[TenTec] Good faith & John Swisher KE4CCI (long)

[James Duffer]

Never been there, thought it was in France or the French Sector.  I was 
stationed in Bavaria very near the Austrian border.  Beautiful in both 
summer and winter.

what a sad tale about the destruction of the KWM2As, sometimes there is no 
logic to the reasoning.  We did have a KWM2A in the MARS station.

Remember that chapter or section the Technical Manual (TM) titled 
"Destruction of Equipment" or something similar.  Thankfully I never had to 
refer to that section!

Thanks for the clarification of the location of the U.S. Army Depot.

73, Jim, wd4air

>From: "NJ0IP" <Rick at DJ0IP.de>
>Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
>To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec at contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Good faith & John Swisher KE4CCI (long)
>Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:09:23 -0800
>
>The only thing wrong with your story is that "Pirmasens" is in Germany, not
>in France - although before France returned the Saarland to Germany back in
>1959 (or so), Pirmasens was very near the French border.  Now it's well
>within Germany.
>
>I know that Depot well.  I once visited it (about 1973) and watched them
>destroy about 100 KWM-2A's (with a blow-torch and a sledge hammer) because
>they had previously belonged to the Army Security Agency and could still
>contain top secrets !!!
>
>73
>Rick
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
>On Behalf Of James Duffer
>Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 6:09 AM
>To: tentec at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Good faith & John Swisher KE4CCI (long)
>
>snip.
>Well at ga hamfest 3 months later traded for plus cash for a kenwood
>ts850sat. It was gaurenteeeed to be top notch. Just been to kenwood for
>realinement. You know the deal. 2 Days later at home it quit.
>snip.
>
>Would it made a difference if it had quit two weeks, or two months later?
>If you would of tested it at the fest, would that made a difference?
>
>This reminds me of an incident occuring in Germany.  A Major Birch tried to
>make me guarentee that an AN/GRC-46 would work when we went to Ogau (I was
>stationed in Lenggries).  He was specifically concerned about the
>transmitter T-195.  I explained that I could test it at Lenggries and only
>state that it was working.  I couldn't guarentted that it would work 
>further
>
>down the road.  This wasn't good enough, so he ordered a new (or rebuilt)
>T-195 from the Pirmaseans Depot in France.  You guessed it, it started
>blowing smoke out of the exhaust blower vents when turned on.
>
>Wold you guarentee a light bulb to work two days later?  More than likely 
>it
>
>would, but there is also a chance it won't.  Electronics systems are 
>subject
>
>to failures of all sorts.  The best way to deal with it is to go for
>redundency.
>
>m2cw
>
>73, wd4air
>
>
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