You know you're old when...

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by 3798j

and you knew what the CONELRAD markings were for...

Purpose
CONELRAD was designed to broadcast civil defense information to the public using radio stations. The system was intended to make the broadcasts difficult for Soviet bombers to home in on by rapidly switching transmitter stations.
Operation
CONELRAD was operational from 1951 to 1963. All commercial AM radios sold in the United States during this time were required to have the CONELRAD frequencies of 640 and 1240 kHz marked on their tuning dials.

AM = American Music
FM = Foreign Music

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[3.0L]

You had one of these:

[JeffL0]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

You had one of these:

and damn if they didn't always land on the roof

[Esteban]

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[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by Esteban

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Empire pants. Only the ladies will get this one.

[JeffL0]

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[Esteban]

Originally Posted by JeffL0

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We used Bactine when I was a kid.

[dscabra]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

you know how to program one of these.

You set the frequency for the station you wanted the button to recall using the tuning knob and then pulled the button out and pushed it back in to set it.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by dscabra

You set the frequency for the station you wanted the button to recall using the tuning knob and then pulled the button out and pushed it back in to set it.

Yeah, was very simple.

But I forgot how to do it until you reminded me.