Recent satcom logs

[mancow]

Hey mancow,
Check out post #22 in the link below, I think I have the competing brand antenna to your giant thingee.

http://forums.radioreference.com/pi...le-setup/36798-antenna-pictures-anyone-2.html
prcguy

You one sick SOB.

Did the neighbors class action you for property devaluation?

Haa reading that thread I see I'm the next poster and I'm still *****ing about only hearing pirates. 8 years later and it's the same thing. God I need a life.

 

[rbm]

That goes back a ways. I worked for the company that made the Lesats and UHF Follow on birds, although I didn't work in the spacecraft division.
prcguy

By the way prcguy, does the 'prc' part of your name have anything to do with the PRC-25 or PRC-77?

Just wondering, because I worked on both of those projects also.

Rich

 

[prcguy]

You guessed it, but preferably something newer than a 25 or 77.
prcguy

By the way prcguy, does the 'prc' part of your name have anything to do with the PRC-25 or PRC-77?

Just wondering, because I worked on both of those projects also.

Rich

 

[rbm]

You guessed it, but preferably something newer than a 25 or 77.
prcguy

That was after my time then.

I worked on them during the transition from the PRC-25 and final amplifier tubes with LONG solder leads to the all solid state PRC-77.

Rich

That was during the time when, if an IC failed, there was a 'waiting list' for any failed units. (That was on an adjacent project)

They were so rare then that the guys would take them to a jeweler to be gold plated and made into either cufflinks or tie tacks.
It was kind of a 'status symbol' I guess. Not so much now.

 

[prcguy]

I would say you have about 15yrs on me. Not to hijack the thread, but did you work on an early RCA HF manpack that only had a small number fielded for testing, probably in the mid to late 60s?
prcguy

That was after my time then.

I worked on them during the transition from the PRC-25 and final amplifier tubes with LONG solder leads to the all solid state PRC-77.

Rich

That was during the time when, if an IC failed, there was a 'waiting list' for any failed units. (That was on an adjacent project)

They were so rare then that the guys would take them to a jeweler to be gold plated and made into either cufflinks or tie tacks.
It was kind of a 'status symbol' I guess. Not so much now.

 

[rbm]

I would say you have about 15yrs on me. Not to hijack the thread, but did you work on an early RCA HF manpack that only had a small number fielded for testing, probably in the mid to late 60s?
prcguy

If you're talking about item number 5 in this list, yes I did. Actually I worked on all of those items.
(That is an extract from an unclassified document that is on the web in a number of places.)

It looked like a big portable TV, laying on it's side, mounted on a short tripod.

Rich

Edit: Gee, $2 million bought a lot back then!
FWIW, that document is on the NASA site here:
(Page 75)
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710008296.pdf

 

[kd7mxi]

260.6312 / 262.7312 / 262.3187 / 262.4187 / 263.9187 ,, 6.25 step ,, italian, spanish, african or russian ,, from bullhead city az ,, ham radio mag mount duel band ant , uniden scanner ,,, ,,, not heard on 12.5 or 25 steps ... more at http://www.milaircomms.com/search_f...=desc_search&search_description=bullhead+city