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From son in law:
Yes, it's true. The main problem is Boeing's delay of their Block IIF satellites. The AF is planning to buy 12 of them. IIF was originally supposed to launch in 2000.... then 2004..... now late 2009 (optimistically). It's not all Boeing's fault. The Gov't caused a lot of problems with requirements creep, ill defined needs, and late design changes. You can read the GAO report online. It' has all the gory detail. |
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message m... From son in law: Yes, it's true. The main problem is Boeing's delay of their Block IIF satellites. The AF is planning to buy 12 of them. IIF was originally supposed to launch in 2000.... then 2004..... now late 2009 (optimistically). It's not all Boeing's fault. The Gov't caused a lot of problems with requirements creep, ill defined needs, and late design changes. You can read the GAO report online. It' has all the gory detail. I think they should put new tubes in the old LORAN system transmitters and keep 'em running for a while. Eisboch |
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On Wed, 20 May 2009 02:46:50 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote: I think they should put new tubes in the old LORAN system transmitters and keep 'em running for a while. There 'ya go - Tubes. WHOO HOO!!! ~~ From a radio Luddite ~~ |
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"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "Calif Bill" wrote in message m... From son in law: Yes, it's true. The main problem is Boeing's delay of their Block IIF satellites. The AF is planning to buy 12 of them. IIF was originally supposed to launch in 2000.... then 2004..... now late 2009 (optimistically). It's not all Boeing's fault. The Gov't caused a lot of problems with requirements creep, ill defined needs, and late design changes. You can read the GAO report online. It' has all the gory detail. I think they should put new tubes in the old LORAN system transmitters and keep 'em running for a while. Eisboch They'd probably have to get the "tubes" from Russia. |
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On Wed, 20 May 2009 06:16:28 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message m... "Calif Bill" wrote in message m... From son in law: Yes, it's true. The main problem is Boeing's delay of their Block IIF satellites. The AF is planning to buy 12 of them. IIF was originally supposed to launch in 2000.... then 2004..... now late 2009 (optimistically). It's not all Boeing's fault. The Gov't caused a lot of problems with requirements creep, ill defined needs, and late design changes. You can read the GAO report online. It' has all the gory detail. I think they should put new tubes in the old LORAN system transmitters and keep 'em running for a while. Eisboch They'd probably have to get the "tubes" from Russia. Ted Stevens knows all about tubes and lives right across the pond from Russia. |
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"Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message ... On Wed, 20 May 2009 02:46:50 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: I think they should put new tubes in the old LORAN system transmitters and keep 'em running for a while. There 'ya go - Tubes. WHOO HOO!!! ~~ From a radio Luddite ~~ Last Loran I had did not have Valves. |
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On Wed, 20 May 2009 17:25:21 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote: "Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 20 May 2009 02:46:50 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: I think they should put new tubes in the old LORAN system transmitters and keep 'em running for a while. There 'ya go - Tubes. WHOO HOO!!! ~~ From a radio Luddite ~~ Last Loran I had did not have Valves. You know - you could make the argument that transistors are nothing more than solid state vacuum tubes. Which would make them valves. |
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"Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message ... On Wed, 20 May 2009 17:25:21 -0700, "Calif Bill" wrote: "Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message . .. On Wed, 20 May 2009 02:46:50 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: I think they should put new tubes in the old LORAN system transmitters and keep 'em running for a while. There 'ya go - Tubes. WHOO HOO!!! ~~ From a radio Luddite ~~ Last Loran I had did not have Valves. You know - you could make the argument that transistors are nothing more than solid state vacuum tubes. Which would make them valves. True, but in conventional wisdom, tubes are valves, transistors are simply "solid state". For Calif Bill's benefit, I wasn't referring to a LORAN receiver which is most assuredly solid state. I was speaking of the transmitters that are very likely to still use big old vacuum tube power amp outputs. Eisboch |
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On Wed, 20 May 2009 20:53:26 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote: "Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 20 May 2009 17:25:21 -0700, "Calif Bill" wrote: "Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message ... On Wed, 20 May 2009 02:46:50 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: I think they should put new tubes in the old LORAN system transmitters and keep 'em running for a while. There 'ya go - Tubes. WHOO HOO!!! ~~ From a radio Luddite ~~ Last Loran I had did not have Valves. You know - you could make the argument that transistors are nothing more than solid state vacuum tubes. Which would make them valves. True, but in conventional wisdom, tubes are valves, transistors are simply "solid state". For Calif Bill's benefit, I wasn't referring to a LORAN receiver which is most assuredly solid state. I was speaking of the transmitters that are very likely to still use big old vacuum tube power amp outputs. MORE POWER!!! 3CX3000A7 baby.... |
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"Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message ... On Wed, 20 May 2009 20:53:26 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: "Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message . .. On Wed, 20 May 2009 17:25:21 -0700, "Calif Bill" wrote: "Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message m... On Wed, 20 May 2009 02:46:50 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: I think they should put new tubes in the old LORAN system transmitters and keep 'em running for a while. There 'ya go - Tubes. WHOO HOO!!! ~~ From a radio Luddite ~~ Last Loran I had did not have Valves. You know - you could make the argument that transistors are nothing more than solid state vacuum tubes. Which would make them valves. True, but in conventional wisdom, tubes are valves, transistors are simply "solid state". For Calif Bill's benefit, I wasn't referring to a LORAN receiver which is most assuredly solid state. I was speaking of the transmitters that are very likely to still use big old vacuum tube power amp outputs. MORE POWER!!! 3CX3000A7 baby.... They make good drivers. |
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