[Milsurplus] Was: Foxhole Radios. Ham Radio in Reich

[C.Whitaker]

de Clete,
I was told by a German ham in 1946 that only those applicants
who were selected to be licensed could operate.  I was told that
all was a matter of party affiliation.   Germany never was 100 per
cent National Socialist, and  the party did screening.  They always
were limited to 50 Watts, and he had a trunk full of QSL cards.
This was in Berlin, just a bit outside the big city.   From 1946 to
1948 I never encountered any German pre-war ham radio equipment.
That was in Berlin and in Northwest Germany.   We were licensed
as D4AVM and D4AAW, but the Germans were not on the air yet.
I have some good war stories, all very true, but some of them I don't
even believe myself.  Good thing I was in a freewheeling communications
unit.  Them were the days.   We had BC-610 and AR-88 and BC-779.
73  Clete
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On 8/5/2012 6:03 PM, Hue Miller wrote:
> Surprisingly enough, ham radio was NOT totally banned in the Reich during
> the war years. Probably it was just contact with belligerent countries
> stations that was banned. Anyway the other countries DID ban ham radio,
> so there was little likelihood of this happening. I think I read about this
> years
> ago in "Radio Bygones" magazine, altho not certain about source. I think the
> article may also have discussed ham radio contacts between Germany and
> Portugal during the war. -Hue
>
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