[Hallicrafters] Hallicrafters S 27 and The Battle Of The Beams

[William L Howard]

Interesting web site, also shows some of the history of the use of the
Hallicrafters S 27

 http://www.vectorsite.net/ttwiz7.html#m6

* In the meantime, one of Jone's people, Derek Garrard, did some
detective work of his own. The Straits of Dover were a chokepoint where
any shipping traffic passing through would find it very difficult to
avoid being detected by radar, even if they hugged their respective
"friendly" shores. The British had CHL stations at Dover to spot German
shipping, and so if the Germans had radars, they likely had set them up
on the opposite shore, at Calais, to spot British shipping. Garrard took
a set of Halicrafters S-27 radio receivers, put them in his car, drove
to Dover with a tech crew, and set them up. They quickly picked up
Seetakt emissions.

Either because of security barriers or simple fumbling, the Royal Navy
wasn't .......................