[ARC5] Blackout ; Lend Lease and ARC-5's

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

During most of WW II, I lived in Oneonta, NY which 
was the location of the central shops of the Delaware 
and Hudson RR. I remember periodic blackout drills 
several times a year. 
 
I also remember an auto trip across NY state to visit 
grandparents in Chautauqua County in western NY state. 
In the middle of broad daylight, we were stopped for 
an air raid drill in the town of Addison, NY for about 
1/2 hour. This was and still is, a very small town with 
nothing but what were then Erie RR tracks running through 
it. I had always wondered why they were so worried, 
especially when I got older and realized how unlikely 
it would be to have a Luftwaffe air raid in the middle 
of the day!  
 
I now believe it was probably 99% psychological to 
bring civilians into "oneness" with the war effort. 
  
* * * * * * * * * * * 
* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
* (Since 30 Nov 53) * 
* k2gkk at hotmail.com *  
* Oklahoma City, OK * 
* USAF, Ret (61-81) * 
* * * * * * * * * * * 
 
 
 
> From: w7kxb at msn.com
> To: vk2bcu at operamail.com; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 23:54:19 -0700
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Blackout ; Lend Lease and ARC-5's
> 
> 
> Les:Can't say what went on in California but, in Seattle WA, we had blackout drills every now and then. Air Raid Warden would let you know if he saw any light emitting from your abode.
> The Russian Lend Lease program ran until (about) 1949. It was a giveaway of about Nine Billion dollars worth of so called "Aid". A book titled "from Major Jordan's diaries" by Maj. George R Jordan USAAF, gives a pretty good eye opening account onwhat went thru the "Pipeline" , during his watch, between Great Falls, MT; Fairbanks, AK and Russia, during WW2. Ton's of HF/VHF gear. Maybe we can find some NIB ARC-5's from there? 
> Cheers
> de Bill-w7kxb . .
> 
> 
> 
> > From: vk2bcu at operamail.com
> > To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> > Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 15:46:49 +1000
> > Subject: [ARC5] The comms war - VHF & HF (a bit OT).
> > 
> > Hello list,
> > Some-one with a better knowledge of history may be able to correct me on
> > the following point.
> 
> This point is illustrated well by my now-gone friend,
> > Henk Bias. He was a Dutch pilot. He made the point that the Americans
> > were so confident they would never be attacked that they took no effort
> > at black-out. He told me it was normal when flying "in" to see the
> > lights about 20-30 minutes or so before landing. In contrast, he said
> > there was so much dock-yard lighting in California (this would be tramp
> > steamer "liberty ship" assembly) that the west coast cities (ship-yards)
> > were visible for about 2 hours from a B-17 before he landed. He made
> > that specific point. 
> > I understand Britain survived because of
> > US agricultural production and cross Atlantic freight in 20k tonne
> > liberty ships. Ditto for Russia. I have seen list of material supplied
> > to Russia. USA supplied 5 million pair of army boots to Russia. That's
> > a lot of leather, and a lot of feet. So US industry (and science) was
> > able to focus more energy on developing technology.
> > 
> l
> 
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