[Milsurplus] My Latest Project ART-13/B AM Transmitter

[J. Forster]

For a while, I wondered why stuff on ships was shock mounted.  :))

-John

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> On 5/29/2012 2:41 PM, Nick England wrote:
>> FWIW Department - The TCZ description page in the Navy equipment
>> catalogs says the AC and DC power units are designed to be bolted to a
>> table or desk.....
>
> I noticed that.  Using a standard 30" tall desk, that would put the ATC
> up somewhere above eye level.  They must have had taller sailors back
> then...heh, heh...
>
>> Doesn't say whether to use oak or steel desks for best 5" gunfire
>> shock-absorbing characteristics....
>
> There is an outstanding book called "Aircraft Carrier" by J Bryan III ,
> about his life on the Yorktown during the war.   He was on board a
> battleship or two during his service and the shock of those 16" rifles
> going off wasn't too bad - they sort of built up slowly and surrounded
> you.  On the other hand, I seem to recall him saying something to the
> effect that he hated the 5" guns when they started firing because the
> shock "would hit him like a plank".  I can imagine what it did to
> electronic items.
>
> 73,
> Mike
>
>
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