From: Liberty Krueger (libertyk@bellatlantic.net)
Date: Mon Apr 21 2003 - 09:28:10 PDT
Our radios didn't like the dust storms. They started overheating really bad
after that, even in cool weather. We ended up pulling all our amps to empty
all the sand that managed to get inside them durring that first sand storm.
After that we taped up all the vents to prevent sand from getting in. Of
course that means that you can't use them durring sand storms. They don't
really work durring sand storms anyway because of static electricity
generated by the sand. Durring the first storm, when we keyed the mic we
could see the antenna light up blue from the static discharge on it. Man,
that was a long strange trip. Iraq was like a whole different planet. It
rains sideways there. It even rained durring some sand storms. Everything
got coated with mud including anyone caught out in it. One time there was a
lightning storm. The lightning jumped back and forth all over the place up
in the clouds but never once struck the ground. It was weird man.
>
> --- Liberty Krueger <libertyk@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> > Hell, drop the whole friggin ratt rig on them. Those
> > stupid things are all
> > but useless in these days of satelite phones and
> > instant comunications. I am
> > a former "am static jocky" thirty one charle. (radio
> > teletype operator) I
> > think they called it thirty one charle because there
> > were about thirty one
> > steps just to send a message! What a pain in the
> > butt. We used them only
> > once in the first desert storm, to draw enemy
> > artillery fire! I'm not
> > kidding. That really was our mission.
> >+++++++++++++
> I like my T-368F/R-390A radio station!
>
> What do you know about the Harris radios popping
> finals because of the "dust storms"?
>
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