I've been around OTBH (over the horizon backscatter) radar that disturbs all sorts of electronic devices. There wouldn't be anything like that at W-R, though.
Kills birds, too, if they are unlucky enough to fly in front of the beam. Didn't happen much, however, as the sites always seemed to be devoid of any animal life. I suspect there was something about the radar that they could detect that was unpleasant. I saw a radar system on a Navy ship kill a seabird once. A sailor went out on deck and picked up the carcass. He said it was warm, like it just came out of the microwave. Go figure. On a related note, when I was a kid in the 60s and we would travel to Florida for vacation, we always stopped in Perry because they had the only Catholic church around. Dan On Apr 6, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Gerry Archer wrote: > Going North through the Perry, Ga area on I-75 in either a '73 or '80 > Plymouth or Dodge (I forget which) the engine would quit for four or five > seconds and then start again. I first thought it was a bad solid state > module that fired the plugs on magnetic impulses from the distributor, but > replacing it made no difference. > Asked a local mechanic about it and he said it was caused by something > emanating from Warner-Robins. > Another trip I drove an east-west road south of Warner-Robins and had the > same thing happen. > Never been able to figure out what kind of radiation "beam" at the distances > involved would cause a high voltage coil/solid state switching circuit to > shut down; especially one that was pretty well shielded by the steel car body > sheet metal. > Comment? > Gerry _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
