[Milsurplus] Re: Conelrad

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Not me.  I got my novice back in 58 and used a TCS transmitter and 
receiver for my station.  WHat, i can't use a VFO?  Another story......
There were to many other resources that were healable on the radio/TV so 
if anything happened i suspected that when they went off the air i 
probably ought to do the same thing till i found out what was going on. 
  But overall, it wasn't a concern.  WHo wants to bomb a little tiny 
village out in the middle of the mountains who's net worth might have 
been $500?  Just a guess of course.  25 watts or less into a dummy load 
wasn't going to be heard very far i figured.

ALong the same line, I joined a group of people who manned a watch tower 
out in the mountains and reported via telephone to someplace/ possibly 
Norton AFB in San Bernadino all over flying small or low flying 
aircraft.  We lived in this mountain community east of San Diego and was 
more of less the main flight path to and from there going east/west.  I 
don't remember the name of the outfit but it was fun.  Anyone else ever 
part of that type an organization.  THis was 56-59 time frame.  I don't 
remember if it was part of a CD organization or just what.

Larry
W0OGH


Mike Morrow wrote:

>>... 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
> 
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