[Milsurplus] Re: Milsurplus Digest, Vol 36, Issue 25

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THANKS FOR POINTING OUT NUMBER FOUR TO THE THE " NEW
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>    1. Remember the "Failure Modes" Thread? (David
> Stinson)
>    2. Re: [ARC5] Remember the "Failure Modes"
> Thread? (Todd, KA1KAQ)
>    3. BC-348R parts needed (Lloyd KK7IZ)
>    4. Re: Our Wonderful New "Extra" Class
> (Unserviceable but Repairable)
>    5. Fw: [Repeater-Builder] ARRL Aiding Effort to
> Mitigate
>       Repeater Interference to Military Radars
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:10:08 -0500
> From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Remember the "Failure Modes"
> Thread?
> To: <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>,	"Milsurplus Radios"
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> Remember the "failure modes" thread?
> 
> Imagine all those emergency responders who 
> believe their Blackberrys and cell phones are
> reliable:
> 
>
http://www.wnbc.com/news/12339359/detail.html?dl=mainclick
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:50:19 -0400
> From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Re: [ARC5] Remember the
> "Failure Modes" Thread?
> To: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
> Cc: ARC5 at mailman.qth.net, Milsurplus Radios
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> On 4/18/07, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Imagine all those emergency responders who
> > believe their Blackberrys and cell phones are
> reliable:
> >
> >
>
http://www.wnbc.com/news/12339359/detail.html?dl=mainclick
> 
> Many of us have been aware of this for years, Dave.
> Back in the mid
> 90s I attended a plane crash seminar put on by the
> NTSB. Many
> interesting speakers including the coroner from
> Sioux City, Iowa where
> the United DC 10-10 crash landed after one of the
> engine fans cut
> loose and took out the hydraulics.
> 
> Another speaker (Emergency Response Coordinator from
> PA) presented
> information on the USAir Flight 427 crash outside
> Pittsburgh in 1994.
> He mentioned that the *first* thing that happened
> was overload of the
> cell sites, which crippled a lot of folks in
> different agencies who
> had come to depend on their cell phones. The local
> land line folks
> brought in a block of payphones (a dozen or so,
> IIRC), dropped them in
> the parking lot near the Incident Command Center,
> and wired them up
> for use.
> 
> But the biggest help by far in his words, was the
> availability of the
> RACES ops. Those with HTs were placed with important
> officials and
> shadowed them throughout the event, allowing access
> within seconds.
> Anytime someone couldn't be located or easily
> reached, a call was
> placed through the RACES control station to the op
> shadowing the
> official, and he was told to call so-and-so, move to
> frequency
> such-and-such, or the traffic was passed there. One
> of his biggest
> marvels was the number of 'channels' (spectrum)
> available to amateur
> radio ops compared to public and emergency services.
> Police and Fire
> had only a handful of frequencies, which also became
> overloaded and
> made communication difficult.
> 
> The crash took place in 1994, before cell use had
> really exploded.
> When the World Trade Center was hit in 2001, the
> same thing took place
> (no doubt aggravated by the loss of key facilities
> on the towers
> themselves). During the events in Virginia on Monday
> similar problems
> were experienced when users at Virginia Tech went
> for their phones.
> 
> Technology is great, and truly helps to advance
> civilization. It is a
> bit troubling though, how willing some are to
> quickly discard proven
> systems and technology in favor of the latest gadget
> - particularly
> when the warning signs are so clear. One need only
> look at a hard
> drive crash and do the math...
> 
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:35:09 -0700
> From: "Lloyd KK7IZ" <kk7iz at cox.net>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] BC-348R parts needed
> To: "Milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
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> I need the top covers and screws for the antenna and
> RF coil units. Any help 
> out there?
> Thanx
> Lloyd  KK7IZ
> kk7iz at cox.net
> 
> Lloyd Godsey  KK7IZ
> 1315 N. Udall Circle
> Mesa, Az  85203
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> www.antiqueaircraftradios.com
> Collecting OLD civilian aircraft radios and
> literature
> Particularly Lear. Got anything?
> Some boatanchors got wings
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:51:24 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Unserviceable but Repairable
> <cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Our Wonderful New "Extra"
> Class
> To: Jim.Falls at conservation.ca.gov,
> Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> 
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