Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21816 invoked from network); 26 Apr 1999 12:43:22 +0100 Received: from magnet.plus.net.uk (HELO magnet.force9.net) (195.166.128.26) by guiness.force9.net with SMTP; 26 Apr 1999 12:43:22 +0100 Received: (qmail 14959 invoked from network); 26 Apr 1999 11:43:49 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com (194.75.130.70) by magnet.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 26 Apr 1999 11:43:49 -0000 Received: from troy.blacksheep.org ([194.75.183.50] ident=root) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 2.04 #3) id 10bjlf-00055k-01; Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:41:43 +0100 Received: (from root@localhost) by troy.blacksheep.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) id LAA14056 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing; Mon, 26 Apr 1999 11:41:38 GMT Received: from post.thorcom.com (root@post.unica.co.uk [194.75.183.70]) by troy.blacksheep.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id LAA14052 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 1999 11:41:35 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from mserv1c.u-net.net ([195.102.240.33]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 2.04 #3) id 10bjlF-00055e-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:41:17 +0100 Received: from rsgb.u-net.com ([195.102.80.225] helo=rsgb.org.uk) by mserv1c.u-net.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #34) id 10bkhP-0001Ow-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:41:24 +0000 Received: from miked.rsgbhq [192.168.2.30] by rsgb.org.uk [192.168.2.132] with SMTP (MDaemon.v2.7.SP3.R) for ; Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:34:37 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 From: "Mike Dennison" Organization: Radio Society of Great Britain To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:34:58 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: LF: "The Last Radio Network" Priority: normal In-reply-to: <3720DA58.B91BE87E@bellatlantic.net> X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01d) X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Message-ID: Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Andre Kesteloot quoted KC5CW: > Other systems exist. The CONELRAD (CONtrol of ELectromagnetic > RADiation) procedure of the > 1960s required radio stations to broadcast special announcements, turn > on and off, and vary their > schedules. This was supposed to warn the public while confusing > missiles that might home in on > broadcast signals. CONELRAD was eventually scuttled when targeting > methods became more > sophisticated. This was a tiny part of an interesting article but solved a 30-year- old mystery for me. The word Conelrad appears in a 60s Bob Dylan song (I imagine this was Talking World War 3 Blues but I don't have my vinyl collection here at work!) and I have always assumed it to refer to a commercial name, though it's obviously a reference to something to do with radio. Now I know. Mike, G3XDV (IO91VT) http://www.dennison.demon.co.uk/activity.htm