Re: [IRCA] Prediction on the 1610 mystery station

[The Kaskey Family <kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

Following with much interest the story of the 1610 tone.  Can't contribute much from way out west tho.  You mentioned the APG.  I fondly recall a trip there during the 1988 NRC Convention in
Wilmington DE.  Bunch of us toured the facility one afternoon.  Recall Truax, Starr, Krejny, Heinen etc etc being on the tour.  Very educational...

Don Kaskey
S.F. CA




Bob Foxworth wrote:

> > Willis, I am 15 miles north of Greenville, S.C. and it is nowhere near
> me
>
> >
> > > If it is ever discovered where this 1610 mystery station is located,
> > > I will  predict that it will be found at one of these locations....
> > >
> > > If it's government/ military it will be from one of these areas--
> > > CAMP LEJEUNE, NC (marine)
> > > NORFOLK, VA (navy)
> > > GREENVILLE, NC (VOA/government)
>
> Who remembers from 32 years ago the 50 kw WGU20
> on 179 kHz? "This is W - G - U - twenty, the Defense
> Civil Preparedness Agency station serving the east
> central states with emergency information. Eastern
> standard time fourteen hours, twentyone minutes
> thirtyfive seconds (beep) [time is an example, the whole
> loop repeated every 20 or so seconds]
>
> This station one of the first solid state xmtrs was
> located at the Aberdeen Proving Ground which is
> not too far from Havre de Grace. That could be a likely
> possibility for an operation like this.
>
> WGU20 had a nice QSL card, of which I am happy to
> have one in my collection. These fellows literally
> did cover the east central states 5 x 5. None of
> the 10 or so other such stations that were planned
> ever got built.
>
> If any one of you guys finds yourself heading
> down I-95 you're close to APG. Look for the signage
> directing you to the exit for the Army Ordnance Museum,
> itself an interesting visit. That's about the only
> sign I recall for this facility. Not to say the tone is
> from there, just a possibility to check that seems to
> line up with many of the reported DF plots..
>
> What was interesting about this station was the
> muffled effect on the voice, likely due to the Q of
> the antenna, as I recall it.
>
> The DCPA itself is gone, today it would just
> be a part of DHS. They wanted to put LF receivers into
> TV sets that would mute the TV and come alive
> with tone activated emergency messages.
>
> - Bob                             sent 2239 est
>
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