[Spooks] WAS: Counting Station NOW Feld Hell?

k6fib digitalham at gmail.com
Thu Sep 23 11:07:16 EDT 2004


Do you think Sooz might have been hearing Hellschreiber?
Not terribly common but sometimes encountered in the Ham bands.

It really does sound like fast CW. It is in essense the same type of
signal, on off keyed (OOK).

Developed by Rudolf Hell in the 1920s and used by the Germans in WW2.
It saw its last REAL iteration via the Siemens Compnay in the 1960s as
"HELL 80". Now it is a soundcard mode for diehard hams.

I happen to LOVE this mode for HF Hamradio contacts.

My 2 bits...
-Fibber


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