[BC] Usefulness of EAS

[Bob Groome]

WOOO DeLand, FL 1310 had a 1240 rock and could switch which required a screw driver to operate the switch. Power dropped to about 1/5 but it did work. 

Bob Groome
916-705-0040 

On Jun 14, 2012, at 6:48 PM, Ron Youvan <ka4inm at gmail.com> wrote:

> RichardBJohnson at comcast.net wrote:
> 
>> Do not believe Wikipedia. No station -- none, ever switched to 640 or 1240 kc/s for CONELRAD. In the days of kilocycles, there were no instant-tune transmitters. 

>   Wrong, WSUN 620 kc/s (5 kW) Saint Petersburg, FL (the first American DA, as WFLA) switched to 640 
> kc/s and WDAE 1250 kc/s (5 kW) Tampa, FL (Florida's oldest surviving station) switched to 1240 kc/s 
> for CONELRAD operation.