Subj : Re: N connectors
To   : Gamgee
From : Ed Vance
Date : Tue Nov 25 2025 19:34:13

> I did one carrier, the Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72).  Plankowner of that 
> fine vessel.

> Yes indeed.

> I actually worked on an R-390 a few times in the mid-80's.  It was a
> dinosaur then and we only had one of them.  I remember it having a
> ridicously complicated tuning mechanism, lots of gears and shafts, and 
> very difficult to get tuned up well.

> I think much of the comm gear of today is digitally tuned with some 
> mouse clicks on a screen.

> Times, they are a-changing.  ;-)

> ... Gone crazy, be back later, please leave message.
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The world kf electronics has changed a lot since I got out of the Navy in 1962.
I had trouble learning Transistorized circuits, and still do.

In the 70's I read a Popular Electronics artical about logic gates and it made
sense to me.
I spent much $$$ at Radio Shack on 74xx I.C's.
Ed
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