Subj : Hedy Lamarr To : Tom Walker From : James Bradley Date : Mon May 09 2005 10:59 am 05-08-05 08:09, Tom Walker told James Bradley about Hedie LaMar [sp?] How do, Tom? TW> Been a long time since I have ran across that pone. BUT yes she did You ran across her? More importantly, did you 'bump' into her? TW> "invent" some sort of a device that improved upon the Submarine TW> Torpedo. That was back in the 40's so I doubt it was anything to do TW> with Acoustic Tropedos becasue it would many years beflre they were TW> put into use. In fact as I recall they didn't get used in WWII very TW> much if at all. They were just shoot and pray the ship didn't suddenly TW> turn and you missed. TW> They of course in most cases shot a spread of three or Four to try and TW> anticipate and sudden change in course. Right, it was too technical to implement during WWII, FWIR. Perhaps it was a workable system, but developing a prototype could have launched 300-400 conventional torpedoes. TW> Just jumped over and did a Google Search and did come across her TW> Invention. It was foe a system of Guiding a Torpedo form a partol TW> plane. It used a "Frequenct Hopping" system, WELL ahead of it's time, TW> to make the signal fairly jam proof. IT was based o na system of TW> synchronizing Player pinaos and other self plating instruments the Co TW> Inventor with edy developed i nthe 20's. The radio system even used 88 TW> different frequencies just like the 88 piano keys. It even used player TW> piano rol s i nthe synchroizing system. Wow... A) I never knew player pianos were ever synched, even on dry land. B) Radio jamming was in its infancy then, wasn't it? C) Sure today, with stepper motors, PLL, and such, but in the Forties! I'll have a looksee when I get a chance, but WOW!!! TW> It was never adapted by the military being rejected by the hard headed TW> Military Brass. Germany didn't have the population to win a war of attrition. USA did. But I've seen a couple of WW* echoes where that could be better explored. TW> After the patent for the system expired it was taken and further TW> developed by Sylvania Electronics Systems using electronics instead TW> of piano rolls. It became a basic tool for Secure Military TW> communications and was installed o nships and first used i nthe TW> Blocade of Cuba in 1962. The concept still lives and lies behind TW> Anti-Jamming devices used today. An example is the "MilStar" Defence TW> Communications Satellite system. I can see a few security issues waking up once one searches for "MilStar anti-jamming." <-|[ Again, I heard the lady had some kinda brain in her, and what is more appealing than a smart woman that's easy on the eyes? .... James ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: -=-= Calgary Organization (403) 242-3221 (1:134/77) .