.  This would seem to say that the 4 
> tubes used
> in these gizmos were likely the most-produced vacuum tubes in 
> history, beating
> out even 6BA6's  and 6CB6's.
> 
> Also, appears that we owe the Brits for some of the very best 
> war-winning ideas:
> vhf aircraft radio, magnetron microwave radar, and the proximity 
> fuze.
> -Hue Miller


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Unserviceable but Repairable" <cosmoline at ba-watch.org>
> 
> > Below comes fm Bob Dennison (W2HBE) art'l in fall '96 QCWA 
> Journal
> > Sylvania was making 500,000/day @ end of ww2.  Total production 
> was 130
> > million