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Subject: [oletrucks] Truck electronics
From: "Bob KNOTTS" <raknotts@qwest.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 16:14:02 -0700
Gosh Josiah. Here I thought you drove a log truck for a living!! Just kidding.
I spent my last 30 months in a navy recon squadron as the recon division
officer. I was a warrant photographer. I had had two weeks of basic
electricity 12 years earlier. But my roll was to listen to an airplane driver
(Naval Aviator) describe what recon system (Infrared, side-looking radar,
passive electronic countermeasures, or optical [photo] ) didn't work, and turn
to the appropriate shop chief, and ask "why doesn't it work, Chief?". Then the
chief would send out a 19 or 20 year old AT (aviation Electronics Tech) or
Photo Tech (PH), and they would fix it. I learned a lot. I especially learned
I didn't want to work in aircraft maintenance for a living! But the AT's
taught me how to solder and stuff to keep me away from the shop. But I learned
that someone who knew what he was doing could do wonders in electronics for a
small amount of money. One Chief AT designed and built a chaff dispenser for
his car. When his radar detector went off, he would hit the brakes and the
dispenser button. It worked well twice, at night, then he did it in the
twilight hours, and the police officer (GA State Patrol) saw the chaff. He was
so intrigued, he didn't give the chief a ticket, but took down his
registration information  and warned him to get rid of the chaff dispenser. I
look forword to your projects. Bob K in PHX, AZ
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