http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/ Friends of the 277 radar Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:58:16 GMT Phil Gibson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/70 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/70 My apologies gentleman but I wish to advise the address I gave in my original advice for my brother in law David Dawson should have read.............. 208 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:39:41 GMT Phil Gibson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/69 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/69 ... From: Phil Gibson [mailto:pgibson6@...] Sent: 26 October 2006 20:59 To: j.davidson@... Cc: 277radar@yahoogroups.com; Terry Erbs; Stew Sun, 21 May 2006 11:50:46 GMT Harvey Edwards http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/68 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/68 Thanks for quite a few donations: Dennis Hakanson has sent down from QLD. a replacement bakelite push button switch that was highlighted in newsletter #5. It Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:55:00 GMT Kerry Hetherington http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/67 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/67 HI Harvey & the Group. I'll be brief in my reply.... 1. The retired warship Diamantina is resting in the Brisbane river and is on display to the public. Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:59:24 GMT Harvey Edwards http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/66 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/66 Bernie Keogh just emailed me to say.. "I reckon theres still a fair amount of 277 stuff at the old Met office in Alice Springs. Occasionally I used to go over Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:31:23 GMT Harvey Edwards http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/65 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/65 Thanks Dennis you indeed must have quite a collection of 277 bits It will replace the broken one on the transmitter Harv Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:54:50 GMT d_hakanson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/64 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/64 Purely by chance and having nothing to do with my scavenging tendencies, I have in my possession one of the above in perfect condition. It is ex-Charleville Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:26:15 GMT http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/63 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/63 Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the 277radar group. File : Fri, 24 Mar 2006 03:40:32 GMT Alex Kariko http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/62 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/62 Hi All, Reading Denis H's post, I realised that I was not very clear on the procedure. In Charleville, you had to climb the tower while the 277 was off, grab Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:47:41 GMT Alex Kariko http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/61 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/61 Hello All, I was reminiscing with Harvey last night about the 277 dish and its complex hydraulic and pneumatics. I recall the Charleville 277 had to have its Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:01:01 GMT Harvey Edwards http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/59 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/59 Just a reminder to raise your glasses. On the 6th March 1956 the Townsville 277 radar performed the first cyclone watch in Australia. The story as told by Fred Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:08:46 GMT Harvey Edwards http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/58 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/58 Filed under Photos/Project is a sketch of the PPI display stand we are constructing. Details are: The polycarbonate cover designed to fit over a restored PPI Tue, 24 Jan 2006 05:27:50 GMT gr8ve7 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/57 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/57 Hi 277 group: I sent this via my gr8ve7 email address to the group but it didn't post. I've done a cut and paste here get it into the group, so if a duplicate Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:25:53 GMT John Halford http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/56 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/56 Harvey for taking a scheduled reading start about 15 - 20 seconds before the time. A. Sweep left and then right in azimuth across the target, stop the aerial Sun, 22 Jan 2006 09:07:40 GMT Harvey Edwards http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/55 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/277radar/message/55 The photos of operating the 277Q on board the Canadian Coast Guard Ship "Stonetown" are in the Photo Albums > Non-Bureau radars area. They are of excellent