[ARC5] Ardennes Offensive - SIGSEC Master's Thesis

[JAMES FALLS]

Didn’t they often run NVIS with horizontal rectangular antennas mounted above the vehicle? 

Jim Falls K6FWT 

> On Sep 19, 2021, at 16:50, Bart Lee <bart.lee.k6vk at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I recall reading about an US amateur radio intercept early in the North Africa contest between the Germans and the British. The distance was surprising.  The amateur reported it to US authorities. 
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>> On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 4:05 PM Gene Smar via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>> Gents:
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>>       I was checking the Intergoogle for info on Hams' rumored 
>> interception of Rommel's Afrikacorps tank comms in 1940-41 when I ran 
>> across this article: https://tinyurl.com/jfms8b4w .  FYI.  I started 
>> reading it but didn't finish today.  It's caught my attention (my dad 
>> was in the 424th IR of the Golden Lions 106th ID and had stories about 
>> the Bulge that he never told us) so I'm committed to finishing it.
>> 
>>       On the topic of Rommel's 10-meter comms being intercepted by US 
>> Hams, has anyone on the list read any definitive source of info on 
>> this?  It makes sense if Rommel's tanks were equipped with ca. 30 MC 
>> radios and there were bursts of solar activity during waning years of 
>> Cycle 17 (1933-1944).  I'd like to include a reference to this 
>> interception by Hams in my talk on squad radios and why, for example, 
>> the PRC-9's frequency coverage overlaps that of armor and infantry 
>> covered by PRC-8 and -10, respectively.  But I haven't been able to 
>> locate any authoritative sources for this Rommelian info.  I have, 
>> however, found info on an FCC-run interception station in Rhode Island: 
>> https://stationhypo.com/2020/03/30/federal-communications-commission-intercept-site/ 
>> , but it doesn't involve Ham freqs.
>> 
>>       Much obliged.
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>> 73 de
>> Gene Smar  AD3F
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