[CW] The FBI CW Radio Network

[Bill Lanahan]

On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 1:14 AM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

> Interesting.........the FBI was operating CW nets starting in 1942.....
> The FBI CW Radio Network
>
> *by Alvin H. Grobmeier*
>
> The Federal Bureau of Investigation operated the FBI CW Radio Network
> beginning in early 1957 and ending in June 1976.
>
> There were two sites, one for transmitting and one for receiving usually
> located several miles apart. Locations were as follows:
>
>    - Albany
>    - Albuquerque
>    - Anchorage
>    - Atlanta
>    - Baltimore
>    - Birmingham
>    - Boston
>    - Buffalo
>    - Boston
>    - Buffalo
>    - Butte
>    - Charlotte
>    - Chicago
>    - Cincinnati
>    - Cleveland
>    - Columbia
>    - Dallas
>    - Denver
>    - Detroit
>    - El Paso
>    - Honolulu
>    - Houston
>    - Indianapolis
>    - Jackson
>    - Jacksonville
>    - Kansas City
>    - Knoxville
>    - Las Vegas
>    - Litttle Rock
>    - Louisville
>    - Memphis
>    - Miami
>    - Milwaukee
>    - Minneapolis
>    - Mobile
>    - Newark
>    - New Haven
>    - New Orleans
>    - New York
>    - Norfolk
>    - Oklahoma City
>    - Omaha
>    - Philadelphia
>    - Phoenix
>    - Pittsburgh
>    - Portland
>    - Ramona (for the San Diego FBI office)
>    - Richmond
>    - Sacramento
>    - St. Louis
>    - Salt Lake City
>    - San Antonio
>    - San Francisco
>    - San Juan
>    - Savannah
>    - Seattle
>    - Springfield
>    - Tampa
>    - FBI Washington, DC field office
>    - FBI Headquarters, Washington, DC.
>
> Radio call signs were assigned by the Federal Communications Commission.
> The Ramona/San Diego station was asssigned the call sign KMG 22.
> Source: United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of
> Investigation, letter of February 14, 1979 to Commander A.H. Grobmeier, US
> Navy (Ret.)Return to...
>
>    - Cold War main page <http://coldwar-c4i.net/index.html>
>
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