Guest DGVREIMAN Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 WAR STORIES ARTICLE #36 ALERTS ARE DANGEROUS Quote
Guest Nigel Brooks Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 "DGVREIMAN" <dgvreiman@comcast.net> wrote in message news:QsedndagX4eUOAbbnZ2dnUVZ_hmtnZ2d@comcast.com... > WAR STORIES > > ARTICLE #36 > > > > ALERTS ARE DANGEROUS > About those listening devices You said - "Then we started to use listening devices planted around the Claymores. The listening devices were so good they could detect a Bird landing on the ground. The problem is that it rained a lot in Vietnam, and these devices were worthless in the rain" It just so happens that during the 70's I gained a great deal of experience in the deployment and use of US Military Vietnam Era Phase I and II sensors, including the PSID's and the portatel. The Phase I sensors were triggered in a variety of ways including the seismic actuation of footsteps, vehicles, and also magnetic activation. The activation turned on a microphone which then transmitted audio to the portatel. In the approximately 8 years I utilized the sensors I never experienced one being activated by a bird. In fact if I recall correctly, the sensitivity of the devices were internally set and could not be adjusted in the field. If you think about it - it makes no sense to have a device which is so sensitive that it alerts to a bird landing or a drop or rain. You are obviously not referring to PSIDS because those little things didn't have audio capability - they just transmitted a chirp when the geophone detected movement or vibrations. What sensors are you taking about? -- Nigel Brooks Quote
Guest FatmanE@aol.com Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 On Jul 16, 12:04 pm, "DGVREIMAN" <dgvrei...@comcast.net> wrote: > WAR STORIES > > ARTICLE #36 > > ALERTS ARE DANGEROUS > I don't think you needed to go to all the trouble to copy write this tremendous war story. I can't imagine anyone copying the horseshit. Want me to tell you how to make a mechanical ambush (Mickey Mouse) using the claymore? I'd have to copy write it, of course. Bill Clarke Quote
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