"George R. Gonzalez" ) writes:
There's a whole load of snapshots of boatanchor equipment that was carried
(and still is) on the USS Pueblo.

URL:

http://users.erols.com/eengineer/pueblomain.html


I am puzzled. I thought that the value of mobile collection was to be
able to intercept VHF/UHF comms that couldn't be picked up by land-based
intercept stations. Other than a few possible CEI VHF/UHF receivers in the
left hand rack in (I think) PIC14, all the receivers shown are HF. What
gives?

Also, the R1051, with its one-digit-per-knob frequency control, is a poor
receiver for search. The R1051 is much better suited to fixed-frequency
intercept of mainline and other upper echelon comms links. These links
are usually easily intercepted by land-based operations, so why bother
with them on a mobile collection platform like the Pueblo?

.... Martin VE3OAT