[Milsurplus] FM

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Floyd,

The thread that Mike's question pertained to began with a question that I 
will translate to "when did US Ground Forces begin to switch to FM for short 
range tactical communications?".  There were several responses, some more 
correct than others, and then it sorta segued into the perennial conflict 
between Fred Link and Ed Armstrong over the rights to FM (sorta the modern-day 
"who really killed the Young Princes?").  The "Texas Tower" question 
pertained to a comment in the latter sub-thread that couldn't have had anything to 
do with the events in Austin as by that time Armstrong and maybe Link were 
long dead.  What it was about I have no idea.  It didn't mean anything to me.  
The only other common usage of "Texas Tower" that I can think of is in 
reference to early offshore drilling platforms, which were once commonly 
referred to by the sensational media by that name, but also unrelated to tactical 
FM radios or to UT.

In a message dated 7/31/2009 10:26:06 PM Central Daylight Time, 
fpetri at eastex.net writes: 
> I will probably step on my crank here, but I missed something some where 
> and 
> I just need to ask.  It was only this email that got my attention.  Sorry. 
> 
> Did someone make a comment that the Texas Tower shoot out was not true or 
> that it did not happen?  It certainly was not hilarious.  I don't know 
> about 
> Google, but the Texas Tower shoot out did happen and took place in Austin, 
> 
> Texas at the University of Texas Tower.  A young man got a rifle with lots 
> 
> of ammunition and went up on top of the tower and started shooting 
> everyone 
> that he saw out in the open.  A lot of people were killed and many 
> wounded. 
> This was way before all the school shootings started.  The police officer 
> that finally ended it went on to become a Texas Ranger.  Sorry that I over 
> 
> looked the email and missed it, but noting about the incident was 
> hilarious. 
> I was a Police Lieutenant at the time of the incident, but in another 
> city. 
> Everyone should remember the incident because if we forget history we are 
> destined to repeat it.
> 
> Floyd
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "mikea" <mikea at mikea.ath.cx>
> To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 1:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] FM
> 
> 
> >On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 02:07:10PM -0400, w8au at sssnet.com wrote:
> >
> >>"The Texas Tower shootout" story was a hilarious.:-)
> >
> >C'mon, OM! You can't stop there, especially since Googling on it comes up
> >dry.

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