[ARC5] RAT for ELINT

[J. Forster]

>From the VMARS Group.

> That was the first 'discovery' flight I think, but I've not read the Jones
> book in 20 yers. There must have been operational flights thereafter, but
> the RATs only go to 26 MHz, so that rules them out.
>
> Thank you,
> -John
>
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>
>> It is my understanding that a Hallicrafters S27 receiver was flown at
>> the
>> instigation of R.V.Jones in an Avro Anson aircraft in an attempt to
>> detect
>> the "Knickebein" beams in June 1940 ( Brian Johnson  - The Secret War).
>> This was apparently despite the objection of T.L. Eckersley who claimed
>> that reception over the UK at the suggested frequencies would be
>> impossible. They were found at just over 30MHz.
>>
>> Keith,
>> G3XGW