Rick,
ummmm yeah we can say EMI, and nothing will happen to the flight
controls when you jam. What, did VAQ-35 have experimental jammers that
jammed in the 60-400hz range?

I will admitt that 35 had some interesting developmental pods. That might have
operated in that range. I will refrain from any further technical discussion
since I think we might be in a beadwindow situation or as Pugs might say he
doesn't know what he is talking about, either way enuf said.


Remember? Jamming in the bandwidths and
freqs we jam in has nothing to do with onboard avionics and flight
control systems, otherwise every A/C in a current strike package would
be affected?
Yes we used to fly in packages and set off other planes equipment.

Plus, extensive lab and flight testing is done before we
field a system,,,,,what exactly are you getting at elmshoot?

Do you remember when the USAF had some F-16's fly into the ground while in the
close proximity to high power radio antennas. They aren't called lawn darts for
nothing.

Also,
without going into detail, you are forgetting that there is such a
thing as directional jamming?

Yes, my point still stands

OBTW, glad you are perpetuating the myth
of Whidbey, I'll continue it,,,THE WEATHER THERE IS NASTY AND IT RAINS
300 DAYS OUT OF THE YEAR!!! So stay away, do your best to NOT get
stationed there!!

Whidbey has a very mild climate much nicer winters than in the midwest were I
live now.

On 31 Dec 2003 05:20:23 GMT, (Elmshoot) wrote:

The next issue is why keep them at Whidbey (except for airspace and
whole lot of other reasons not the least of which is Elk hunting and
steelhead fishing) ;^


Ah I remember it well. The VAQ-35 Ops Rod and Gun club. The wind would be
howling snow flurries coming down at an 85 degree angle. These knuckel heads
would show up at work. Get the 75 minutes of work that they would spend all
day
doing done in about 60 minutes. And then ask if they could go out and lay
in a
freshly harvested corn field and wait for a duck to fly over.....
At least the squadron picknic later that month was interesting when the
bachelors would show up with a meat dish. The Wives Club girls from the big
city would be scarfing down huge quanities of duck or some other animal of
the
wild until they learned the truth. I though one or two was going to puke on
the
spot.

Back to the subject... What happens to the fly by wire jet when the master
bad
is turned on? Can you say EMI?