[Milsurplus] Hallicrafters and A-Bombs (Hello, NSA and HSA!)

Bob Camp ham at kb8tq.com
Mon Mar 31 07:13:32 EDT 2014


Hi

It could have been as simple as monitoring for lightning. 30 to 70 MHz is a real good range for catching lightning pops over a good range.

Bob

On Mar 31, 2014, at 1:27 AM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:

> they were also used  for ECM  work  per morgan mcmahon   ww2 USN radar.ecm 
> officer
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/30/2014 2:31:24 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
> w8au at sssnet.com writes:
> 
> At 10:55  AM 3/30/2014, David Stinson wrote:
>> A friend sent me this link of photos  from the preparations to drop 
>> Little Boy and Fatman.
>> Fifth  photo down shows a rack of equipment used to test
>> Little Boy.  At  the top is a Hallicrafters set.
>> Wonder why?  Sure wish I had a  hi-rez of this one,
>> but I supposed it will be buried in some  senseless
>> "Top Secret" (Hello again, NSA!) archive until Judgment  Day.
> 
> The Halli receiver is the S-27/S-36  VHF model   27  - 140 MHz
> Must have been RF devices in LittleBoy that needed  testing?
> 
> Perry    w8au
> 
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