Category: English

Luxembourg use by Allied forces in WW2: video, article

Alan Bailey, on Digital Spy, has posted a link to a fascinating video showing Radio Luxembourg operated by the Allied Forces’ Psychological Warfare Division to break down German morale and induce Nazi troops to surrender during World War II on Digital Spy:

http://www.videosurf.com/video/allied-soldiers-prepare-material-for-especially-prepared-german-broadcasts-at-radio-luxembourg-during-world-war-ii-1218233041

There’s an article in the Life Magazine archive about this
http://bit.ly/gEm60T

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Hitler’s Radio War

“Hitler’s Radio War” tells the story of the external service of the wartime Nazi radio, with emphasis on what was broadcast and the ‘personalities’ behind the microphone.

Topics covered include German overt and clandestine broadcasts to a number of countries and regions, including Britain,the USA, India, the Middle East, France, Greece, Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union,South Africa and Latin America, etc.

Also covered are the ‘careers’ of renegade broadcasters such as Lord Haw-Haw, Mary of Arnhem and the two women who were prosecuted after the war for being Axis Sally.

“Hitler’s Radio War” is published in London by Robert Hale Ltd, and can be ordered from www.halebooks.com or any reputable online or High Street bookstore.

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Offsets: Screenshots of 130 mediumwave channels

Hallo – recently I have screenshotted some 130 medium wave channels for 6,5 hours each, spaced 9 kHz as well as 10 kHz:

* 600 kHz – 531 kHz on the 16th of December, 2010 within a window of mostly 10 Hz. Time was from about 19:00 UTC to 05:00 UTC.
* 1602 kHz – 999 kHz on the 26/27th of January, 2011 within a window of mostly 20 Hz. Preferred time has been 01:30 UTC to 08:00 UTC, with some screenshots from the afternoon (Asian DX)

Receiver was SDR-IP with GPS-disciplined oscillator.

The screenshots for each channel can be downloaded from:
http://bit.ly/eyIstc

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