[Milsurplus] "Vegetation Antenna"

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

Does anyone remember the John Meshna Surplus in Massachusetts?

I remember the ad's for the TURDSIDS.

I loved reading through catalog. Does anyone know where we can see copies of those catalogs?

Mike N2MS

> On 12/27/2022 8:36 AM John Vendely <jvendely at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
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> These things were called "ADSIDs", for Air-Delivered Seismic Intrusion Detector, containing VHF transmitters which were air-dropped along the Ho Chi Minh trail to monitor enemy movements as part of the large, sophisticated, complex Igloo White program. 
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> There were also acoustic sensors called ACOUSIDs, and even seismic sensors made to look like bits of dog excrement known as--you guessed it--TURDSIDs. A friend of mine got some of these in the late 70s as surplus and we decided to dissect one and test them. The internal mercury button cells on some were still good, and when shaken vigorously, they would send out bursts of RF...
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> 73,
> John K9WT