[Boatanchors] Heath CA-1 Conelrad Alarm

Fri, 21 Mar 2003 09:19:53 -0600

WOW!  My memory must be failing faster than I thoiught it could!

I just don't remember, maybe I missed the ruling entirely and do not
remember hearing it discussed on the air....

I STAND CORRECTED!

Thanks,

Ken....N5CM....NNN0FKQ....

----- Original Message -----
From: "JOE" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Heath CA-1 Conelrad Alarm

> 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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