Wednesday, 01 May, 1963
Worked on photo specs: still in a quandary about how to organize the material. In the PM I went to the latest IEEE PGEM Spring Lecture by Assoc. Prof. Rosenbloom of HBS who talked about “Performance...
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Clear – Warm Met Paul B. & Geo Costello at PSC where a full day was put in. Geo installed the Master Gain & Line Amp Altec 1536A and the 1564A Power Supply with an isolation transformer from...
View ArticleSunday, 05 May, 1963
Rain in afternoon Took family into PSC. The TV monitor was left on overnight and of course would not work when the door was opened. I’ll have to put a GE remote operated relay on it and on a new outlet...
View ArticleMonday, 28 October, 1963
Talked with W2 re: the details of a filter for the 980∿ feedback frequency at PSC: he thot a series II inductor-capacitor arrangement would be okay — suggested that I talk to Bob Bergeman, and perhaps...
View ArticleWednesday, 30 October, 1963
Spent day at PSC after putting CoA on the Mark II Mod4A sheets. Got home at 7:20 PM. 35˚F – windy Spent the day at PSC working on the audio system with Geo Costello. The Altec Line Amp & tone...
View ArticleFriday, 01 November, 1963
Call Jack Slade re: the schedule. He wants a copy of the physical characteristics handbook. We may be able to send him the one LK now has, as it is an extra. Went home at 1:30 PM and went to bed to...
View ArticleSunday, 03 November, 1963
30˚ – Clear Took family to PSC. For once they were all ready to leave the house at 0800! The internal audio system performed better than I have ever heard it before. Mr. Stiff Sr. thot the...
View ArticleMonday, 04 November, 1963
I should have stayed home today and sprayed the Ford fender. Rec’d. 3 sketches of LORV (low observable reentry vehicles) SS vehicles & the one of Mk II Mod 4; this latter one has insufficient...
View ArticleMonday, 18 November, 1963
AAG ret’d from Kwaj. Had lunch w/ Bill Sen at ESL re: going to work in his outfit; I hope something comes of it. Worked some more, not much I admit, on the decoy sheets. Had lunch at MITRE w/ Bill Sen,...
View ArticleWednesday, 20 November, 1963
Made a final chart for decoy characteristics, and had some prints made by 11:30 AM. I think I ought to write out my thots on the L2 group at BSD for ELE. Filled in the table or chart w/ MkII mods...
View ArticleFriday, 22 November, 1963
Rec’d call from Dr. Pippert C-230 for wt, β, and CoA on Mk 6 & Mk II decoys about 1:30 PM when I was working on it. As I tried to get AvCo, it wasn’t possible due to the load on the phone lines...
View ArticleSunday, 24 November, 1963
Clear Took family to SS & church. The morning service was a memorial to the President and was well-done. The church was completely filled — the largest crowd Ed Poore said he had ever seen there....
View ArticleMonday, 25 November, 1963
Laboratory closed for the funeral of the President. Aubrey Stinnett called about 0830 to say he wanted to see me. I made an appointment to meet him at PSC at 3 PM. See other diary. 30˚F – Clear At 0830...
View ArticleFriday, 08 November, 1963
The weekly Lab bulletin carried the news that Dr. James W. Meyer, head of Div 3 will assume management of Press immediately; with Mel Herlin on Roi about 1/2-time, C.F. Kaye of Div 3 will handle admin...
View ArticleSunday, 10 November, 1963
Took all less DCH to PSC for SS & church. DCH got left due to his insistence on taking his pan in with us — the Ford is grounded with paint on the right front fender. Dr. Eldersveld had a fine...
View ArticleWednesday, 13 November, 1963
Went in to office at 1 PM and worked on the decoy summary chart until 5 PM; this chart is different from the R/E vehicle chart. 35˚F – 1/2 Overcast Stayed in bed until about 11:15, when LCH cut my...
View ArticleSunday, 17 November, 1963
Took DCH & girls to PSC, LCH not feeling good, and JCH has a bad cold. The audio worked quite well at both services; the under-balcony system has too much bass; this must be because we have put the...
View ArticleSunday, 28 April, 1963
Took the children in to PSC; LCH at home with a stiff neck. There are many missionaries around for the Conference, two at the Adult SS class. The church was packed, many going to the TV Room: I counted...
View ArticleSaturday, 13 April, 1963
Spent the day at PSC. Geo Costello & his helper were on deck, and after some delay decided to put some filters on the SC input, which Geo’s helper did. The setup finally worked, both the PA &...
View ArticleSunday, 14 April, 1963
We left about 0750 for PSC, arriving in time to find some seats: the Sanctuary was filled by 0900. We found that the M-20 mike was dead and the TV was no good. I had DCH turn it on, but he didn’t even...
View ArticleFriday, 19 April, 1963
Holiday — Up at 5 AM to go on the hike to Concord with the Scouts & others — 600 or so went. The weather was fine. NJH went along. The Governor — Endicott Peabody & General Schreiver both had...
View ArticleSaturday, 20 April, 1963
Picked up Paul Bradbury on the way to PSC, arriving there at 0900. Ken Olsen was there with the second rack and its contents — 3 power amplifiers (Knight) and a Knight amplifier for the Mayflower...
View ArticleSunday, 21 April, 1963
Took family to SS & church. Dave & Paul operated the new gear; their conclusion after considerable knob twisting to distribute the audio, they now want an electronic switch to cut the...
View ArticleThursday, 25 April, 1963
Worked on specs — finally found a copy of those used for the Bar-Ray 409-C unit with the original order from Purchasing. Home in afternoon so LCH could go to school; her “understanding” was apparently...
View ArticleFriday, 26 April, 1963
Called the Lexington office of Sears about their mail, and a messenger was sent to the Lab to get it. Worked up a final block diagram for the PSC audio system for use tonight. Shortly thereafter Ken...
View ArticleFriday, 10 May, 1963
Wrote to Sheldon Phillips at EKCo/Rochester re: the material cited in their ad in the 7 Jan ’63 Aviation Week. 56˚F Left the note for Miss Bonnett at the High School. Call from Mr. Hussey at 4:30 PM:...
View ArticleSunday, 12 May, 1963
DCH in bed trying to get over a cold so he can go in tonight. The audio and TV both worked quite well — for a change. HJO sermon for Mother’s Day was most excellent. Went to Howard Johnson’s for...
View ArticleFriday, 17 May, 1963
In discussion w/ ELE at 0815 he spoke of a coordination effort between Steve Dodd, Friedman, Mel Huslin, etc on RE problems. They need basic facts, and I’m to develop those set forth in Kent Kresa’s...
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