In the past few years I wrote a number of interesting historical posts which I want to promote a little. Got some inspiration from AE5X who wrote some interesting historical stories on his blog. Except if you experienced things yourself it takes a lot of effort to write these stories since you have to do some homework to verify if stories really happened. Some evidence with photo or video is always appreciated but sometimes have a copyright so you cannot publish everything before asking. I hope I will come across interesting historical topics in the future to write about on this blog.
The picture above found somewhere on facebook. A radio operator in a bomber plane. Probabely in WW2. Fascinating. Would really love to hear the story about this picture...
Interesting historical posts:
About a small house on Terschelling island. Built as a listening post for the navy secret intelligence and later used for all kind amateur radio purposes.
https://pe4bas.blogspot.com/2013/05/marid-brandaris-pi3wad-and-ut-seinhuske.html
About the tugboat "Holland" and the callsign PESK.
https://pe4bas.blogspot.com/2013/06/pesk-holland.html
About the development of the first Walky Talky and it's first time use in my area.
https://pe4bas.blogspot.com/2014/11/historical-first-time-1944-handheld.html
About illigal resistance radio operator Dirk Rustema PA0DR nickname "Joop" who was from my area.
https://pe4bas.blogspot.com/2019/03/pa0dr-adventures-1937-1953-war.html
About PA0DR memorabilia.
https://pe4bas.blogspot.com/2019/04/pa0dr-follow-up-surprises.html
About PA0DR as radio operator after the war.
https://pe4bas.blogspot.com/2019/03/pa0dr-adventures-1953-1991-untold.html
From AE5X:
The use of radio during a epedemic lockdown in 1937
http://ae5x.blogspot.com/2021/02/virus-and-distance-learning-by-radio.html
Morse code use at a submarine distaster in 1927
http://ae5x.blogspot.com/2017/07/morse-code-with-urgency.html
About a FM transmitter built by AE5X in the ninetees of last century
https://ae5x.blogspot.com/2020/03/an-illicit-friend-from-good-old-days.html
About SWL adventures from AE5X when he was in the navy
http://ae5x.blogspot.com/2017/01/radio-australia-and-sea-story.html?m=1
About spies "number stations" on 40m.
https://cubaconfidential.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/1660/
About a WW2 secret radiostation in neutral Switzerland
https://ae5x.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-key-messenger-and-reconstruction-of.html
SOS to the rescue 1935 book review
https://ae5x.blogspot.com/2018/10/sos-to-rescue.html
About John's time on a submarine and technology on board
https://ae5x.blogspot.com/2018/05/panoramic-displays-waterfalls-and-sea.html
About the 1914 Vibroplex blue racer
https://ae5x.blogspot.com/2016/11/1914-blue-racer.html
1975 CW audio
https://ae5x.blogspot.com/2016/09/audio-commercial-cw-from-1975.html
About the polish underground in WW2
https://ae5x.blogspot.com/2016/06/radio-swit-and-polish-underground.html
Thanks for the links Bas. Although I do like reading history, and paraphrasing events if they contain a radio-related aspect, I also wonder if the dates of my postings correspond to poor solar/band conditions! Poor conditions = more reading on my part...not necessarily a bad thing.
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John
Thanks John, your reading and writing is appreciated. I like to read historic books as well especially if it is radio related, 73, Bas
DeleteDon't know about the officer or aircraft, but the radio set seems to be British:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.qsl.net/g4bxd/r1155.htm
On another glance, it does seem to be a Lancaster bomber.
ReplyDeleteA bit of searching reveals a lot, tnx for the link. Interesting!
DeleteYou may also know VP9LP, still very active, who let the world know about the Argentine invasion of the Falklands. Several amateurs claimed to have been the first to receive the news in the UK, including on on Anglesey. But many would appear to have received it, as you would expect for a general transmission, simultaneously. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6514011.stm
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ReplyDeleteOf course made many QSOs with Bob. Didn't know he was in contact with the BBC man at that time. Interesting story for shure. One of those historical radio stories not to forget. 73, Bas
DeleteThanks for this post Bas - as John (AE5X) said, it's always nice to find such interesting posts when the bands are quiet and outdoor activities are so limited.
ReplyDelete73, Tom, M7MCQ
www.m7mcq.com
Tnx Tom, I hope you'll find some interesting articles to read. 73, Bas
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