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On 2018-02-10, Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 16:43:52 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:
>>> 
>>> <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
>>>> In 1963, Western Union, under contract with the US Air Force, installed 
>>>> a nationwide nuclear weapon detonation detection system.  If there
>>>> was an attack, the airforce would be immediately notified.
>>>> 
>>>> The system worked by having special sensors that would only be
>>>> triggered by the intense light of a nuclear weapon.  Other light
>>>> (sunlight, lightning, etc) would not affect it.  Upon receipt of
>>>> the blast light, the sensor would send a off signal before the blast
>>>> shock wave (travels slower) and destroyed the sensor and wires.
>>>> Areas would have multiple sensors in case one was destroyed.
>>>> 
>>>> The sensors and warning system is described in the WUTR:
>>>> http://massis.lcs.mit.edu/telecom-archives/archives/technical/western-union-tech-review/17-1/p032.htm
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> There is a story that there is one radio station in Russia (Moscow)  that
>>> broadcasts nothing but a continuous tone. Supposedly, if it ever stops
>>> broadcasting it will trigger a fail-safe launch on nukes. I read a story
>>> about this, but later it turned up in several factual contexts.
>> 
>> I love Number Stations. No idea what their purpose is today, just loving
>> them. :-)
>> 
>> Could put up my own station, announcing random numbers. Having some three
>> letter agencies wasting their time investigating. *g*
>
> A web site would be funny - just a blank screen with a constantly changing
> sequence of  numbers.
>

Radio better, even one using Morse, you need good power to get
internet
 


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