[R-390] R: Wow! Fowler R-390A Will some one write one for Wi Lie and the Pearls of Wisdom.

[Francesco Ledda]

Roger, You have some good points. It makes no sense to manufacture 5 new radios, while used units were available on the market. The set up and manufacturing cost must have been astronomical. Probably, the contract was cost plus, and the Navy had pay for it. 

Best, Francesco K5URG

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> On Jun 26, 2020, at 17:47, Roger Ruszkowski <flowertime01 at wmconnect.com> wrote:
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> Fellows,
> What navy ship did Avondale Ship Yards build on the west side of the river and north of the rail bridge.What was Avondale building in 1984 the supposed year of the Fowler Contracts.
> What year was that ship launched?
> What are the names of the people talking to Avondale and hand crafting R390/A receivers?
> The Fowler receivers are reported as NOS and not rebuilds because Avondale did not know how toask the Army signal corps for five receivers specified in the part manifest on a Navy Contract.
> The Fowler receivers for Avondale pre date my time in New Orleans.The basic story that some one was paid to do a sub study on a procurement contract is true.Some one was paid to put something that quacked like an R390/A together for a enough photoops and documents to produce a white paper. Avondale may have taken possession of a pileof items that quacked like an R390/A with one of Minnie Pearls price tags attached to the guard bar. Other wise the whole Fowler Build is an elaborate fake in that there was nevera contract to purchase receivers. The contracts detail studies and tests to be conducted and reported.How much to build an R390/A and why should we believe your estimates.Why was that silly question a sub contract item in a Navy Ship contract.This is how lawyers learn the answers to the questions before they ask awitness on the stand to explain it to the jury if you will. This stuff is just keeping upwith cost and having a base line to compare with. 
> See picture A, see picture B, picture B cost less. Please Initial here.
> The LPD-17 Shipboard network requirements grilled the network industry for compliance tosoftware and hardware requirements. Product testing combed out so many bugs with the assembled testingresources in the San Diego Laboratories we had charge numbers to entertain different vendor representatives who came to watch their products display undocumented features. Tell the Navy a Cisco productfails to make the specification requirement and Cisco will send some one qualified to come and check.
> All the LPD -17 and up ships have a room with four and a spare R390/A receivers in use.I told my Shipboard Wide Area Network design team we would not be sharing space withthat compartment. We can put fiber optic network racks any wh