[TenTec] Radio Science + QSK = Radar (OT by now)

[C. Mark Cring]

I was at Keesler in 1991 after enlisting in the  Reserves at the ripe old age of 32.  My first AFSC was Avionics  Guidance and Control (GAC, AFIN, AGCS - they're all the same  thing).  I always wished I was doing radio/radar but gac was what  my unit had open. I got roped into being a rope and didn't spend too  much time on other extracurricular activities, probably just as well  since I didn't have any money at the time.  I did a little  operating at club station K5TYP - as I recall we had a special event on  the 50th anniversary of the base during '91...that was about the first  and last time I had so many people wanting to talk to me at once.   They were running an ICOM 745 at the time...as I recall, they had some  Heathkit stuff stored away but I don't recall any Ten Tec gear.   Seems to me like the 745 was already pretty worn and a little  squirrelly at times.  I recall mostly using a big horizontal delta  loop and it got out pretty well.  I understand now why it was kin
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 hard to load up on 30 meters, though.
  
      Oh, the club station was in the old base CC (Correctional Custody) building - the "cells" made nice storage areas.  
  
  73 de Mark N8COO




			
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