[Milsurplus] Re: [SOC] Book of Sea Stories, "Sparks, what's going on?"

Mon, 4 Aug 2003 20:10:00 -0700

SATCOM works great but ..if working off an INTELSAT ( K or C band) from SW
Asia and you are 5deg off the horizon a sand storm can F' you up big
time.(recent doins') Same with IRIDIUM phones with heavy system
loading...you be suk'n ..."Tit, Hind ,One Each, MK1, MOD 0"... as in deep
kimchee.. if you need comms right now. The new much touted wiz-bang shit is
cool when it works but that doesn't mean older options shouldn't be kept
open. Same crap happened in the ROOT, Marines had better NVIS and contact
with the afloat element with GRC-9s in 1956 than they had on the bad day.
Bottom line is still somebody's kid on the ass end of an M16.

EdZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "hankkarn" <[email protected]>
To: "Ian C. Purdie" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Re: [SOC] Book of Sea Stories, "Sparks, what's
going on?"

> Technology continues to proceed on..
> Hard to beat SATCOM/GPS and ELT beacons tied to a worldwide automatic
> system that beats 60WPM? and static all to hell. The ELT alert is in
> near real time and is dead on within a meter of AP or DR or dead on
> position.
> Packet can send all of the above in  less than a second with error
checking.
> CW is now for fun and games.and die hards.
> Hank
> KN6DI
>
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