[Milsurplus] MF on Navy ships 1960-1980

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DD's and other combatants wouldn't have the need usually but the carriers and 
LPH's ran whichever MF transmitter they had as a low-freq homer (NDB) during 
flight ops and landings.

In a message dated 3/9/2008 1:40:33 PM Central Standard Time, w8au at sssnet.com 
writes: 
> I don't recall any time that my ship transmitted at 600M. (we did 
> listen)  Running our typical 2-3 MHz traffic produced enough Xc high 
> voltage arc-overs on the SRA-18's anyway...
> 
> Today, on Museum ship USS LST325, the TDE feeds a 275' Inverted L 
> longwire (mast to bow)
> thru a short "trunk" from the radio room out to the starboard 
> side.  The Z at 500 kHz is
> approx 5 ohms.  (Haven't calculated the Xc HV, but nothing arcs) :-)
> 
> >The project at hand is a preliminary investigation into the 
> >feasibility of setting up a TAJ on board.
> 

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