[Milsurplus] Re: Conelrad

[Mike Morrow]

>... ham magazines back then carried articles on modifications
> for various common radio sets to provide a Conelrad alert function.

AND

>... where are all those CONELRAD alarm receivers that HAMS had?

The point of my earlier posting is that, AFAIK, very very few hams actually
installed Conelrad equipment of any type.  None of the hams I knew before
1963 when Conelrad was still in effect bothered with the requirement, and
I'm betting that outlook was almost universal among U.S. hams of the era.
There'd be a bunch of such items at hamfest flea markets over the past 40
years if many hams had actually built the Heathkit CA-1 or any of the
Conelrad devices that show up in pre-1963 ARRL Handbooks.

That may explain why the occasional ham or commercial station Conelrad unit
on ebay draws a fair amount of interest.

So how about it, those of you operating in the US before 1963.  Did you have
a Conelrad alert system as part of your station?

Mike / KK5F