[Central-Electronics] 200V in the Kennedy Bunker

[Gordon]

Sure it's not a CE-100V Pete?... LOL

73,
Gordon
N6WK


On 11/27/2013 10:42 AM, manualman at juno.com wrote:
> Lots of stuff when I Googled "JFK Bunker in Florida".
> Try this and click on the picture arrows. The Central Electronics is
> clearly shown in one of the pictures:
> Copy and paste link below to browser. Watch for second line wrap-around
> http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/19/us-usa-jfk-bunker-idUSBRE9AI0MQ
> 20131119
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
> http://www.manualman.com
>
>
> On Wed, 27 Nov 2013 10:06:49 -0800 "Tom Rousseau" <tomr at gorge.net>
> writes:
>> I was surprised not to see any posting about this, so thought I
>> better
>> share:
>>
>> ABC news ran a video clip, evening news broadcast of 21 Nov 13,
>> about the
>> JFK bunker in Florida. This was backup location for safe hiding
>> during the
>> Cold War era.  David Muir hosted the tour of the modest underground
>> fortress, with supplies for 30 days and for 30 people. Titled
>> "Inside the
>> Bunker Built for President Kennedy, Family in Case of Nuclear War".
>>
>> The interesting part for this group was the 1 second pan of the
>> radio
>> facilities.  Of course there were the requisite military grade
>> radios, but
>> also prominently nestled therein was a Central Electronics 200V.  I
>> suppose
>> that the one-knob tuning feature might have been important to our
>> President.
>> One frame zoomed in on the left side of the front panel showing the
>> mode
>> switch clearly set to the CW position.  Apparently our astute
>> President was
>> a keen Morse operator too!  :-)
>>
>> I just checked the ABC website and could no longer find the video
>> clip.  I
>> am disappointed that they didn't keep the clip alive longer than
>> five days,
>> but perhaps someone in this group will have better skill than I at
>> finding
>> this clip there or elsewhere.  The radios were shown in the
>> mid-third of the
>> clip, as I recall.  Some quick keyboard manipulation will allow you
>> to
>> select the frames of interest.
>>
>> It was quite gratifying to see the 200V being selected for such an
>> important
>> mission.
>>
>> Tom  K7PJT
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