[Central-Electronics] 200V in the Kennedy Bunker

[Gordon]

I was just curious since your Subject line said 200V...
   <Grin>


73,
Gordon
N6WK






On 11/27/2013 5:16 PM, manualman at juno.com wrote:
> 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
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