[R-390] R390A not working at all

[Patrick]

In SAGE the phone lines were either tactical or operational. While I was at 
the Topsham AFB, ADC HQ, Maine in SQC, I had to test the firing Mech.of the 
BOMARC's weekly, before doing so, I had to contact the Bomarc site and ask 
them to do a series of functions to prevent an actual launching and to send 
back the data to analize their status. Also I was trained on the R-390 at 
Keesler AFB and then was trained on the FSQ7 (I think that was the number) 
the IBM tube computer that at that time controlled the ADC. in 1964 I 
remember that we flew a F106 from the east coast to the west coast without 
pilot intervention, using the GKA5 (??) data link from SAGE site to SAGE 
site (Semi Automatic Ground Environment) built by RCA. Have many memories of 
that time mostly good, does anyone remember the PEGE  flight(prime 
evaluation of ground environment)????? and the WAR room on the block 
house????? with the fastest film developers in the world that displayed the 
air traffic status to a giant screen???? Those were de days when computer 
memory consisted of ferrite doughnuts about 2 milimiter in diameter each and 
required seven of them to form a byte.......well enough of that....after 
USAF was IBM for me, 30 years of great work......Happy New year to 
all.......Pat
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Shoppa" <shoppa_r390a at trailing-edge.com>
To: <mhuss1 at bellatlantic.net>; <Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com>; 
<b_hagen at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] R390A not working at all


> <b_hagen at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> It is good to be part of this group which keeps me in touch with my 390.
>> Seldom have much to contribute however as my MOS was a guided missile
>> repairman. If you have a defective Nike maybe I can suggest a solution.
>
> Not Nike, but my Bomarc missiles keep on prematurely erecting. Did
> you just deal with the missiles or maybe you know something about the
> erection/launch decoders?
>
> Maybe the problem is in the phone lines to the SAGE...
>
> Tim.
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