[Milsurplus] WW2 Interception Receivers

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For those of you who aren't old WestPac hands, Olongapo isn't Cavite.  It's 
on Subic Bay next to the former US Naval Base.

In a message dated 05/14/2012 15:22:08 PM Central Daylight Time, 
navy.radio at gmail.com writes: 
> The NCVA has details of all the WW2 intercept stations - they have
> transcribed a lot of the official records and published them in their
> CRYPTOLOG newsletter..
> http://www.usncva.org/
> Station CAST (Station C) is what you're looking for.
> NCVA published a booklet -
> "Intercept Station C From Olongapo through the evacuation of
> Corregidor, 1929-1942."
> There are some reprints from that at
> http://corregidor.org/_admin/CTN_central/ctn_secret_index_composite.htm
> 
> Nick K4NYW
> 
> Station TARE, call sign NYW, info at - http://www.navy-radio.com/nyw.htm
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Joe Connor <joeconnor53 at yahoo.com> 
> wrote:
> >At the beginning of WWII, the U.S. military had a radio-interception 
> station at the Cavite naval base in the Philippines. Later, that station was 
> moved to Malinta Tunnel on Corregidor until Corregidor fell. As I understand 
> it, this station intercepted and decoded Japanese signal traffic.
> >
> >What kind of receivers were used in those stations? I've read a lot about 
> the Philippine campaign but never saw much about the technical details of 
> these interception stations.
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >                             Joe Connor

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