Conelrad

[Doug Drown]

I still have my circa 1964 GE portable with the Conelrad symbols at 640 and
1240.

<<I grew up a mile away from a 1240 tower.  As a young kid I couldn't figure
out how this little station in a small city was going to save us all.>>

I used to wonder that, too.  Maybe KFI on 640 could save the whole West
Coast, but I doubt WHAI on 1240 got much beyond Greenfield's border at
night.

Duck and cover!
-Doug



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Dillane" <dillane@sbcglobal.net>
To: <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 10:56 AM
Subject: Conelrad


> >I recall that most Radios in the 60's had the CD symbol on the Radio so
> that people could easily find the stations.
>
> I took some pictures of a friend's classic car (62 T-Bird), and set the
dial
> to the 1240 CD symbol.  Radio picture at
> http://www.bill1820.com/conelrad.jpg
>
> >I thought at one point that no regular stations could be on 640 or 1240
> because they were the Conelrad frequencies.
>
> False.  I grew up a mile away from a 1240 tower.  As a young kid I
couldn't
> figure out how this little station in a small city was going to save us
all.
> :)
>