[MRCG] MRCG 2015 wrap-up
Steve H.
1tron.engineer at gmail.com
Wed May 6 02:44:04 EDT 2015
Hi Tim. That's the Golden Gate Chapter of Association of Old Crows (AOC). AOC has become an international organization for the field of EW.
http://www.crows.org
Pt. Mugu is ground zero for the EW development the started during WWII. We celebrated the 60th anniversary of EW in 2011. There is a museum near gate 2 that highlights that history in addition to the sea range and missiles tested there. There's also Missile Park that has the various missile types on display along with an F4 and F14 on a stick - EA-6B will soon be added.
> On May 5, 2015, at 7:54 PM, Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi - Yep, Old Crows. The museum at the former NAS Moffett Field in CA
> (which is pretty good BTW) has a nice display of equipment apparently
> sponsored by a local Old Crows group. Lots of black boxes and neat emblems
> / plaques etc. Apparently a lot of the technical roots of Silicon Valley
> came from early EW/Countermeasures research & production...
>
> Nick - You're right - that "Know Your PT Boat" pamphlet is dated 1945 not
> 1943.... but the cartoon does have a certain "Disney" look about it. I
> know Disney did a lot of old cartoonish mascot type drawings for the
> military back then,....
>
> Tim
> N6CC
>
>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Steve H. <1tron.engineer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Well that's the NAVSEA side. Spent 10 yrs there and 20 on the NAVAIR side.
>> Both different and equally dysfunctional! Navy airboure clandestine (with
>> roots to Air Force uh Army Air Corp - don't what to start anything here!)
>> ops during WWII had Ravens. This was shortened to Crows and later
>> electronic warfare adopted Old Crows. I've spent most of the last 15 in
>> that environment - won't mention Air Force or USMC aviation (don't want to
>> start anything here either but will say USMC aviator is one of the scarier
>> terms around).
>>
>> Sorry for brief notes. On smartphone & still in my office...
>>
>>
>>> On May 5, 2015, at 5:56 PM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Well 1947 is what the Navy's web page says
>> http://www.public.navy.mil/fcc-c10f/nctamslant/Pages/OSCARLogoHistory.aspx
>>>
>>> - but clearly the 1945 Know Your PT Boat illustration came first.
>>>
>>>
>>> Nick England K4NYW
>>> www.navy-radio.com
>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *http://www.navy-radio.com/misc/plaque-norfolk-1401.jpg
>>>> <http://www.navy-radio.com/misc/plaque-norfolk-1401.jpg>Oscar the
>> Octopus*
>>>> depicts the dynamic environment of a Navy communicator.
>>>>
>>>> In 1947, at the request of Commander W. A. Swanston, USN, the Fifth
>>>> Naval District Communication Officer, Walt Disney's artists conceived
>> the
>>>> design. Oscar was adopted as command emblem for the U.S. Navy
>>>> Communication Station Norfolk, upon its establishment on 7 November
>> 1950.
>>>>
>>>> The original 2' by 3' Disney artwork is displayed in NCTAMS LANT's
>>>> quarterdeck area, and replicated throughout the world by present and
>> former
>>>> Navy communicators.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nick England K4NYW
>>>> www.navy-radio.com
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Jay Coward via MRCG <
>> mrcg at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Tim,
>>>>> Could Radio.Octapus ( I just looked him up and got your site) operate
>>>>> all the radio gear onboard a PBY or PBM? That would be cool.
>>>>> I wish I could have attended this years meet but sudden health issues
>>>>> intervened. I had planned to do the 4 day camp out, bring a bunch of
>>>>> "surplus" to swap and do the fox hunt with a PRC-6, now with DF
>> antenna,
>>>>> not the Patricia Gibbons "body attenuator" method I used years ago.
>>>>> Glad to hear the event was (as expected) a success.
>>>>> Will you be doing an "after action report" soon? I always enjoy those.
>>>>> Jay KE6PPF
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Tim <timsamm at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: West Coast Military Radio Collectors Group <mrcg at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>> Sent: Tue, May 5, 2015 3:57 pm
>>>>> Subject: Re: [MRCG] MRCG 2015 wrap-up
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe the Navy radioman.octopus for next year? Or a variation on that
>>>>> cartoon?
>>>>> It's the one on the header of the Plan of the Day we
>>>>> published....I have the
>>>>> file...
>>>>> Tim
>>>>> N6CC
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Michael Bittner
>>>>> <mmab at cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From:
>>>>> <boatanchor at martasystems.com>
>>>>>> To: "MRCG" <mrcg at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>>> Sent:
>>>>> Tuesday, May 05, 2015 10:43 AM
>>>>>> Subject: [MRCG] MRCG 2015 wrap-up
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> to all for a great time and all the help with the chores !
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Next year,
>>>>> maybe a Navy or aviation themed shirt ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 73’s
>>>>>>> John WB6AZP
>>>>>> RE
>>>>> Next year's shirt, GO NAVY. Naval Aviation even better. Mike,
>>>>> W6MAB
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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