[Milsurplus] Ardennes Offensive - SIGSEC Master's Thesis

[Gene Smar]

Gents:

      I was checking the Intergoogle for info on Hams' rumored 
interception of Rommel's Afrikacorps tank comms in 1940-41 when I ran 
across this article: https://tinyurl.com/jfms8b4w .  FYI.  I started 
reading it but didn't finish today.  It's caught my attention (my dad 
was in the 424th IR of the Golden Lions 106th ID and had stories about 
the Bulge that he never told us) so I'm committed to finishing it.

      On the topic of Rommel's 10-meter comms being intercepted by US 
Hams, has anyone on the list read any definitive source of info on 
this?  It makes sense if Rommel's tanks were equipped with ca. 30 MC 
radios and there were bursts of solar activity during waning years of 
Cycle 17 (1933-1944).  I'd like to include a reference to this 
interception by Hams in my talk on squad radios and why, for example, 
the PRC-9's frequency coverage overlaps that of armor and infantry 
covered by PRC-8 and -10, respectively.  But I haven't been able to 
locate any authoritative sources for this Rommelian info.  I have, 
however, found info on an FCC-run interception station in Rhode Island: 
https://stationhypo.com/2020/03/30/federal-communications-commission-intercept-site/ 
, but it doesn't involve Ham freqs.

      Much obliged.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F