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Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Fit (HMS) is a family of networking tactical radio systems that are interoperable with specified radios in the current forces. HMS provides Joint interoperable connectivity to the tactical edge and to the most disadvantaged warfighter with an on-the-move, at-the-halt and stationary line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight capability for both dismounted personnel and platforms. The radios are scalable and compliant with modular software communications architecture, enable net-centric operations, operate multiband and multimode, and deliver reliable, secure tactical communications.
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The A-6 Intruder was designed to serve two roles: one, to replace the aging A-1 Skyraider and supplement the A-4 Skyhawk in the carrier-based strike role, and two, to give the US Navy a genuine all-weather strike aircraft. The requirement was issued in 1957, and Grumman’s A2F-1 design selected, with the first flight in 1960. In 1962, just before fleet entry in 1963, the Intruder was redesignated A-6A.
The A-6 was designed to hit targets with pinpoint accuracy in adverse weather, day or night, similar to what the USAF would later require for the F-111 Aardvark. For this reason, it was built around the Digital Integrated Attack/Navigation Equipment (DIANE), which used three radar systems to constantly update the INS and provide attack data to the bombardier/navigator sitting in the right seat. The system proved very complicated and it would be some years before it was perfected. Since the weather and night would be the Intruder’s primary defense, no defensive armament was put on the aircraft, though it could carry an impressive 18,000 pound warload of air-to-ground weaponry.
The Intruder was committed early to the Vietnam War, which showed up the flaws in the DIANE system and a more lethal one in the bomb delivery system, which had a tendency to set off the bombs prematurely, destroying the aircraft. Gradually improvements were made, and despite the loss of 84 Intruders over Vietnam, it proved to be extremely effective: until the bugs were ironed out of the F-111A in 1971, the A-6 remained the only American aircraft that could attack during the monsoon season. Specialized A-6Bs were also produced specifically for Iron Hand defense suppression missions, and A-6Cs for anti-truck operations on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
All three variants were replaced by the A-6E beginning in 1971: this replaced DIANE with a more advanced solid-state computer and the three radars with a single AN/APQ-148 multimode radar. In 1979, the A-6E was further modified with the installation of Target Recognition Attack Multisensor (TRAM), consisting of a turret in the nose containing FLIR linked to the radar and a new bomb computer. Besides making the already accurate A-6 even more deadly, it also allowed the Intruder to drop laser-guided bombs, hit moving targets with bombs, and also use passive radar to attack a target.
A-6s would find themselves once more heavily employed during the First Gulf War, flying 4700 sorties for the loss of four aircraft; its final roles would find it supporting Marines in Somalia in 1991 and UN forces in Bosnia in 1995. By that time, surviving A-6Es had been partially upgraded to allow them to fire all newer guided weapons in the inventory (namely the AGM-84 Harpoon, AGM-65 Maverick, and AGM-88 HARM), while most of the fleet also received composite wings. Grumman further proposed an updated version designated A-6F, with new avionics and engines, but the US Navy rejected this in favor of replacing the Intruder with the F/A-18C/D Hornet. The last A-6E left US Navy service by Feburary 1997; the US Marine Corps had retired theirs in 1993.
In addition to the attack versions of the Intruder, Grumman also built the dedicated KA-6D tanker version, which replaced the attack systems with an internal hose/reel refuelling system. These too were retired in 1997 and replaced by the S-3B Viking.
This Intruder was built as Bureau Number 155595, an A-6A, in 1968, and joined the Navy's VA-128 ("Golden Intruders"), training A-6 crews headed to Southeast Asia. In 1970, 155595 itself made the trip to Vietnam, with VA-165 ("Boomers") aboard USS Constellation (CV-64), seeing combat during Operation Linebacker I. After returning to the United States, it went back to VA-128 from 1972 to 1973, then to VA-196 ("Main Battery") until 1975, after which it was upgraded to an A-6E. After another year with VA-165, it would see deployments with VA-145 ("Swordsmen") and VA-52 ("Knight Riders") aboard the USS Kitty Hawk and Carl Vinson (CV-63 and CVN-70) until 1981. After a quick year's stay with VA-65 ("Fighting Tigers"), it was back to VA-165 once more aboard the Vinson.
In 1990, 155595 was with VA-155 ("Silver Foxes") aboard the USS Ranger (CV-61) for its second war during Operation Desert Storm. During several weeks of strikes, mostly "tank plinking" with laser-guided bombs, 155595 was credited with 56 tanks and two gunboats. This proved to be the old A-6's swan song, and it was retired in 1993. It would spend a few years at AMARC until being donated to the Pacific Coast Air Museum in Santa Rosa, California.
155595 was just repainted and further restored fairly recently, and the restoration was excellent. Since the aircraft saw its second war with VA-155, that was the colors PCAM decided to go with, and it carries both its kill board and the Silver Fox logo on the tail. Somewhat unusually for a museum aircraft, 155595 is fully bombed up, complete with "Remove Before Flight" arming pins on 16 Mark 82 500-pound bombs. Along with two drop tanks, this is a full load for even the A-6. It's the centerpiece of an entire memorial and display on the history of the Intruder.
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This photo was a surprise. I was taking a photo of the cabling on the fibre channel switch. We've looked at the open ends of these SFP modules dozens of times, and never seen light coming out of them. But the camera was able to see these purple pulses.
Apparently these purple pulses are emitted from a Class I laser with a wavelength of 850 nm, and are less dangerous, unless stared at directly for over 0.25 seconds. I guess any light with a frequency over 780 nm is near-infrared and not visible to the human eye.
Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
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Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
myspace.com/themuzzle
myspace.com/causedbythesun
The A-6 Intruder was designed to serve two roles: one, to replace the aging A-1 Skyraider and supplement the A-4 Skyhawk in the carrier-based strike role, and two, to give the US Navy a genuine all-weather strike aircraft. The requirement was issued in 1957, and Grumman’s A2F-1 design selected, with the first flight in 1960. In 1962, just before fleet entry in 1963, the Intruder was redesignated A-6A.
The A-6 was designed to hit targets with pinpoint accuracy in adverse weather, day or night, similar to what the USAF would later require for the F-111 Aardvark. For this reason, it was built around the Digital Integrated Attack/Navigation Equipment (DIANE), which used three radar systems to constantly update the INS and provide attack data to the bombardier/navigator sitting in the right seat. The system proved very complicated and it would be some years before it was perfected. Since the weather and night would be the Intruder’s primary defense, no defensive armament was put on the aircraft, though it could carry an impressive 18,000 pound warload of air-to-ground weaponry.
The Intruder was committed early to the Vietnam War, which showed up the flaws in the DIANE system and a more lethal one in the bomb delivery system, which had a tendency to set off the bombs prematurely, destroying the aircraft. Gradually improvements were made, and despite the loss of 84 Intruders over Vietnam, it proved to be extremely effective: until the bugs were ironed out of the F-111A in 1971, the A-6 remained the only American aircraft that could attack during the monsoon season. Specialized A-6Bs were also produced specifically for Iron Hand defense suppression missions, and A-6Cs for anti-truck operations on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
All three variants were replaced by the A-6E beginning in 1971: this replaced DIANE with a more advanced solid-state computer and the three radars with a single AN/APQ-148 multimode radar. In 1979, the A-6E was further modified with the installation of Target Recognition Attack Multisensor (TRAM), consisting of a turret in the nose containing FLIR linked to the radar and a new bomb computer. Besides making the already accurate A-6 even more deadly, it also allowed the Intruder to drop laser-guided bombs, hit moving targets with bombs, and also use passive radar to attack a target.
A-6s would find themselves once more heavily employed during the First Gulf War, flying 4700 sorties for the loss of four aircraft; its final roles would find it supporting Marines in Somalia in 1991 and UN forces in Bosnia in 1995. By that time, surviving A-6Es had been partially upgraded to allow them to fire all newer guided weapons in the inventory (namely the AGM-84 Harpoon, AGM-65 Maverick, and AGM-88 HARM), while most of the fleet also received composite wings. Grumman further proposed an updated version designated A-6F, with new avionics and engines, but the US Navy rejected this in favor of replacing the Intruder with the F/A-18C/D Hornet. The last A-6E left US Navy service by Feburary 1997; the US Marine Corps had retired theirs in 1993.
The Pacific Northwest Air Museum has two tails that belong to aircraft that still exist--but aren't on display at the museum! This tail belongs to BuNo 152603, but the actual aircraft is on display as a veterans' memorial in Richmond, Indiana. The reason why only the tail is at the museum is because VA-128--appropriately named the "Golden Intruders"--was the training squadron for the US Navy's A-6 community. When 152603 was retired in 1995, the tail was retained by VA-128 as a tribute to the graduates of the squadron's training program; the aircraft was given a tail from a scrapped A-6 and donated to the memorial in Indiana.
Before 152603 managed to be two places at once, it started off as an A-6A, delivered to VMA(AW)-202 ("Double Eagles"), which served as the Marine A-6 training squadron at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina. Later that year, it was transferred to an unknown Marine unit (possibly VMA(AW)-242) and flew combat missions from Da Nang, South Vietnam. In 1971, it returned to the US and was transferred to the Navy, serving with VA-86 ("Black Falcons") at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington; it was converted to an A-6E in 1973 and remained at Whidbey, flying with VA-128, until it was retired in 1979.
However, 152603 wasn't quite finished yet. It was returned to service in 1990 and deployed with VA-176 ("Thunderbolts") aboard the USS Forrestal (CV-59) during the First Gulf War. Following its return home, 152603 returned to its old squadron and stomping grounds, VA-126 at Whidbey Island. It was retired for good in 1995, as mentioned above, when VA-126 was disestablished as the A-6 was retired.
152603's tail retains VA-126's markings, with the starboard side of the tail (the side pictured here) with 1937 names: all the A-6 pilots and bombardier/navigators that trained with VA-126. On the port side are the names of "plank owner" A-6 crews that were assigned to VA-126 when it was formed, and A-6 aircrew that have "flown west"--passed away.
This was another unique find at the museum, which is definitely worth a visit.
Date designed: 1987
Manufacturer: Iain Sinclair Ltd
Material: Injection moulded plastics
Size: 47 x 84 x 16mm DIA
Description: The world's first smart flashlight incorporated computer controlled, multimode features (patented), providing different light outputs for different needs.
DVI Dual Link Fiber Extender used for TMDS digital signal transmission. For more details www.kvmswitchtech.com/dvi-dual-link-fiber-extender-over-m...
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Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Fit (HMS) is a family of networking tactical radio systems that are interoperable with specified radios in the current forces. HMS provides Joint interoperable connectivity to the tactical edge and to the most disadvantaged warfighter with an on-the-move, at-the-halt and stationary line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight capability for both dismounted personnel and platforms. The radios are scalable and compliant with modular software communications architecture, enable net-centric operations, operate multiband and multimode, and deliver reliable, secure tactical communications.
Read more at asc.army.mil/web/portfolio-item/c3t-handheld-manpack-and-...
Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
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Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
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myspace.com/causedbythesun
Neutrik Opticon connectors. Thease are the most expensive fibre connectors I know, 70€/each! Thease connect two multimode fibres and four copper contacts.
AFL Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) distribution cables supports the application of multimode fiber including 50 µm OM4 as well as single-mode solutions. Both fiber configurations are available in bend-insensitive designs. The cable complies with both domestic and international safety regulations and performance is qualified to UL 1666 and UL 1685 standards for OFNR-LS criteria and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards: 60332, 60754 and 61034.
Basically, the Ekdahl Moisturizer is a spring reverb where the springs are exposed so they can be played/hit/fiddled with. As well as being capable of creating sound in itself, you can of course also play sound through the springs like a regular spring reverb - this makes for happy-fun-time finger-modulation of the reverb on whatever audio that's going through it. On top of this there's an analog multimode filter that can be used to attenuate or exaggerate certain frequencies in the sound, this is real handy while playing the springs as you can - for instance - cut all the highs and just make thunderous doomy sounds or do the opposite; cut all the lows and make that ear piercing high frequency special love. Also, it incorporates an LFO that's internally routable to the filter and that also has some external routing-stuff. The Ekdahl Moisturizer has tons of CV / Expression pedal options on the back for even more hillarious moments. The Moisturizer is a mono unit.
The Moisturizer was developed with the help of Jason Willett (Half Japanese, Leperchaun Catering), Martin Schmidt (Matmos, Instant Coffee), Joshua Atkins (Polygons, Major Powers), mom & dad and many more
Two laptops, one iMac, skype video, vim running in multimode screen, tomatoi.st, one coder 30 miles away...
Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
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Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
myspace.com/themuzzle
myspace.com/causedbythesun
Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
myspace.com/themuzzle
myspace.com/causedbythesun
Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
myspace.com/themuzzle
myspace.com/causedbythesun
Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
myspace.com/themuzzle
myspace.com/causedbythesun
Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
myspace.com/themuzzle
myspace.com/causedbythesun
Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
myspace.com/themuzzle
myspace.com/causedbythesun
Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
myspace.com/themuzzle
myspace.com/causedbythesun
200G QSFP-DD 2x100GBASE-SR4 100m Optical Transceiver is a Eight-Channel, Pluggable, Parallel, Fiber-Optic QSFP Double Density for 2x100 Gigabit Ethernet Applications. This transceiver is a high performance module for short-range multi-lane data communication and interconnect applications. It integrates eight data lanes in each direction with 8x25.78125Gbps bandwidth. Each lane can operate at 25.78125Gbps up to 70 m using OM3 fiber or 100 m using OM4 fiber. These modules are designed to operate over multimode fiber systems using a nominal wavelength of 850nm. The electrical interface uses a 76 contact edge type connector. The optical interface uses an 24 fiber MTP (MPO) connector. This module incorporates Gigalight Technologies proven circuit and VCSEL technology to provide reliable long life, high performance, and consistent service.
For more details, please visit: www.infiberone.com/product/3965.html .
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Electronic musicians "The Muzzle" and Members of "Caused by the Sun"
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Singlemode fibre optic cable is commonly used in long distance because a small diametral core creates the ability for the signal to travel faster and further. Choose from a wide variety of premium quality single-mode fiber patch cables - available online at Fruity Cables Ltd.