[BC] Usefulness of EAS

[D. Wayne Woollard CPBE]

CONELRAD,  stood for CONtrol of ELectromagnetic- RADiation, which assigned 
stations on the frequencies of 640 & 1240 with coverage overlap of 2 to 1 
fields to synchronize coverage for emergency notification.  Later on in the 
late 1950's the term "pseudo -synchronous-sequential signal switching was 
employed.  The Greatest problem with CONELRAD was the fact that after a half 
days heating in the old tube type boxes, it was very difficult if not 
impossible to get the transmitters to come back up on the air without some 
sort of component failure.

DWW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Kline"

> That was my understanding as well. I recall that a number of years ago,
> a member of this list posted about getting the word to change to the
> CONELRAD frequency during the Cuban Missile Crisis...