[R-390] Re: Black 390A's

[mikea]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 04:39:03PM -0700, Richard M. MC Clung wrote:
> Well, We have a woman here at work who was an Oh Five Hog (05H). To
> the unwashed and uncleared in the audience that means she was a Morse
> Intercept Operator in the US Army. Thqat also ment, during her time
> in service, that she was a member of Army Security Agency (ASA). Not
> to belobor the subject, we were discussing R-390(*)'s one day and I
> provided her some pictures of some that were at various unmentionable
> places. She remarked that she wish that she could have gotten some
> pictures of the receivers she used at a certain 3-letter agencies
> facility that were black faced. So I later showed a picture of one of
> the pseaudo black paneled radios that is floating around the
> internet. Man, she went bonkers.... How did you get that picture?
> We're going to get into trouble if we get caught with that picture.
> She could not belive that it was from the internet. So I sent several
> URL's with all kinds of R-390(*) stuff and she was just flabbergasted
> at the information that was at hand.......... BTW, she's the HR
> manager where I work.

If you really, really want to freak her, you can show her the pix of       
the various cryptodevices that now are available, and print off the        
operator/maintenance TM for the Elephant Cage for her.                     

The _NSA_ has pictures of KW-26C devices on _its_ site. 

Hey, they were glowbug!

I had an ex-NSG type here shouting "You Can't Have That!" when I showed him
the Elephant Cage TM, further beat him down with pic of _my_ R-390, R-390A,
and R-1051, and finished him off with the cryppie stuff. When I left, he
was whimpering.

My favorite memory of the ASA was the day the guard upstairs, while on 
duty, decided it was a good time to field-strip and clean his M1911A1. The
OD happened to walk by while it was all in pieces on the desk, and was in 
no way amused. 

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO		EX-AFCS ("Alcohol Flows in the Crypto Shop")
mikea at mikea.ath.cx		SSGT (E-5), USAF, 1967-1971
Tired old sysadmin