[R-390] minuteman radios

[Robert Nickels]

Francesco Ledda wrote:
> I have been told that the R-1051C was expressly
> designed for the SAC Minuteman sites.
>
>
>   
That's what I saw when I toured an LCF in 1976.  They covered up the 
frequency readout for the tour which was offered to neighboring 
landowners as a good will gesture.  The commander showed me their 
survivable HF array which consisted of multiple vertical elements that 
were normally underground but could be raised pneumatically.  While the 
LCFs had two-way capability, their primary need was to receive the EAM 
messages  on both HF and VLF.  The ground crews used both military and 
commercial VHF/UHF FM gear, a buddy used to service their repeaters and 
mobiles when he worked for a GE shop in Cheyenne.

73, Bob W9RAN