WOW now the questions begs, do you have new menu items showing up in your brain ? hi hi
Darl NA8W -------------------------------------------------- From: "N7DF" <n...@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 9:24 AM To: <topband@contesting.com> Subject: Topband: you think you have interference problems > I live in the Sacremento Mountains of southern New Mexico overlooking the > White Sands Missile Range. > Frequently there are weird signals from the tests being conducted there > that impact the amateur bands but one of the most recent > exceeded all previous events. > I was listening on 160 late one night when a burst of noise hit my > receiver that not only totally wiped out reception but reset all the > menu items on my FT1000MP. Every indicator light on the front panel lit > up and the frequency display began randomly flashing numbers. > Then the radio shut off. At the same time my Alpha 77 linear made a loud > buzzing noise and tripped all of its overload systems. > After shutting everything off and disconnecting the power cords and > antenna, I checked for lightning in the area but it was a clear, calm > night. > When I hooked things back up I found that I had to totally reprogram all > the menu items on the FT1000MP but otherwise it was unharmed. > Strangely, there were now several new menu items that I had never seen > before and that didn't do anything. > I did a system reset according to the instructions in the manual and they > all disappeared. > A few days later I discussed the event with some of the people I work with > at the New Mexico Museum of Space history and learned what had happened. > The Air Force Space Command at Holloman Air Force Base is experimenting > with an Electromagnetic Pulse Generator that is intended to disable > enemy missiles, aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). To test its > effectiveness they had fired a burst at a UAV flying over the missile > range. > The burst was in the gigawatt range for only a few microseconds but > apparently my QTH was in the line of fire since I am 4,000 feet above the > valley. > I can testify that their system works quite well in disrupting > communications. I just hope they don't try it out again during the Stew > Perry Contest. > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK