{"id":5998,"date":"2025-06-13T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T01:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/06\/13\/britains-secret-listeners\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T12:36:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T02:36:16","slug":"britains-secret-listeners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2025\/06\/13\/britains-secret-listeners\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain’s Secret Listeners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/b>Today Hack-A-Day has an unsually good report on Britain’s Voluntary Interceptors. I was especially touched by the story of the guy who provided reports while still bedridden from devastating wounds received in World War I. <\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2025\/06\/12\/crowdsourcing-sigint-ham-radio-at-war\/#more-786810<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve had the video on the SolderSmoke blog several times. It is so good that it warrants inclusion yet again: <\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RwbzV2Jx5Qo&t=228s<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

That regen looks a lot like the one I bought at the Kempton Park rally (London) so long ago. I still have it. And those headphones found in the old “radar” station look a lot like some that I have in my shack today. And of course there is that HRO dial. I build a whole receiver around that gem from Armand WA1UQO. <\/b><\/p>\n

I thought the comments on the ability to detect the nationality of the enemy operator from his Morse Code “fist” (sending style) was very interesting. <\/b><\/p>\n

Three cheers for the Voluntary Interceptors! <\/b><\/p>\n


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