[Boatanchors] [Milsurplus] Hallicrafters and A-Bombs (Hello, NSA and HSA!)

[Richard Knoppow]

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Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [Milsurplus] Hallicrafters and 
A-Bombs (Hello, NSA and HSA!)


> At 10:55 AM 3/30/2014, David Stinson wrote:
>>A friend sent me this link of photos from the preparations 
>>to drop Little Boy and Fatman.
>>Fifth photo down shows a rack of equipment used to test
>>Little Boy.  At the top is a Hallicrafters set.
>>Wonder why?  Sure wish I had a hi-rez of this one,
>>but I supposed it will be buried in some senseless
>>"Top Secret" (Hello again, NSA!) archive until Judgment 
>>Day.
>
> The Halli receiver is the S-27/S-36  VHF model   27 - 140 
> MHz
> Must have been RF devices in LittleBoy that needed 
> testing?
>
> Perry   w8au

    It could also have been used as a detector for a VHF 
impedance bridge or something of the sort. Of course, it 
would be interesting to know what the other equipment 
pictured is.  I have seen the S-36 (or maybe the S-27, they 
look quite similar) in photos of the FCC monitoring 
stations.  I don't think they had much competition at the 
time.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com