[Milsurplus] HFDF U Boats

[asmagal at fc.up.pt]

With my compliments, I am following the transcription of a Navy Set
nameplate wich I believe to be of some interest given the subject
in discussion:

MODEL DAQ
HIGH FREQUENCY
RADIO DIRECTION FINDER EQUIPMENT
FREQUENCY RANGE 1.5 TO 22 MC
SUPPLY 115 V 1 (ph) 60~ SERIAL 355

EQUIPMENT CONSISTS OF ACESSORIES AND THE FOLLOWING
1 CFT-20169 RECTIFIER POWER UNIT
1 CFT-46194 RADIO RECEIVER
1 CFT-47263 GONIOMETER
1 CFT-55092 AUTOMATIC BEARING INDICATOR
1 CFT-?9083 CROSS LOOP AND SENSE ANTENNA ASSY
1            TRANSMISSION LINE ASSEMBLY

NAVY DEPARTMENT
BUREAU OF SHIPS

CONTRACTOR
FEDERAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY
NEWARK NEW JERSEY
CONTRACT  NXs 11058

Best 73
Antonio/CT1TE

> Quoting Ralph Cameron <ramcam at magma.ca>:
>
>> U-Boats were regularly DF'ed out of some agricultural land in mid town
>> Ottawa during the war. They had about 30 intercept ops who monitored
>> specific portions of the HF bands and as soon as a fix could be obtained it
>> was immeidately passd to the British Admiralty.
>>
>> One of the operators recently gave a talk on this operation to the local ham
>> club.
>> Other operatives were sent to South America under the auspicies of the
>> British to do similar interception. From talking with one of the living
>> operators he stated the conditions were not as good as they thought.
>>
>> Recently one of the Canadians who operated in South America passed away
>> about 2 weeks ago, in his 90s. Ted Bodman, former owner of Waterloo
>> Electronics and radio amateur, VE3CD
>>
>>
>> Ralph
>> VE3BBM
>>
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