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[Kludge]

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From: Kludge [mailto:wh7hg.hi at gmail.com] 
>> German comms in the 25-44 MHz range were tactical and not large power, so
I 
>> doubt the U.K. would find it worthwhile to spend a lot of time listening
for skip 
>> propagation signals there. For example, the strongest tank radios were 20
watts, and pack 
>> radios commonly a couple watts.
> On the ground, 'tis likely true.  But the advantage of altitude changes
the rules somewhat.  
> We had receivers (The AN/ARR-5 and AN/ARR-7 come to mind at the moment.)
that could 
> manage that trick rather nicely and were part of on-board
surveillance/countermeasures 
> suites.  

Uh, Mike?  Already mentioned the ARR-5 & ARR-7.  See?  Really, I did.  :-)

> Again, though, this falls pretty much in the range of the Admiralty
converted BC-455s.

Okay, so I mentioned that too.  :-)

Best regards,
 
Michael, WH7HG ex-K3MXO, ex-KN3MXO, WPE3ARS, BL01xh ex-Mensa A&P PP BGI 
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