[Milsurplus] FOLLOW-UP to Robert Watson-Watt post

[Ron.K3PID]

Since my last post on the subject was refuted I thought I would give the source to demonstrate that I didn’t intend to mislead the reader.

This is the source of my comments on amateur radio operators and the German military. It is from “The Wizard War: British Scientific Intelligence 1939-1945” ,page 244, by Professor R.V.Jones and is written in the first person. 

“The low technical ability of the operator and the high engineering 
standard of the equipment were not altogether dissociated. When I met 
General Martini, the Head of German Air Signals and Radar, after the 
war, I told him that these two factors had surprised me, and he pointed 
out that he had a very low priority in demanding personnel and had to 
make do with those who were deemed unsuitable for other duties. He 
had no skilled reserve to draw upon among radio amateurs, as we had, 
because Hitler had banned amateur radio before the war since it might 
provide communication links for disaffected organizations. Martini had 
therefore to ensure that the equipment was so well made, and so easily 
replaceable if any part broke down, that the system could be operated by 
relatively unskilled personnel.”

QED

Ron K3PID








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