Hams and History of World War 2, newly released information on sabotage of large German Radio transmitters by the UK.

[Gary Wheeler W6MMH]

Seems the large number of hams in Britain helped create the scientific resources to create a little havoc for the German occupation of Europe. A special office SOE, Special Operations Executive helped do a lot of cloak and dagger stuff in occupied Europe. One operation involved substitution electronic components used in high powered Nazi radio transmitters. Through careful engineering and duplication the Brits were able to manufacture certain parts that would make the transmitters sometimes create a dangerous high voltage standing wave that could shock workers and make them slow to work on their equipment or perform maintenance. Substituting certain parts that seemed within spec when tested but did dangerous stuff, avoided dangerous missions by RAF bombing crews, but still had some effect.

For people interested in radio history.

The secret missions, YT video:

What was SOE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Operations_Executive

 

[Don]

Gary- I didn't take the time to watch this when you posted it. I just watched it today and man, what an interesting story. Too bad many of the YouTube posters are resorting to AI narration and AI photos, but the story was intact, and very gripping. Thanks for finding this one.