[MRCA] [Milsurplus] WWII, Germany and Their 170 KC C.D. Net

[Tim]

Interesting...
I wonder if the source was the big LW transmitter site in Nauen - or was it
more distributed network source...
Tim
N6CC


On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 7:06 AM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> I found this in the Nov-Dec 1954 issue of "G-E Ham News:"
>
> "During the last war the enemy had a CD communication system..... the
> number of stations on this net was amazing.
> The area covered was massive- from the Channel to the Baltic in the north,
> along the Russian Front, south to Italy, along the Mediterranean and all
> the land in between.
> ... operation took place on Long Wave, down around 170 KCs.  The operators
> were good, the discipline rigid
> and unauthorized transmissions were nil.  All transmissions were coded...
> not for security, but for speed....."
>
> This network was very active with Civil Defense-type traffic- requests for
> fire fighting, medical aid etc.
> Mode was CW.  The piece makes it sound far more
> effective and active than our CD nets at that time.
>
> Those of you with contacts in Germany-
> Does any technical data about this net still exist?
> Is anyone still alive who knew of it?
> My major interest is in the antennas used to make this
> Long wave network so successful.
>
> 73 DE Dave AB5S
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