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WGU-20 was an emergency government civil defense preparedness radio station in Chase, Maryland, United States, operated by the United States Defense Civil Preparedness Agency in the 1970s.
Perki the dog, mascot of Public Emergency Radio
QSL card for WGU-20
The Ground Wave Emergency Network was a US Air Force command and control communications system, deployed briefly between 1992 and 1994, intended for use by the United States government to facilitate m
WGU-20
…of attack warning in the US remained with the EBS (now the Emergency Alert System). However the 179 kHz frequency range was used by the government's Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN) which, instead of notifying the public of a war, was supposed to be a (nuclear war) survivable communications network linking various military…
Former GWEN tower, Essex, California
GPS gear added to former GWEN tower at Essex, California
RF radiation warning sign on former GWEN site at Essex, California