"Lynn" wrote in message
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"George McLeod" wrote in message
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Would anyone have a circuit, or know where to find one, for the Conelrad
device as marketed by Motorola and Heathkit.

Monumental failure? Easy conclusion, evidently. However there are
still WMD's pointed
at us, and we still have them pointed at others. Of course CONELRAD is not
an effective scheme any longer, but when WMD's traveled by airplane, and
came from
known geographical spots, CONELRAD was a pretty effective at denying
precision
target identification using simple navigation instruments.
I was always dismayed by having to have our radio or TV turned up so
loud that
it could be heard back in the hall closet that was my "shack". When Wife
was home, the
volume could be turned down, and she was to tell me if the station went
off the air.
(and it did, occasionally, sending a little chill, until determining that
it was not an alert,
but a "technical problem")

Old Chief Lynn, W7LTQ (then and now)


Last night, BBC 4 TV over here in the UK aired a compilation of Bob Dylan's
performances at the Newport Folk Festivals in the 60's. I was amused to
hear, in "Talkin' World War 3 Blues", the lines:-

"Well, I remember seein' some ad
So I turned on my Conelrad
But I didn't pay my Con Ed bill
So the radio didn't work so well!"

I often wondered what Conelrad was, thanks to this thread I finally know!

Roger Basford/G3VKM