Just a funny little flash animation I made a few years ago.
http://resdon111.googlepages.com/Groundteam.swf
You know, that's actually pretty good! It reminded me of my first GT Training as a cadet. We were taking a reading with the L-per on the side of the road, some lady stops her car and asks if we're tracking bears... ::)
Hilarious. Except maybe to the folks in the mountainous regions.
Quote from: Recruiter on September 11, 2007, 01:44:35 AM
Hilarious. Except maybe to the folks in the mountainous regions.
Thanks, glad you like it! But it doesn't even have to be mountainous. We have a large black bear population here in WI. I have a cabin about one and a half hours north of Green Bay, and we have pictures of bears taking day naps in our backyard.
Quote from: ♠SARKID♠ on September 11, 2007, 04:44:48 AM
Quote from: Recruiter on September 11, 2007, 01:44:35 AM
Hilarious. Except maybe to the folks in the mountainous regions.
Thanks, glad you like it! But it doesn't even have to be mountainous. We have a large black bear population here in WI. I have a cabin about one and a half hours north of Green Bay, and we have pictures of bears taking day naps in our backyard.
Understandable. But also understand this... I live in the Buckeye State (GO MICHIGAN!). The only time I see bears is at the zoo!
Well then you'll have to come across the pond for a training mission up nort' der eh'. ;)
Quote from: ♠SARKID♠ on September 11, 2007, 04:10:00 PM
Well then you'll have to come across the pond for a training mission up nort' der eh'. ;)
Lead me to it. I'm not afraid to run from a bear ;D
Quote from: Recruiter on September 11, 2007, 08:52:35 PM
Quote from: ♠SARKID♠ on September 11, 2007, 04:10:00 PM
Well then you'll have to come across the pond for a training mission up nort' der eh'. ;)
Lead me to it. I'm not afraid to run from a bear ;D
No need to run faster then the bear. Just run faster then your friends.
Ironically enough, I just had a conversation with a National Guardsman and was telling him about CAP. I showed him the old school lper and he said.. "That's kind of like Bear Tracking." Yep
We had a mission last week looking for a 243mHz ELT, and all our stuff pointed to the TNANG 118th AW based at Nashville Intl (C-130 wing)
I roll up in the aircraft, GT is about 3 min out from the gate. Civilian employee police officer is standing on the other side of that cool red line the AF paints around their toys lookin at me.
Took a few minutes to explain, he brought the shift supervisor out, who, thank god, knew who we are and what we were probably after.
Also turned out to be a HAM radio operator, and gave us some good ideas for making a homebuilt DF unit that can be more accurate for the "Close in" stuff. Wish I could remember what he called it, but he said they've used it for "fox hunting" in the past, and instead of the big antenna array, it's got some very narrowband antenna that you hold horizontally and just spin around, and it only gives an audible when you're pointing within a few degrees of the source.
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Bears are fun.
Quote...and instead of the big antenna array, it's got some very narrowband antenna that you hold horizontally and just spin around, and it only gives an audible when you're pointing within a few degrees of the source.
Yeah, I've been toying with the idea of trying a deep parbolic dish to get accurate DFs, but if you're saying it would be good to a few degrees, it would probably be even better. I'd be interested to see the design (new thread?)
Quote from: SJFedor on September 11, 2007, 10:45:42 PM
We had a mission last week looking for a 243mHz ELT, and all our stuff pointed to the TNANG 118th AW based at Nashville Intl (C-130 wing)
I roll up in the aircraft, GT is about 3 min out from the gate. Civilian employee police officer is standing on the other side of that cool red line the AF paints around their toys lookin at me.
Took a few minutes to explain, he brought the shift supervisor out, who, thank god, knew who we are and what we were probably after.
Also turned out to be a HAM radio operator, and gave us some good ideas for making a homebuilt DF unit that can be more accurate for the "Close in" stuff. Wish I could remember what he called it, but he said they've used it for "fox hunting" in the past, and instead of the big antenna array, it's got some very narrowband antenna that you hold horizontally and just spin around, and it only gives an audible when you're pointing within a few degrees of the source.
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Bears are fun.
Can you email me with the details of that? I'd like to try that. Maybe a good training source.
Have you looked at the MK4 Sniffer? When you pair it with a home made directional antenna it is excellent for more close in DFing such as around an airport, neighborhood or marina. It has a setting like a metal detector that gives out a higher pitched tone as the antenna is pointed at the direction of the strongest signal. It's made by a ham in Australia who made it for "fox hunting." Pretty much every team in our area is buying at least one because of how effective it is.
http://www.cap-es.net/ES%20Electric%20Technology/Build%20A%20DF%202.htm