[Milsurplus] Post War Surplus

[mikea]

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 01:13:34PM -0400, Clare Owens wrote:
> Ah, where's that ground penetrating radar (airborne) when you need it?
> 
> Clare  N2RJB
> 
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Steve Hilsz <jydsk at tds.net> wrote:
> 
> > I have seen a lot of stuff that was obviously produced late in World War
> > II, too late to be utilized and probably stored until the Korean War effort,
> > when it was re-packaged. Maybe somebody can tell us if the original
> > manufacturer repackaged this stuff or if the military inspected and
> > repackaged it.
> >
> > I know for a fact that a lot of WW II stuff was given to the public school
> > system because we had big transmitters, meters, tubes, and so on donated to
> > our Electric Shop in the early 1960's.
> >
> > In the next valley over the hills from us (in Southwest Arizona) was a big
> > camp at which General Patton trained troops for Africa. I can't substantiate
> > the rumor, but local legend says that the military dug a huge pit and topped
> > it with concrete, then covered it carefully with dirt. In the pit, as the
> > story goes, are vehicles, ammunition, and communications gear.

At least one Space Shuttle mission flew a ground-penetrating radar and
used it from orbit, because that radar found a lost city ("Ubar" or some
such) in the Sahara. If it was working when the ground track crossed
that part of SW Az., the imagery would have been saved and should be
available to the public. 

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
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