[QCWA] Emailing: The FBI CW Radio Network

[Norm Gertz]

The FBI CW Radio NetworkInteresting.........the FBI was operating CW nets starting in 1942.....
The FBI CW Radio Network
by Alvin H. Grobmeier

The Federal Bureau of Investigation operated the FBI CW Radio Network beginning in early 1957 and ending in June 1976.

There were two sites, one for transmitting and one for receiving usually located several miles apart. Locations were as follows: 

  a.. Albany 
  b.. Albuquerque 
  c.. Anchorage 
  d.. Atlanta 
  e.. Baltimore 
  f.. Birmingham 
  g.. Boston 
  h.. Buffalo 
  i.. Boston 
  j.. Buffalo 
  k.. Butte 
  l.. Charlotte 
  m.. Chicago 
  n.. Cincinnati 
  o.. Cleveland 
  p.. Columbia 
  q.. Dallas 
  r.. Denver 
  s.. Detroit 
  t.. El Paso 
  u.. Honolulu 
  v.. Houston 
  w.. Indianapolis 
  x.. Jackson 
  y.. Jacksonville 
  z.. Kansas City 
  aa.. Knoxville 
  ab.. Las Vegas 
  ac.. Litttle Rock 
  ad.. Louisville 
  ae.. Memphis 
  af.. Miami 
  ag.. Milwaukee 
  ah.. Minneapolis 
  ai.. Mobile 
  aj.. Newark 
  ak.. New Haven 
  al.. New Orleans 
  am.. New York 
  an.. Norfolk 
  ao.. Oklahoma City 
  ap.. Omaha 
  aq.. Philadelphia 
  ar.. Phoenix 
  as.. Pittsburgh 
  at.. Portland 
  au.. Ramona (for the San Diego FBI office) 
  av.. Richmond 
  aw.. Sacramento 
  ax.. St. Louis 
  ay.. Salt Lake City 
  az.. San Antonio 
  ba.. San Francisco 
  bb.. San Juan 
  bc.. Savannah 
  bd.. Seattle 
  be.. Springfield 
  bf.. Tampa 
  bg.. FBI Washington, DC field office 
  bh.. FBI Headquarters, Washington, DC. 

Radio call signs were assigned by the Federal Communications Commission. The Ramona/San Diego station was asssigned the call sign KMG 22.

Source: United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, letter of February 14, 1979 to Commander A.H. Grobmeier, US Navy (Ret.) 
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Updated on April 7, 2008 at 19:46 by Albert LaFrance