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"Lynn Coffelt" wrote:

Hmmmm......... The guys that showed me the ropes used a Simpson 260 with a
battered leather case, an earphone and a wet finger. (Oh, yeah, as you
mentioned, an NE-2 taped to the end of a diddle stick)
Old Chief Lynn, Anacortes Marine Electronics (for 20 years)

What, you taped yours to a diddle stick??? We always just held them
in our fingers out in front of the waveguide flange..... Well not on
40Kw Decca 404's.... but all the rest.....

Hmmm, sounds like an old timer....The really good techs came from
Northern Radio, Radar Electric, and Raytheon Marine back in the 60's and
70's. I am an old Northern Man, and one of the few "Old Boys" left.
Don Hollingsworth Sr. is still around at G & L Marine, and he is a
Raytheon transplant. Billy Pulse came from the end of the era Radar
Electric shop. That's about it for that generation, that still practice
the "Art" of Marine Electronics. Same with the "Regulators". (FCC)
After the closing of RegionX in Kirkland, there just isn't anyone left
that really understands the Marine Mobile Radio Service. Bob Dietch,
Bob Zenes, Gary Solsby, Bill Johnson, and even Denny Anderson have all
retired.

Me getting old is a Bitch......all the good guys just die off....

I worked at Raytheon in Seattle between Feb 1970 and Oct 1979. I sure remember Bill Pulse. Is he still with us? When I first applied to be an electronics technician, I interviewed with Bill. He rejected me. UG Allen at Raytheon hired me. I worked with the guys from G&L a lot.

I am now retired in Ironwood, Michigan. Yes, getting old is a bitch. I still remember the people and equipment like it was yesterday.

Weigel

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