[Boatanchors] Heath CA-1 Conelrad Alarm

[JOE]

I don't really think that the missiles would home in on your particular signal.

The AM stations were at known locations, so they could be used for homing 
in on.  They were required to shut done.  Only the "secret" CONelRad 
stations could transmit from "Secret" locations.  How secret they were 
remains to be a point of argument.

The hams, I believe, were required to go silent at this time so as to 
eliminate the possibility of the enemy setting up a ham station that the 
missile could home in on.  By requiring the ham bands to go silent, it was 
much easier to police the hambands for enemy activity.

That's what I recall, but it's been a long time and many stories have been 
embellished over the years.  Mine is true, of course.... ;-)

73, Joe, K1ike

At 03:48 PM 3/21/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>As I understood the requirements, during the early years of the cold war
>it was feared that an enemy missile would home in on the transmitted
>signal. All commercial transmitters would shut down if an incoming
>missile had been detected and you wouldn't want it to home in on you
>calling CQ.
>I guess the rule was changed when the enemy proved that there were other
>means to navigate the missile.

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