BEEP (Basic Electricity & Electronics Program) (6 weeks)
(class standing #1)
Most the Data Systems Technicians at the time were
attending a self paced program in San Diego. I attended an FT (Fire
Control Technician) BEEP at Mare Island with a fixed course time and
platform instructor. Basic electronics components, such as resistors,
coils, capacitors diodes and tubes. Ohms law, parallel and series components
equations and things lost in the recesses of my mind. |
A - School (42 weeks 1971-72) (class standing #1)
A-1 phase (18 weeks) A-1 was a continuation of
basic electricity & electronics. The course included synchros,
servos and motor generators as well a basic tube and transistor theory
and operation. Also included were Nodal analysis, Boolean algebra and
basic programming on a UDT (Univac Digital Trainer). After successful
completion of A-1 phase you were promoted to DS3 (Data Systems 3rd class
Petty Officer (E-4))
A-2 phase (24 weeks) got into theory of
operation and repair of specific shipboard computer equipment such as
the CP-642A (Univac 1212), CP642B (Univac 1206) and CP-789 (Univac
1218) as well as RD-243 magnetic tape drive, RD-231 paper tape
punch/reader and UGC-13 modified teletype. |
C - School - Hughes Aircraft Company Display School (15 weeks
1972)
Tactical computerized radar display consoles
and their support equipment. I didn't have Navy instructors. Three Hughes
Aircraft Instructors taught a pilot course. (Steve Scroggins, Ron High
& Mike Lapola) |
C - School - KCMX and Conversion (6 weeks? 1975)
This was a class I was assigned to before going
to my ship the USS Worden in Yokosuka, Japan. Equipment used in
converting Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog. Interfacing
Digital NTDS (Naval Tactical Data Systems) to analog interfaces.
KCMX (Keyset Central Multiplexor) main function was digitizing
synchro and analog signals. |
C - School - Hughes RMU (Refresh Memory Unit) (2
weeks 1976)
This was a school I went to when my ship was
being fitted with the unit in a 10 month yard period. Added a
memory unit between the mainframe computers and the tactical
display system. |