ExReps News

Silent Keys - Robert Vogt

27 Dec 2011 12:46:37 GMT

My dad Robert Vogt died on Oct 31, 2011. Philco \"49-\"85 His Obit is not on-line any longer. But he does have a Facebook page: Robert Vogt. I know he loved the EXRep community, He was a hellava traveler and terribly missed. Please let the ExReps community know for me.

Bob's daughter, Penny Jean Vogt

New Member: David Bates

20 Dec 2011 21:18:23 GMT

New Member: David Bates Philco-Ford, Ford Aerospace,Loral, AFSCN and Lockheed-Martin
I worked for Philco-Ford, Ford Aerospace,Loral, AFSCN and Lockheed-Martin
I joined Philco Techrep\'s in 1966 & went to Thule Greenland. The contract was taken over by Philco Ford where I remained for 13 years and then went to Sunnyvale with LMSC which eventually acquired Ford Aerospace.

Solstice 2011

18 Dec 2011 21:23:28 GMT

Time for a cleanup, perhaps an overhaul. I am going to take advantage of the slack period between now and the new year to finally attempt to get caught up here on the ExReps Bullitin

Vegas Jay

New Member: Dan Wildman

22 Jun 2011 16:51:10 GMT

New Member: Dan Wildman Philco TechRep
Hello Jay , I just happened to type in Philco Techrep in google and out came your tecrep site. I was surprised and pleased to see a couple of names that I had worked with 50 years ago !! One of the names was typed in black ... hope that doesn't mean what I think . Anyway , include my name if you would like. Dan Wildman 1959 thru 69

New Member: George Preno

22 Jun 2011 16:38:43 GMT

New Member: George Preno mailto:siamboy1@yahoo.com Philco Ford TechRep, GTE
I worked for Philco Ford, started in 1967, Tech Rep Division, Fort Wqashington, PA, Worked for Philco until 1978 at the Blue Cube. Mtn View , Ca. Then with GTE, Mtn View, Ca until 1990.

Ken Kinzig

22 Jun 2011 16:24:34 GMT

Member: Ken Kinzig Philco TechRep, Philco C&ED Worked for Philco TechRep Division from 1960 to 1969.
Worked on Aircom and Criticom projects in Europe, Pakistan, Iceland, Turkey and a few I forgot. Went to Thailand, Vietnam and Laos from 1964 to 1969. I transferred to C&ED (Communications and Electronics Division). Got married to my lovely wife in Bangkok. She also worked for Philco in the Bangkok Office. Some of you might have know her as Joan Baran.

Yes we are still married and living in Colorado. The project was named IWCS (Intergrated Wideband Communications System). About 30 some sited scattered across Thailand, Vietnam and Laos.

New Member: Anthony Meyerhofer

22 Jun 2011 16:06:47 GMT

New Member: Anthony Meyerhofer Melpar, Page Communications, RCA Americom -
Worked in Iran on the Melpar Gendrmerie contract for under 1 year in early 70s installing shortwave radios. Then went to Asadabad Earth Station for a year +. Left just before the Iranian Persepolis celebration. Then went to work for Page Comm Engrs in Thailand. First in Southern Thailand south of Bangkok, then to the Warin site, outside of Ubon Airbase. Then stateside for RCA Americom at the Point Reyes Earth Station.

New Member: Mike Nelson

21 Jun 2011 17:15:12 GMT

New Member: Mike Nelson Philco Ford, Loral, Ford Aerospace - Techrep on AUTODIN system 1968 retired 1995

Email Address Change: Lance Goranson

21 Jun 2011 17:01:00 GMT

Email Address Change: Lance Goranson - Jay, Please change my Email

New Member: Don Sweeney

21 Jun 2011 16:35:55 GMT

New Member: Don Sweeney Philco-Ford Tech Rep - I just ran into your Roster While looking up and old friend. I was wondering if I could be included?

New Member: Al Lagenour

21 Jun 2011 16:15:22 GMT

New Member: Al Lagenour Loral, Ford Aerospace, Hughes, AFSCN - Heard about ExReps from a Friend

New Member: Ron Petrie

21 Jun 2011 15:43:25 GMT

New Member: Ron Petrie Philco Ford - UDorn Thailand, 67-68 Seek Dawn Project, American Embassy Paris, 68-70 Viet Nam Peace Talks

New Member: Jeff Joseph

20 Jun 2011 19:25:52 GMT

New Member: Jeff Joseph - Great Site I was a Class A Rep with Philco in 1964. When is part ll coming ?

New Member: James Lee

20 Jun 2011 19:17:24 GMT

New Member:James Lee - Philco Techrep, Philco Ford, Page Communications, Westinghouse - Was Philco TechRep (Communications Engineer)from 1959 until 1966. Moved to Page Communications utill 1976, then to Westinghouse Defense. Had wonderfull career, privledged to have participated in intial field \"fire up\" of original complete telephone and Air Traffic Control Systems at in over 20 world wide locations.

First year with Westinghouse was in-country Project Manager in Nigeria with subsidary (TCOM -- made the Aerostat balloon with microwave repeaters that flew up to 30,000 ft. on cables anchored to ground)

New Member - John Moran

20 Jun 2011 18:15:05 GMT

New MemberJohn Moran Philco Ford - Worked Khao Keo/Green Hill Thailand, Korat/Jones Park, Chiayi/Taiwan

Software update on ExReps

20 Jun 2011 17:26:53 GMT

The disscussions areas/forums on ExReps uses a open source software package called SMF. This was updated to the latest and greatest version.

Jim Sumner

30 Jun 2010 21:57:28 GMT

New ExRep: Jim Sumner - Lockheed Electronics and Lockheed Missles and Space Houston MSC telemetry operations. Philco Techrep Houston MSC, Philco-Ford Boss, New Hampshire. 1964-1972. Sanders Associates, Storage Tek, Four-Phase Systems, Motorola, Medical Systems Support, Inc.

Onizuka Afs (Blue Cube) Closure Information

10 Jun 2010 17:41:51 GMT

from Bob Siptrott
Onizuka Air Force Station, Calif., is home to the 21st Space Operations Squadron, a geographically separated unit of the 50th Network Operations Group at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo.
Onizuka AFS (Home of the Blue Cube) is having a closure ceremony on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. We are presently working on activities associated with the closure of the base which will include a formal ceremony. Since this venue has limited capacity, personnel wanting to attend may sign up by sending a message to OnizukaClosure@onizuka.af.mil. Additional information will be required from you, once we have received your request with your intentions.

Field Security Technician - Overseas Assignment

9 Jun 2010 18:27:32 GMT

EOD Technology is looking for one or more Field Guys for a middle eastern assignment. If you are interested or know someone who might be interested you can click here to read the job req. You can apply for the position on line at their website, and look for other overseas openings at the same time. I would apply but the new wife says if I do; I better never plan on coming back. JayR

Simon Cherry ?

9 Jun 2010 18:20:54 GMT

I was wondering if any of your members might have known my uncle, Simon Cherry. A cousin, not his daughter, told me that he worked for RCA during world War II and may have invented something. When I met Simon in the mid 70's he was retired from his two- way radio business in Philadelphia. Thanks. Robert Cherry (VE2AGE) Gatineau, Quebec Canada

Changes to the ExReps Roster

5 May 2010 16:51:19 GMT

Celine seems to be a pretty lusty gal, apparently she wants to be good friends with the entire corps of ExReps.

I am taking some steps to improve security on the membership list, please click on the link for more information. Contrary to popular belief I am not infailable, occasionally, very rarely, I make some sub-optimal choices, and I apologize for any problems that this may have caused. At the same time I feel pretty good that after battling cyber attacks for over 8 years behind the scenes, this is the first one that has been reported.

jayr

Information on Terry Lee Hansen?

27 Apr 2010 21:22:48 GMT

My name is Master Sergeant Daniel Johnson and I am contacting you on behalf of the family of a former Philco-Ford Tech rep that was killed in Vietnam. The family is trying to locate his grave but have encountered difficulties. They contacted me because they were assuming that their loved one was a member of the Army at the time of his death.

Name: Terry Lee Hansen
Birth: 11 July 1945
Death: 4 Nov 1967
Location: Vietnam

I have located the Report of the Death of an American Citizen dated 8 Nov 1967 in Saigon, Vietnam. The Employer is listed as Philco-Ford, with the address of 96 Nguyen Duc, Phu Nhuan, Gia Dihn, Viet-nam.
Any assistance or information that you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance, MSG Daniel Johnson Cal State Long Beach Army ROTC 562-985-8108 daniel.l.johnson@us.army.mil

Jim Miller

9 Apr 2010 17:32:54 GMT

New ExRep Jim Miller - Philco-Ford Thule 73-74 Ant/Rec area - Presently a retired Navy Captain (Dentist) - I just saw your site and have already made contact with someone from the past. Please add me to the list.

Don Faust

1 Apr 2010 18:31:04 GMT

New ExRep: Don Faust - RCA

Huey Rodeheaver

1 Apr 2010 17:50:13 GMT

New ExRep: Huey Rodeheaver - Page Communications,Philco Ford,ITT Technical Services,RCA Service Co - 1966-1978 Viet Nam, Thailand, Laos, Germany, US

Brian N. Clary

1 Mar 2010 17:31:08 GMT

Address Change: Brian N. Clary - Just went through the members list and I need you to change my email address as it has changed over a year ago now.

How to find out if you are in the ExReps Directory

31 Mar 2010 18:27:32 GMT

I got an email the other day, someone could not figure out if they were listed in our ExReps Roster. Click on this link to check out your status, or find your friends

Tech Rep History pt One

17 Mar 2010 01:19:43 GMT

by
Dave Trojan, NATEC Technical Representative Detachment Kaneohe

Donald Dorsey

9 Mar 2010 12:53:55 GMT

New Member Donald Dorsey - FEC, ISEI Located you through WA Order Wire

Washington Downs

9 Mar 2010 12:17:34 GMT

New Member - Washington Downs
ITT, Philco-ford, BFEC, AlliedSignal, Honeywell - Started out with ITT (1966-1967) on Project DewDrop in Thule as a Carrier Technician. Joined Philco-Ford in 1967 (1967-1969) as a Test Engineer for the IWCS Project in Thailand. Stayed until EOC in 1969 and was assigned to Quito, Ecuador to the US Embassy Mission on the LMAC Project which had an EOC in 1970. Joined BFEC in 1970 (1970-2009) and and held various positions in Quito, Ecuador Ascension Island, Quito, Bermuda, Guam, JPL Pasadena, California, Qatar, Afghanistan, Iraq, UAE, Kuwait, Saudia Arabia, Russia, and Turkey. Retired from (BFEC, AlliedSignal, Honeywell) Honeywell on 1 Sep 2009. Accepting all emails.

Richard Beckwell

7 Mar 2010 18:34:03 GMT

New Member Richard Beckwell
BFEC, ATSC, HTSI - Started at the Greenbelt Tracking Station and then went to Spacecraft Simulations

John Coppinger

7 Mar 2010 18:25:40 GMT

New Member: John Coppinger
Philco Ford Tech Rep - I worked at Thu Duc in 68 69 70 and then for the retrograde going back to Okinawa Does any one remember Bob Weagle

Ken King

7 Mar 2010 18:04:44 GMT

New Member Ken King
Dynelectron - DynCorp - GEAE - NATEC
10 Years USMC stationed at MCAS El Toro MAG 11. Went to work for Dynelectron. Dynelectron became DynCorp. Then I was hired by GEAE as a F412 Engine Tech Rep. Well, that program didn't happen. So, I was assigned as a T700 Engine Rep at various Army locations. Now, I'm with NATEC and have been stationed at MCAS CPEN since 1993.

Michael Daly

6 Mar 2010 15:25:49 GMT

New Member - Michael Daly - Philco-Ford; ITT-Federal Electric; Trans-Asia; Federal Electric - Thailand 1966 with Philco-Ford to install the IWCS tropo-microwave systems, worked on a mountain top outside of Sakon Nakhon, then to Nakon Phanom (NKP) to build the site there, stayed on as Comm Tech after the installation. 1969-70 Cam Rahn Bay, Viet Nam tech rep on 439L sub cable site. 1970-71 Back to Thailand worked for Trans-Asia as Supervisor for NKP's Task Force Alpha power plant. 71-74 back to IWCS system with Federal Electric (FEC)Site supervisor NKP then roving DCA prep tech/fill in supervisor. 1974 in US with FEC wrote/taught training course for Comm system in Spain, did installation in Madrid, wrote/taught training course for Indonesian (Palapa) domestic satellite system. 1976, Quit FEC and the tech rep contract business, got married and am living happily 1 wife, 5 children and 6 grandchildren.

Donald.Marshall

6 Mar 2010 15:06:27 GMT

New Member Donald.Marshall - Philco / US Navy Civil Service - Ft Gordon, GA TSESS '56-'57. Signal Depot, Decatur, IL '57. Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL '57-'60. Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS ''60-'63. US Army Depot Pirmasins, Germany '63-65. NAS Whidbey Calibration Lab '65-'66. Converted to Civil Service.

Lawrence R Lemick

6 Mar 2010 14:44:48 GMT

New ExRep
Lawrence R Lemick - RCA, Rockwell Collins, USARMY - HF work with Collins radio, ADATS project RCA

Norm Talbott - Back from the missing

5 Mar 2010 18:30:04 GMT

Norm Talbott is listed as "Missing" on the list. He now lives in Sante Fe, Texas and be contacted at ntalbott@verizon.net.
RF Robby Robertson

Changes to the ExReps System

5 Mar 2010 18:11:39 GMT

We have been operating ExReps for over 8 years now, and several times I have asked for suggestions and advice on how we might be able to improve the system. To no avail, too late now puppys, I am going to make some major structural changes to how the system operates, and there is no appeal.

The right to speak out is earned by having something to say, and saying it at the right time.

Looking for Cliff Phillips

5 Mar 2010 18:07:12 GMT

I'm trying to get some info on a Philco TechRep named Cliff (Clifton) Phillips. When we last spoke, 6-8 years ago, he was located in Pawley's Island SC. I've recently found that his number there is "out of service". Cliff was a Network Controller at the Johnson Space Center in the early 60's then went to Colorado Springs as a Civil Servant. Later returned to then Ford Aerospace on the 427M Program and moved on to WDL, Palo Alto. He was back in Colorado in the early 90's and retired there before moving to SC. Any info will be appreciated.
RF Robby Robertson