[Boatanchors] Boatanchor Sighting

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

The Hallicrafters produced 45 rpm record entitled "The Amazing World Of 
Short-Wave" has live audio record by short-wave listeners to a high altitude 
attempt by a blimp in the thirties. If I remember correctly, they had a news 
reporter in the UK, a radio on the blimp and one at the USA ground control 
station for the altitude attempt.

I have the entire fifteen minutes of audio from the 45 rpm single included 
in the second HHRP package which contained two hours of actual live audio 
'as it happened', other than this which was commercially done. Fantastic to 
hear if you never have!

There is the 1958 Russian Mig's shooting down the commercial airliner 
recorded by Hams! You hear President Eisenhower comment about the USA space 
program 'after' Sputnik, a shootout in progress in Chicago where a reporter 
is shoving people out of the way of police and more!

Duane Fischer, W8DBF
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
http://www.w9wze.net
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
http://hhrp.w9wze.net

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Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Boatanchor Sighting


>I was watching part of the Victory at Sea couple of nights ago.  One of the 
>sections, i think it was no. 11 showed a radioman in a blimp. Looked like 
>maybe an ATD?  Only saw part of it and it was a quick flash. Didn't stop 
>the program and go back to look at it.
>
> OTOH, that web site that Dave S. (i think it was) with all the W.W.II 
> pictures in it and the command sets in the P-39 was a real treat.
>
> WOnder what happened to the web site in England i think it was a year or 
> so ago that was going to have around 11,000 photos from W.W.II available 
> for viewing.  Recently unclassified stuff.  Last i heard was that it had 
> been heavily overloaded and then taken off line.  Is this correct or does 
> anyone know?
>
> Larry
> W0OGH
>
>
> RKofler at aol.com wrote:
>
>> The submarine used in the movie was the USS Balao. After the movie, the 
>> sub  was repainted gray, but ever after if it got scraped or if the gray 
>> wore thin, the pink would show thru, prompting someone to remark " your 
>> petticoat is  showing".
>>  Another good Boatanchor sighting is the movie Memphis Belle, which shows 
>> a  BC348 and some ARC5 gear.
>>  Roger
>> K7DDG
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