[Milsurplus] FW: Some Alaska EW Radar nostalgia

[Hubert Miller]

From: Hubert Miller
Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2021 7:41 PM
To: Marc Lacy KD7RYY
Subject: RE: Old Army receiver BC-189 project available


Marc, how late do you think the BC-639 + 640 were used?
The 640 is a big beast to own !



You might think about writing some memoirs of your duty there and what the day to day was like, what the food was like,

recreation, storms, and so on. I am sure some people would be fascinated to read that?



I looked up "gap filler radar" and found this very interesting site to explore later:

https://fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/airdef/1997-06-01955.pdf



-Hue





-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Lacy KD7RYY
Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2021 7:22 PM
To: Hubert Miller
Subject:



....Just as an aside, the BC639 and BC640 were our working VHF radio's when I arrived at the Gap Filler radar site

in Alaska in March 1972. I have some experience maintaining those , they were installed when the site was built in

1951 and initially had Army Signal Corps WWII surplus radios installed.
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