Steve Thrasher wrote in news:440dc4a1
@news.acsalaska.net:

Hmmm...worked in the ET shop on a Destroyer Tender in about `67.
Watched a buffer go up in smoke when someone plugged it into the DC
outlet instead of the AC. We got an ETN2 to spend several hours running
all over the ship looking for a "DC extension cord" one day. The
difference? As we explained to him: "A DC plug has two prongs on it,
the AC plug has 3."
The ship was so old I sat in "Combat" and watched a radar repeater reset
because the AC in was at 90V. Had the electricians measure it at the
other end and it was 110V. What're ya gonna do?



Which tender? I was aboard Everglades (AD-24) out of Charleston from 1966-
1969. They used to send us to Mayport to do Yellowstone's work for them at
times....(c; Now you have my full attention, another AD sailor! Our cal
lab was designator EAT in the Measure program.

Great duty. Naples, Rota, Puerto Rico, Gitmo Liberty Port, New Jersey shot
16" projectiles over us on the way into the beach targets on the range in
PR. Looked like a VW Bus being shot overhead!

What radios did you have? I see ETN2. Glades had TBK, TBL, TCS in my
beloved Radio 2, RBO, RBA, RBB, URC-32s up in Radio. Radar was AN/SPS-6
and an SPS-21 Pathfinder whos fan belt I had the pleasure of changing while
strapped to the safety rail in 18' waves mid-Atlantic when the damned belt
broke. We couldn't make Europe with that equipment...(c;

Ah, the sound of my TBL 3Khz off your favorite AM rock radio station...(c;

One of the TBKs spent many hours on 80 and 40 meter CW....shhhh....

73 DE W4CSC/MM2