[Hallicrafters] Re: Hallicrafters Digest, Vol 51, Issue 27

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 6:58 PM, TC Dailey <daileyservices at qwest.net> wrote:

>  I used the same trick in Kansas City, back in the early 70's for monitoring
> 6m propagation.  I had a beater TV (you could barely see the pic) it was
> tuned to Channel 2, which was about 125 miles away in St. Joseph, MO (KC had
> NO Channel 2 - good thing).  Attached to my Telrex 4-element "tee-matched"
> beam, it watched for Channel 2.  If the signal strength began to climb up,
> eventually this would turn on a darlington-pair amp, which triggered a
> relay, which turned on a bell in the kitchen - shazam, I'd run upstairs -
> hook up the Clegg Venus, and ALWAYS worked the openings, when other guys
> wondered how I knew.

I LIKE it!  A propagation alarm, that's creativity at its best.  :D

>  CONELRAD - answer to the Red Menace.

Sometimes I miss the commies. My Kaar Conalert II and Morrow receivers
stand silent. Other than that little detail of obliterating the world
several times over, they had some cool toys. And the Cold War really
drove technology to new heights, beyond anything we thought possible.
Our new-age socialists are nowhere near as interesting or clever.
Instead of 'Duck and Cover' it becomes 'Stop and Shake your head in
Disgust'.

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ (with Clegg Venus, Zeus, and Interceptor at the ready)