[TenTec] Radio Science + QSK = Radar

[gary]

Is the association of old crows still around ?


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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Radio Science + QSK = Radar


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> Its nice to meet another Old Crow, on the reflector. I did 8 years in the
> U.S.A.F. in ECM repair, everything from B-52's  to F100s, F4c, weasels, 
> and  the
> odd  stuff we still can't talk about.. ECM , where Jam It takes on a 
> whole
> new meaning.
>
> tom N6AJR
>
> In a message dated 1/3/2006 7:12:52 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> glhuber at msn.com writes:
>
> When the  Soviets were running OTHR in the amateur bands, (which used the 
> HF
> echo to  "see" targets) I used QSK CW dits to synchronize with their OTHR
> pulse timing  and jam their "B" scopes. As a former Radar Electronics
> Counter-Measures and  Electronics Counter-Counter-Measures operator, I 
> knew it was simply
> a matter  of transmitting a signal of about the same frequency, duration, 
> and
> slightly  stronger than their "return" to confuse their operators. By 
> setting
> my keyer  speed so that I did not hear their pulse while QSK at 100 W and 
> by
> calling  HH5HH with the beam pointed at the strongest OTHR signal, I'd 
> usually
> hear  them go QRT or find someplace else to play. Calling HH5HH QSK at the
> OTHR  pulse rate worked well until the Soviets started using digital 
> signal
> processing, then it became a "overload signal game" with less apparent 
> success  in
> forcing them to QSY or QRT.
>
> By the way my RADAR set back then was a  Ten-Tec OMNI-D....
>
> Best regards,
> Gary -  AB9M
> CSM(r)G.L.Huber
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