[Milsurplus] Post War Surplus

[J. Forster]

Here:

SAR - Synthetic Aperture RADAR:

http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/

-John

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> 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.
>
> --
> Mike Andrews, W5EGO
> mikea at mikea.ath.cx
> Tired old sysadmin
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