http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/ A list dedicated to the discussion of various communications systems used by the U.S. military and civilian authorities during Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:20:15 GMT John Young http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16361 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16361 I have one of these hunks, still working like the original twenty years later. Yes, 20 years. Whatever happened to that kind of quality? It was not cheap back Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:54:42 GMT Blake Bowers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16360 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16360 I know this is a bit off-topic, but it seems like someone could really want this for copies of route maps, etc. It can probably be had really cheap. I would Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:52:28 GMT OZOB99 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16359 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16359 ... Thanks for that update;seems the FRT-31 combining scheme is much like the Continental 105 series VOA used(in a recent thread); and nice page on Cutler. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:38:21 GMT Joe Giliberti http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16358 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16358 Hello. I volunteer with the Infoage Science and History Learning Center, located in Wall Township, New Jersey, and I am currently working on a fallout shelter Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:10:28 GMT beachmk4b http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16357 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16357 I just joined the group so please excuse some replies to a few old unanswered threads. I've been compiling info on Navy communications in the 1950's-60's at Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:37:08 GMT Tom Scanlan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16356 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16356 Fat Albert was flying last January, and I'm expecting to see it again in a few days. When I was in Marathon for five days and at Sigsbee for a few weeks last Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:18:47 GMT Jim Johnson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16355 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16355 FYI, the aerostat at Cudjoe Key, FL was referred to locally as "Fat Albert".  While access to the facility was tightly controlled, it was something you could Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:08:07 GMT John Gleichweit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16354 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16354 I see I'm not the only one that loves Shorpy. I've got a bunch of the pix bookmarked so that when the time comes, I can get a bunch of the pictures made into Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:20:45 GMT OZOB99 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16353 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16353 Before the AT&T underground L station: http://www.shorpy.com/node/6229 click on "full size" for detail Nostalgia buffs will enjoy searching this archive. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:12:33 GMT OZOB99 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16352 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16352 Section 3,B,11 & 12 mention BMEWS Site 1 nearing completion;the MIDAS satellite detection system; and TEEPEE, an early OTH project. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:31:55 GMT Bill http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16351 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16351 Just became aware of this on-line tour of the old Western Electric tube plant at the Lee's Summit works: http://tubedepot.com/westrex1.html Bill Kansas City, Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:26:41 GMT lasertower http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16350 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16350 Enjoy this little bit of mechanical insanity... http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=tomcatspotter#p/u/5/KfSpNVipZTo For those with low bandwidth, the Swiss Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:38:26 GMT OZOB99 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16349 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16349 http://www.youtube.com/user/museumofcomm#p/u/4/0LhCmg20Dqs familiar sights & sounds to oldtimers. includes scenes of the inner workings. also a call through a Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:28:30 GMT OZOB99 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16348 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16348 More photos of this gigantic antenna: http://www.antennex.com/Stones/st0807/st0807.htm Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:22:54 GMT OZOB99 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16347 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/16347 This tethered balloon platform has been mentioned a couple of times in this group, and was used in the Cold War era as part of our Early Warning & SIGINT; here