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WW2 Wireless Intercept Deception
Wireless intercept deception played a critical role in most military operations. In doing so, combatants needed to fool sophisticated traffic analysis. Read more
WW2 Wireless Intercept Heroes
Every good story needs a hero. Here are my picks for the WW2 Wireless Intercept Heroes you should know about. Read more
WW2 Chain Home Radar System
What began as a search for Nikola Tesla’s idea for a death ray led to the very practical creation of Chain Home radar system and victory in the Battle of Britain. Read more
WW2 Wireless Intercept Fighting U-Boats
Wireless intercept fighting U-boats won the Battle of the Atlantic. In addition to Ultra, tactical advantage came from Huff Duff. Read more
WW2 High Frequency Direction Finding
High frequency direction finding, or Huff-Duff was used to find locations of enemy transmitters in the field, on land, and especially at sea. This was a global effort. Read more
WW2 Radio Traffic Analysis
While code breaking is spectacular, radio traffic analysis was the real meat and potatoes of signals intelligence from WW2 wireless intercept. Read more
WW2 Volunteer and Civilian Intercept
Although most hams joined the forces, several thousand stayed home doing civilian intercept. In Britain they were volunteers. In the U.S. they worked for the FCC. Read more
WW2 Military Wireless Intercept Facilities
During World War 2, military wireless intercept facilities were everywhere. Long-range monitored theaters of operation. Short-range units dug in with the troops. Read more
WW2 Military Wireless Intercept Organization
Military wireless intercept organization is a massive, complex system. The Allies simply did a better job of getting all the parts to work together. Read more