[PSUBS-MAILIST] VAST underwater Comms unit [Was: Facebook pics and posts]

[David Colombo via Personal_Submersibles]

Thanks Ian. That sounds great.

On Sun, Nov 8, 2020, 4:47 PM irox via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

>
> Hi David,
>
> I'll tentatively put your name it.  I've no plans to dig it out of storage
> any time soon, but we're pretty close by
> and can figure out a meet up, likely once the pandemic is under control.
>
> Cheers,
>   Ian.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Colombo via Personal_Submersibles
> Sent: Nov 8, 2020 2:55 PM
> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] VAST underwater Comms unit [Was: Facebook
> pics and posts]
>
> Ian, on the Vast sub i have updated to the OTS system, but I am interested
> in the history side of the early vast boats. I will take it off your
> hands.  Might be a fun project to work on.
> David
>
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2020, 1:58 PM irox via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Brian,
>>
>> thanks for the summary.
>>
>> That reminds me, I believe I still have one of the VAST underwater com
>> systems from a VAST MK III / early-K250.
>> It didn't power up when tried it, but I didn't spent much time
>> testing/fussing with it so not sure how much work it would be
>> to revive.  I believe I have both the surface unit and sub unit, but I've
>> not opened the boxes in ages.   I don't
>> have the sub side transducer, since that went with the sub.
>>
>> If somebody local (to Pacifica, California) was interested in it I could
>> dig it out?
>> David?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>   Ian.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brian Hughes via Personal_Submersibles
>> Sent: Nov 8, 2020 1:31 PM
>> To: "personal_submersibles at psubs.org"
>> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Facebook pics and posts
>>
>> Current posts:
>>
>> Someone dug up old K350 pics from the 1980s, pretty cool seeing the
>> technology including the com system Kittredge Industries was selling at the
>> time.
>>
>> Bernie posted his first dives of the K250 he just bought and Dave is
>> posting the upgrades he's adding to his Vast sub.
>>
>> In the materials John Maynard sent me was a fullcolor poster from a
>> Japanese company marketing K boats in Japan. Hoping to scan it, photoshop
>> out all the imperfections and make the jpeg available for anyone wanting to
>> make a shop poster.
>>
>> Carsten posted some pictures of their Lloyds certification dive for
>> Eurosub.
>>
>> I posted a pic of K600 Lloyds approved plans for upgrading a K350 to the
>> 600 model.
>>
>> Lots of cool stuff popping up.
>>
>> Brian
>>
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