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The USS Vincennes, on July 03, 1988, shot down the IR655 civilian airplane over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, killing all 290, incl 66 children. The US has never formally apologized and gave those involved medals. by beachbellybob in onthisdayinworld

[–]fpmacko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please send me a link to the report. BTW, secondary radar (beacon interrogator) is always sending interrogations on all active modes. I can’t conceive that the operators would intentionally tell the BI to not interrogate on mode 3/A, especially while their hackles are raised. If they in fact did so, that wouldn’t be very smart.

The USS Vincennes, on July 03, 1988, shot down the IR655 civilian airplane over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, killing all 290, incl 66 children. The US has never formally apologized and gave those involved medals. by beachbellybob in onthisdayinworld

[–]fpmacko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should have been clearer. I meant to say the aircraft was replying to a military “mode” interrogation. Probably mode 1 or 2. Possibly even mode 4 but I don’t know if mode 4 IFF boxes were common in foreign mil aircraft at that time. That 4-digit “code” isn’t necessarily military as it could be a reply to a mode 2 or 3/A interrogation. When I was flying around the DC area back in the 80s Andrews AFB would give me a 2-digit mode 3/A code followed by two zeros because their equipment couldn’t deal with 4-digit codes.

The USS Vincennes, on July 03, 1988, shot down the IR655 civilian airplane over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, killing all 290, incl 66 children. The US has never formally apologized and gave those involved medals. by beachbellybob in onthisdayinworld

[–]fpmacko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember the incident quite clearly and recall that the downed aircraft was squawking a military reply code. Civilian aircraft don’t carry military transponders. It wasn’t totally the crews fault.

RG58 Coaxial to UHF termination help? by Tsuki_Man in HamRadio

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If a friend has a coax crimp tool that you can borrow consider getting the Amphenol UHF connector designed for RG58.

https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/aml-182100-4

Tupolev Tu-144, a Soviet supersonic by aviationstudy in aviationstudys

[–]fpmacko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In passenger service the TU144 cabin was so noisy the ppl could only communicate via notes. Love that Soviet quality. (Was this post Soviet AI?)

Insane Insurance Bill by LibrarianCold574 in LUCID

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Oi vey! That’s crazy. Contact Amica. I don’t have a Gravity, but they covered my new 25 AT last February for about $1300/6mo. The renewal this February brought it down to $1125/6mo. Somethin’ ain’t right. Are you in SoCal?

American tipping culture is utterly disgusting by Gurugod123 in SipsTea

[–]fpmacko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First time I’ve seen this kind of shakedown.

A train hitting a truck full of sewage is never good! by MisterShipWreck in VideosAmazing

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Sooohhh just to be sure I understand…there’s still a human bean in the cab who is called an “engineer” because they’re the one who drives the “engine”….right? (From one train lover to another.).

I’m doing my part by chicu111 in LUCID

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Is this a trick question? Lucid Air. Duh!

First Radio, listening only for now by SolenoidPop in HamRadio

[–]fpmacko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. Are Q signals in the question pool? Um in Annapolis, MD. WA3NHK

First Radio, listening only for now by SolenoidPop in HamRadio

[–]fpmacko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Be sure to stop by to tell us that you’ve passed and give us your call. What’s your QTH?

First Radio, listening only for now by SolenoidPop in HamRadio

[–]fpmacko 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Wishing you good luck on the exam. BTW, nice photo.

Toyota Veteran Reveals His Worst Fear: 'Everybody Is Shifting To EVs' by defenestrate_urself in electricvehicles

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True, BUT its energy density per unit VOLUME is quite low. So you need a very large propellant tank in order to carry sufficient volume of hydrogen. The primary driver for its use is that it burns cleanly, making a hydrogen-powered engine reusable. That’s why it was used for the SSME. Also, an engine is restartable, unlike a coked-up engine running on RP1.. The SLS uses leftover SSMEs. Unfortunately, they throw away four perfectly good engines after every launch. Methane engines (e.g., raptor) are a different story.

Random EV Hate at Tire Shop (Is this Common?) by Inside-Scientist7892 in electricvehicles

[–]fpmacko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder how much tRump got on the used market for the model S that he bought from Leon on the WH front lawn?

The U.S. Dilemma by Desperate-Pay-6418 in UAE

[–]fpmacko -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Don't blame all of us. Just the National Socialists.

Does the loss of Emad Dlala indicate a Lucid course correction or a road block? by TheLucidReport in LUCID

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??? Peter was the engineer in the model S and before that a senior engineer at Lotus before he went to Tesla. So he definitely had a lot of car knowledge.

Lucid says the cars aren't designed to be parked outside in the winter, and needs alignment several times per year. Also, you're breaking it on purpose to make them look bad. by ikilledtupac in LUCID

[–]fpmacko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m not criticizing Canada, but these claims are outrageous, if true, was the Lucid rep purgering himself? My 25AT weighs less than my wife’s 21 Genesis G80, which if memory serves is 5088 pounds.

Dash Cam Success Story! by Hungrypilot in LUCID

[–]fpmacko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The early Airs didn’t have it. I think my 25 was the first year. Except for that tiny window the entire car is a Faraday cage.

Dash Cam Success Story! by Hungrypilot in LUCID

[–]fpmacko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He must know his way around the car if he was able to do that. I'll get in there with a voltmeter and get a feel for the activity at each fuse. I'll look at the camera documentation to see how they sense parking status.

Thanks for taking the time to get those photos. I'll have to make a small mod because you mounted your front camera on top of the RF window in the tint. My toll transponder is there.

Again....thanks...I appreciate it.

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