Signal problems

talos said:
It was said to be in danger of closing a while back, but the fact it has a range covering many miles of open sea swayed their decision, the last rocket part found was dredged up in a fishing net, caused quite a stir I can tell you. Men in white vans I'm not so sure of, but we do have a surfeit of Openreach engineers in the vicinity, far too many in my opinion for such a small village.
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Aberporth is in competition with the Hebrides range for missile tests, and if you compare the open Atlantic with a congested Cardigan Bay, you can guess which is preferred (especially for longer range tests). I've done equipment installations at both, even designed some of it.
 
Black Hole said:
Aberporth is in competition with the Hebrides range for missile tests, and if you compare the open Atlantic with a congested Cardigan Bay, you can guess which is preferred (especially for longer range tests). I've done equipment installations at both, even designed some of it.
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Just received notification for all vessels to stay out of the inner and outer designated range area for the next few weeks, looks like here we go again.
 
Our nearest cabinet is around 200 meters away, but of course its the "old" type, if they upgrade those we may be in with a chance.
 
Black Hole said:
Aberporth is in competition with the Hebrides range for missile tests, and if you compare the open Atlantic with a congested Cardigan Bay, you can guess which is preferred (especially for longer range tests). I've done equipment installations at both, even designed some of it.
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I did read that they are extending the operations with the use of Newquay airport for the drone programme so you get all that airspace between the two. My brother use to go to the US for testing but they were much bigger things. He use to take his briefcase to the toilet with him at home rather than leave it on the table and all the design team were on uppers (no that wasn't in the briefcase). Whisky would flow at the MOD meetings...

PS Talos I'm sure I saw a visual flicker when I was walking past one of those buildings on the coastal path with the warning sign about the type of radar inosation.
 
PS Talos I'm sure I saw a visual flicker when I was walking past one of those buildings on the coastal path with the warning sign about the type of radar inosation.
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Now I'm not sure of my facts here, but I have heard that carrying a mains tester when walking the path can yield interesting results, some say even a fluorescent tube, but that may be a step too far.
 
One of the objectives of the equipment I installed at the Hebrides range (and no doubt similar at Aberporth) is audit recordings to circumvent local fishermen claiming a boat was sunk in a missile test. The trouble with South Uist is also one of its advantages - too damned remote. There was talk at one time of making it remote controlled from Aberporth (or more likely making them both remote controlled from the home counties!). I think I have to go and shoot myself now.
 
talos said:
The problem with the US testing grounds is they're too "leaky"
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Hmmm I never told you he got his future wife pregnant on their first date / meeting did I out there.... It was suppose to high altitude presume facility and alcohol went to his head... She flew back into Brize Norton a few months latter for the wedding - engineer's what can you say. A retired military scottish guy made the quip to me that he thoughht he was firing blanks but it was a live round. Yes so a bit leaky out there as well. Will close screen since I'm expecting to see him soon.
 
hmmm ... interesting backgrounds of people in this forum... statistically speaking - odd.
When I was at faslane I remember a story about a torpedo jumping out of the loch and chasing a mail van down the road....
 
jack616 said:
hmmm ... interesting backgrounds of people in this forum... statistically speaking - odd.
When I was at faslane I remember a story about a torpedo jumping out of the loch and chasing a mail van down the road....
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Well don't leave it there , Did it catch him ? :D
 
I use to have a preoccupation with police pocket radios when I was a little boy. I was insensed that they were on UHF so I detuned a UHF TV tuner to get them. Without saying too much all the kids I went too school with were the children of DWS staff (GCHQ now) so they would be off to interesting places in the world or in boarding school. The parents hobbyisted their short wave work to home, so every DWS engineer had a massive shortwave aeriel in their back garden. Bit of a give away if you were a Russian spy. The place still makes specialist equipment so one suspects the WiFi rock was made there, that bit they don't mention on the web site but they want to employ graduates who are customer focused to make specialist equipment. There is suppose to be a rolling road to test out car bugs said by somebody saying what you couldn't see on Google Earth The web site says it contains the Foreign Offices archive in a nice new building, but one suspect's it isn't paper records but one Mr S wrote about. I suspect there is a nuclear bunker there, everyone had one so it seems.Google Earth shows the site divided into parts, rich and poor, complete with tennis's courts.

I did convert my Phillips electronic project kit into a jammer also when a little boy. It wasn't one of the listed projects but would take out VHF TV within 100 yards. Couldn't let the DWS parents have all the fun. Tut, and one of the employees use to listen to mother's analogue cordless telling her the contents of what she said. I moved her onto Rabbit. Just wondering how secure DECT phones are round here.
 
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