At 01:06 PM 4/27/05, Bob Cunnings wrote:
I do remember using what I *think* is real A2A back in the
Navy. Although an obscure mode, the requirement came up on a NATO cruise
when the Admiral (Norwegian) decided that a particular kind of battle
group cw net be activated on UHF, and put it into the comm plan. our WSC-3
UHF rigs didn't support A2A. So I spent the night before building a T type
audio oscillator with junkbox parts that put out a decent audio tone. It
had a cable with which to plug it into a mic jack for the AM voice
transmitter and a jack for the straight key mounted on the radio watch
desk. Worked great, COMMO was delighted.
being a ham, it was decided that I would be the op for the net, although I
was an ET, not an RM. All great fun for a while, I got to work the net
when it came up every evening. The other ops on the net seemed to enjoy it
too. I've never worked UHF cw since!
Great story, RC! "Ham" ET's had a natural advantage when it came to
jury-rigging solutions! Glad you passed it along.
Perry w8au (ex-ETCS,USN/USNR)
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