[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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