I was in ATC school Dec 70 till I think April 71. Still in ATC 40+ years
later. Great memories.
Sent from my Galaxy S®III
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From: Steven Kline <skline4@verizon.net>
Date: 07/02/2013 12:29 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 situation
Gosh, had to comment guys after you stirred up very good memories of Biloxi. I
was at Cody Hall from about November 70 thru 71, ATC Radar Tech then back again
late 72 for additional training, then off to Thailand.
I use to know a family in Gulfport with last name of Black, gosh, lost track of
them and wonder if they're still there.
Have a great holiday weekend guys.
73 - Steve - W5JK
Highland Village, TX.
On Jul 1, 2013, at 7:53 PM, <chacuff@cableone.net> wrote:
> Jim, You remember quite accurately.
>
>
>
> I’ve lived here since about 1968. Dad retired from the Air Force at
> Keesler. He was an air traffic controller...I spent many hours with him in
> the control tower. If you were here around 1970 then you saw first had the
> remnants of Hurrican Camille. What a mess.
>
>
>
> Yep we had a Taco Bell in Gulfport...corner of 25th Ave and Pass Rd. Ate
> there a lot years ago too.. Edgewater mall is still there...modernized
> especially after going under water during our most recent major hurricane
> Katrina. The KarmelKorn shop merged with Orange Julius and I think is still
> there but smaller.
>
>
>
> Do you remember any of your instructors names. Have a good friend whose Dad
> taught Electronics at Keesler...Larry Patterson. He was a civilian
> contractor. Keesler has been like home to me.
>
>
>
> I plan to retire somewhere else though....I have come to hate the Hurricane
> threat and the Humidity here....
>
>
>
> Looking at East TN. My Dads family was from there....we vacation there and
> love the area.
>
>
>
> Good to talk to you Jim... Where do you call Home? Just had my Son move to
> Lancaster CA after graduating college. Working for NASA at Edwards AFB.
>
>
>
>
> Cecil Acuff
> Gulfport MS
> K5DL
>
>
> From: Jim Lowman
> Sent: July 1, 2013 6:56 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 situation
>
>
> Thanks for the explanation, Cecil. It makes sense.
>
> Gulfport, MS eh? Well it's been a lot of years. I was in
> electronics/radar school at Keesler AFB from September, 1970 to May, 1971.
>
> We were newlyweds then, and would drive over to Gulfport the back way to
> go to the Taco Bell, of all places. How little we knew then!
> More often than not, we'd stop at the mall on the way back to Biloxi.
> They had a KarmelKorn shop.
>
> 73 de Jim - AD6CW
>
> On 7/1/2013 4:21 PM, chacuff@cableone.net wrote:
>> Higher output from the device before distortion occurs. You can only get
>> so much power out of a PA with a 12V power supply before you drive it into
>> distortion. 100W is pushing it at 12 v so distortion occurs...that same PA
>> with a supply of 48V is capable of providing that same level of power very
>> cleanly.... There are peaks that exceed the supplies capabilities at 12 V
>>
>>
>>
>> I guess a very simplistic parallel would be battery operated power
>> tools...(I know tech guys...poor choice) you may have noticed over the years
>> that they went from 12V batteries to 14.4 to 18 and higher
>> voltages...because of the limited amount of power available at a given
>> voltage.
>>
>>
>>
>> I guess if we all ran our 100W PEP radio’s at 50w PEP the problem would be
>> greatly reduced because we wouldn't bump into the power supplies limitations
>> and resulting distortion.
>>
>>
>>
>> Same concept applies to the Mixers listed below...if you want to drive them
>> hard you need to have enough supply voltage and current available to keep
>> their output clean.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope that helps a bit...
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Cecil Acuff
>> Gulfport MS
>> K5DL
>>
>
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