[EAS] {Spam?} Re: Earthquakes on EAS?

[k7cr]

Then there was the sport in Ham Radio that called for
loading up anything that you thought would radiate.  Back in the
late 50's several folks worked the world using their bed-springs
as an antenna.  Curtain rods and window screens were used too.

Clay
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adrienne Abbott" <nevadaeas at charter.net>
To: "'The EAS Forum - accurate & up-to-date EAS information'" 
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Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: [EAS] {Spam?} Re: Earthquakes on EAS?


> ...built by an Eagle Scout with a Quaker Oats box, a safety pin and an
> eraser!?! I forget the rest of the components. My Dad and I were a little
> more advanced. He used a diode wired to my window screen to make one of my
> first radios! I love it, Al! That's exactly the quote I was trying to
> remember!
>
> "Radio burps, it cries, it needs to be fed all the time, it requires
> constant attention, but we love it." Jim Aaron WGLN
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: eas-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On
> Behalf Of Richard Rudman
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 7:10 PM
> To: The EAS Forum - accurate & up-to-date EAS information
> Subject: Re: [EAS] {Spam?} Re: Earthquakes on EAS?
>
> "....and received on a crystal set!"
>
> -Richard Rudman,
> Santa Paula, CA
>
>
> On Feb 25, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Al Kenyon wrote:
>
>> Adrienne,
>>
>> One of my favorite quotes:
>>
>> "The end of the world will be broadcast on an AM station."
>>
>> - Warren Shulz, CE, WLS, Chicago
>>
>> Al Kenyon
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: eas-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On
>> Behalf Of Adrienne Abbott
>> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 6:22 PM
>> To: 'The EAS Forum - accurate & up-to-date EAS information'
>> Subject: Re: [EAS] {Spam?} Re: Earthquakes on EAS?
>>
>> [Snip]
>> Somebody here has already
>> said something about AM radio being the most basic, simple and 
>> inexpensive
>> way of communicating with people in a disaster.
>>
>> Adrienne
>>
>> "Radio burps, it cries, it needs to be fed all the time, it requires
>> constant attention, but we love it." Jim Aaron WGLN
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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