Why is the radar on the Wisconsin turning? Are they doing something new there?
Posted Apr 19, 2019, 2:59 PM UTC
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I'm pretty sure they just have the motor on 24/7 for the image.
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It just started in the past week though...
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It's run off and on like that for a while. It's just for looks.
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Aliens
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Nope.
It's on from about 7:45AM to 5:30PM. I know this because I'm the one that sets the timer.
We hot-wired it to a power source. It just spins. Promise it's not radiating, the radar transmitter rack is gutted. There's nothing hooked up to the antenna other than a power cable.
It's been spinning for probably two or three years now.
A few weeks ago it wasn't working for a while because we had to remove power from the entire ship to troubleshoot a severe phase B ground, and it didn't get turned back on for a while.
We are always doing new things, you should come check it out ;)
Source: Am ship's electrician.
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