"Leythos" <spam999free@rrohio.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.262646345e5d696098a28a@us.news.astraweb.c om...
> In article <hphsc6$37d$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
> erratic@nomail.afraid.org says...
>> Electronic repair and maintenance of radar, IFF, and *other*
>> communications gear.
>>
>
> AT or AQ?

ETR "A" school followed by ETN "C" schools (they removed the distinction
at that time and made the ET class all encompassing). My "C" school
instructors often said things like "the exciter stage works the same as
it did in "A" school" and I would have to ask for clarification because
radar doesn't modulate that way. Most crypto, fire control, and ECM gear
was maintained from within their own departments. My favorite school was
the one at Xerox - that's some amazing stuff there. My favorite job task
was maintenance of a microwave site atop Mt. Vaca - one day I saw Mt.
Shasta, Heavenly (Tahoe), (Yosemite I think?), and the Golden Gate
Bridge from the tower. Many of the tests could be automated with the
Osborne - leaving time to go four-wheeling. D