And I bet they're sitting in some warehouse collecting dust.
I wonder where they all ended up.
They stripped all the cool equipment from the Screen Room or the Timing and Control Room. I guess you could say the nick name of the timing and control room was the Screen Room. That's because the room was essentially a Faraday shielded room. That's where the three cesium clocks, five frequency generators, two signal format generators, WWV receivers, and a controller panel that was part of the things needed to switch the transmitters from "A" to the back-up "B"...
There were also some oscilloscopes and paper plotters used to monitor the stations phase and more, like various alarm panels. I still recall station "C" Hawaii's, signal format burnt onto my brain. I still hear the tones being blasted out around the world. The two huge transmitters were left behind. But they did take all the huge tubes and transformers out of them. Below is the original 1969 introduction and training video for the Omega Navigation System. I saw it built; and I saw it destroyed. Bummer!
Snap #2020 and 2223 shows the main antenna switch. Used to switch the antenna between transmitter A and B. Snaps #2169 and #2170 shows my only souvenir from my kick ass party station. It's from the antenna switch and it's shown in snap #2020, (red arrow) ... It must weigh 10 plus pounds or something. Note these giant coaxial cables were nitrogen filled to help prevent internal arcing and corrosion that would screw up the cable's impedance.
Snap #2011 shows what's left of transmitter "B".
Snap #2038 shows what's left of the screen room. The stations back-up battery room, (to keep the clocks and the whole screen room online always). It's just to the right.
Snaps Omega Japan and the one to the right shows the brains of the omega station. Timing and control! They were all identical. Rack #8 (not shown) was the main relay driver. It was kept outside the screen room because of noise and such.
Hey, can anyone spot the three cesium clocks?
Oh man I could go on! And ON!!. LOL!!!
Light bulbs that light up in your hand, look mom, no wires!!
. They built up speed so fast coming out of the loop aiming towards a enemy target with their armament the VC or NVA never saw it coming. They were death from above and the infantry loved them. The Stability Armament Systems (SAS) were so good at a dead hover that they could score a direct hit. There was a special unit whose sole mission was to provide Aerial Rocket Artillery (ARA). They carried large tubes full of 7.62 rockets, and as a floating platform had perfect line of sight. Nothing escape these birds of prey and I mean nothing. With enough speed and attitude without the rocket tubes, they could do roll overs in a matter of seconds. Always wanted a Porshe 911, so after I got married my wife got me one (a plastic model one) can't never said she didn't get me a 911.
