[Central-Electronics] 200V in the Kennedy Bunker

[manualman at juno.com]

Don't really know. It was never high on my list of information to pursue.

Pete, wa2cwa
http://www.manualman.com

On Wed, 27 Nov 2013 16:35:16 -0800 Gordon <gordon at n6wk.com> writes:
> 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