On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:25:30 -0600, Lostgallifreyan
wrote:

Lostgallifreyan wrote in
:

It was
the subject of my first class that I taught in the Navy

Curious... You might have experiences that give useful insight into something
I'm discussing in another group, some off-the-wall topic I entered into
during a quiet new-year's moment in alt.lasers... I can accept that you might
not want to get into that at all once you see it but if you do I welcome the
input because as I state there, one issue is to find helpful signals rather
than the noise such discussions usually provoke. But it might be a lengthy
misdirection if you're busy so I won't push the point. But I will say now
that my dad was a naval officer when he was younger and he SAW that thing I
described right there with me, and he had no clue either. I just keep
thinking that some people in the navy might be better able to explain it than
most, especially if they have a strong science or engineering background.

Well, I'm not sure what you are trying to bring up here. As far as
I'm concerned, any topic is open for discussion. If others fume and
fulminate about this being an antenna group, I can easily turn the
discussion into one that is antenna specific.

What did your Dad see? (We used to joke that after the Pueblo
incident they put Marine guards outside of the radio shack for
security. If the ship was in danger of being boarded they were to
step into the shack and shoot the operators. Then I went into the
submarine navy, aboard a tender, the USS Holland, AS-32. We had an
escort sub that followed us at sea - to sink us if the Ruskies got too
close. Ah, the humor of those days.)

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC