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Talked to an old radar tech at a diner near Moffett Field
I was grabbing breakfast before a shift last Tuesday, and this retired guy who worked on F-14 avionics in the 80s sat down next to me. He asked what I was working on, and I told him about a persistent ghost signal issue on a King Air 200 that had me swapping out antenna cables for three weeks. He just laughed and said 'Check your bonding straps before you waste another hour.' Turns out he was right. I had overlooked a corroded strap on the stabilizer that was causing all the noise. Has anyone else had a simple ground fix solve something that seemed way more complicated?
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josephmartin26d ago
Nothing humbles you faster than a 70 year old solving your problem with a screwdriver.
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