by Lee Cloer | Oct 1, 2018 | General Interest, Repair and Engineering
It’s about the carrots, or at least that’s what the propaganda said. Have you heard that carrots are good for the eyes? It’s been passed along by moms for decades. The vitamin A and beta-carotene are fantastic for healthy eyesight. But, when did carrots and...
by Lee Cloer | May 21, 2018 | General Interest, Repair and Engineering |
A United States P-3 Orion is on a routine patrol over an area of the eastern Pacific west of Costa Rica in international airspace. Its mission is to search for, locate, and track a narco submarine used by cartels out Central and South America. Once located, it will...
by Stan Stark | May 15, 2018 | General Interest, Repair and Engineering |
High power tube-driven Mechanically Scanned Antenna (MESA) RADARs ruled the skies for decades. They were the backbone of the weapon systems on board the F-16, F-15, F-18, and were produced by the thousands. But where have they gone and why? Have Actively and Passively...
by Lee Cloer | Dec 18, 2017 | General Interest, Repair and Engineering, Video |
A radar detects an aircraft by sending out a high-frequency radio wave and then measuring the time it returns to understand the distance and direction to a target. If you have a slotted planar antenna like the APG-66/68 or the APQ-159, the HF radio wave is directed to...
by Lee Cloer | Dec 11, 2017 | General Interest, Repair and Engineering |
It is said that the best defense is a great offense. This means instead of only sitting back in your foxhole and waiting to be attacked, sometimes the best way to protect yourself is to go outside the wire and attack your enemy. This would be getting inside the...