[BC] Usefulness of EAS

[Barry Mishkind]

>On Thu, 14 Jun 2012, RichardBJohnson at comcast.net wrote:
>
>>CONELRAD was quite different. All stations except those on two frequencies would be off the air. The stations on 640 and 1240 had direct lines from the Pentagon and the Chief Engineer (they had those in those days) was to monitor those lines in the case of an emergency. If 

        Not quite.

At 02:02 PM 6/14/2012, Rob Landry wrote:

>I thought the idea was for all stations to stay on the air but QSY to 640 
>or 1240 so that incoming bombers could not use the signals as navigation 
>beacons.

        You are a pretty much right. From all I've read, many (most?) - but 
        not all - stations were required to have a 640 or 1240 crystal and
        alternate on the air to defeat any possible radio directional finding
        missiles, etc.

        The idea was that stations around an area would jump on and off
        the air, the "programming" staying on the air by simulcasting.
        It was supposed to confuse bad guys.  In the very few times
        it was tested, it confused everyone else too, apparently.