[TenTec] Radio Science + QSK = Radar

[CATFISHTWO@aol.com]

I found many places on a google search and this one has some links's..  looks 
like us card carrying members are still here....
 
_http://oldcrows.ras.com/_ (http://oldcrows.ras.com/) 
 
 
73 and gud DX  tokm N6AJR
 
In a message dated 1/3/2006 7:27:17 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
ghoffman at spacetech.com writes:

Is the  association of old crows still around ?


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From: <CATFISHTWO at aol.com>
To:  <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 3:31  PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Radio Science + QSK =  Radar


>
>
>
> 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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