[Milsurplus] Milsurplus Digest, Vol 133, Issue 19

Walter Treftz via Milsurplus milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Thu May 21 15:10:57 EDT 2015


AACS:
I was with 1936th AACS Sqdn (Lajes, Azores -- at Cinco Picos transmitters) 1955-57 (CS3AC)  and with 1971st AACS Sqdn (Keflavik -- at Grindavik transmitters) 1959 (TF2WEB)Loved Iceland. Azores was like a penal colony.73Walt - N4GL 


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Today's Topics:

  1. PHX Microwave Trade Show (Hue Miller)
  2. Re: Need help with FSN's. (Sheldon Daitch)
  3. Re: PHX Microwave Trade Show
      (Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via Milsurplus)
  4. History - Army Airways Communication System (Nick England)
  5. Re: History - Army Airways Communication System
      (Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via Milsurplus)
  6. Re: History - Army Airways Communication System
      (Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via Milsurplus)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 23:27:48 -0700
From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Milsurplus] PHX Microwave Trade Show
Message-ID: <BAY181-DS192D03FA3452BA5DFDF767E4C20 at phx.gbl>
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    reply-type=original

Ed, I wish I were closer to where you are, so I could attend a presentation 
by you summarizing the exhibition.
I am so impressed by the new compact plug-n-play microwave systems.
I have years passed, worked on old Bell system multiple-bay heavy-metal 
microwave systems, as a board
changer only, and I recall those old systems as monsters.
I still have a couple boxes of subassemblies from scrapped out units I kept 
rather than toss into the scrap
metal tub. Probably those will be useless enough that they'll be the next 
thing I toss, except for some
TWT tubes, which I recognized as probable collectibles.
-Hue Miller

>Subject: [Milsurplus] IMS 2015 microwave trade show free day in phx
tomorrow 640 vendors

IMS 2015  microwave trade show  free  day in phx  tomorrow 640 vendors
no  cost  but  you  do have to register at the  door. Spent a busy day
doing some press coverage there today. What a  thrill! Ed Sharpe  (  with
journalist hat  on)



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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 06:32:25 +0000
From: Sheldon Daitch <SDAITCH at bbg.gov>
To: "lbfulton at windstream.net" <lbfulton at windstream.net>,
    "milsurplus at mailman.qth.net" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Need help with FSN's.
Message-ID: <1432103544170.59565 at bbg.gov>
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Garrett,

if memory serves me correctly, the old FSN system numbering simply added two more digits after the first four.

5805-455-4555 became 5805-00-455-4555

00 being the United States.  

It was assumed all of the FSNs prior to the conversion were US originated, even if not absolutely true.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_Stock_Number

73

Sheldon

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Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 4:02 AM
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Milsurplus] Need help with FSN's.

 I have a box of old electronic components sealed in small (~1.5X2.5 inches) metal cans.  The dates on them are mostly 1956.  They have the FSN's and part nos., but no component description.  I have tried to find a cross reference source for FSN's to NSN's with no luck.  I'd just like to know what these things are without unsealing the cans.  Also, several bags of large unused new resistors from 1968 with no resistance markings or color codes, but they ohm out at 30, 40 and 50 ohms.  I got this box of stuff many years ago and just stumbled across it again, and can't remember where I picked it up.  Thanks for any time and help.


Garrett Fulton

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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 03:04:17 -0400
From: Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via Milsurplus
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To: kargo_cult at msn.com, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] PHX Microwave Trade Show
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Yes Hue  it is amazing...I experienced a day of future shock  today. I get 
trade journals etc... but it is somehow different  when it is  there in 
physical form you can touch.. next year IMS show will be in San  Francisco if 
that is  closer to where  you are.  every year a  different location. Did you 
work on any of the TD-2  bell gear? We have a  fascination  with that system 
here.  Let  us know what you might  have surplus.  Yea... we can  use  some 
 twt tubes  too  for  display. 
 
I just  get  excited about all phases  of this  stuff!
 
Ed#
 
 
In a message dated 5/19/2015 11:27:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
kargo_cult at msn.com writes:

Ed, I  wish I were closer to where you are, so I could attend a 
presentation 
by  you summarizing the exhibition.
I am so impressed by the new compact  plug-n-play microwave systems.
I have years passed, worked on old Bell  system multiple-bay heavy-metal 
microwave systems, as a board
changer  only, and I recall those old systems as monsters.
I still have a couple  boxes of subassemblies from scrapped out units I 
kept 
rather than toss  into the scrap
metal tub. Probably those will be useless enough that  they'll be the next 
thing I toss, except for some
TWT tubes, which I  recognized as probable collectibles.
-Hue Miller

>Subject:  [Milsurplus] IMS 2015 microwave trade show free day in phx
tomorrow 640  vendors

IMS 2015  microwave trade show  free  day in  phx  tomorrow 640 vendors
no  cost  but  you  do have to register at the  door. Spent a busy  day
doing some press coverage there today. What a  thrill! Ed  Sharpe  (  with
journalist hat  on)

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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 15:04:03 -0400
From: Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Milsurplus] History - Army Airways Communication System
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http://ethw.org/First-Hand:My_Experience_in_the_Army_Air_Force,_1943_to_1946


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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 15:14:33 -0400
From: Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via Milsurplus
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To: navy.radio at gmail.com, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] History - Army Airways Communication System
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great article  Nick!!! -  everyone  should save a copy  of this  lest  
IEEE crams it behind their  paywall.
 
 
For  further reading  SMECC recommends  Army  Airways Communication System 
 book titled  Highways in the Sky by  Louis Shores..
 
 
Enjoy!
 
Ed#  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/20/2015 12:04:26 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
navy.radio at gmail.com writes:

http://ethw.org/First-Hand:My_Experience_in_the_Army_Air_Force,_1943_to_1946
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 02:03:37 -0400
From: Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via Milsurplus
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Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] History - Army Airways Communication System
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Added note  AACS  became AFCS the  AFCC
 
Who all here  hails  from the AFCS ERA?
 
Ed Sharpe Luke Afb  30454  70- 74
 
 
In a message dated 5/20/2015 12:17:22 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
milsurplus at mailman.qth.net writes:

great  article  Nick!!! -  everyone  should save a copy  of  this  lest  
IEEE crams it behind their  paywall.


For  further reading  SMECC  recommends  Army  Airways Communication 
System 
book titled  Highways in the Sky by  Louis  Shores..


Enjoy!

Ed#  _www.smecc.org_  (http://www.smecc.org) 




In a message dated 5/20/2015  12:04:26 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
navy.radio at gmail.com  writes:

http://ethw.org/First-Hand:My_Experience_in_the_Army_Air_Force,_1943_to_1946
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