Hey
Paul!
I was doing some
research today to further both my knowledge of Ham radio operations for August
license testing and to compile information for the communications plan I am
writing for my chapter. In that research, I found an absolute gem of a document
published by the FCC during May of 1943. As I believe you like American history
as I do, I have attached a PDF copy from the FCC website for you on this email.
I’m almost tempted to print and frame this for hanging in my office, and I may
do just that!
We both know of
course, that this document was made during the years of World War II, and that
1943 was a year when victory for our country didn’t look promising. From
everything I have read in terms of after action reports by battlefield
commanders and like information (I focused on this part of history during
college for my minor in American history), we were pretty much getting our butts
handed to us on all fronts!
What makes this
document relative to us however, is how much Ham operators contributed to
America and Allied forces during war years, both at home and abroad.
The Coast Watchers of the Pacific, the French and European underground movements, and other organizations of lesser celebrity all relied on Ham radio communications to get messages back and forth to Allied forces and arrange for logistics and supplies that supported them. In many cases, news of Axis invasions and major offenses would never have reached the free world any other way, as Ham was the only form of intercontinental communications during the era.
The Coast Watchers of the Pacific, the French and European underground movements, and other organizations of lesser celebrity all relied on Ham radio communications to get messages back and forth to Allied forces and arrange for logistics and supplies that supported them. In many cases, news of Axis invasions and major offenses would never have reached the free world any other way, as Ham was the only form of intercontinental communications during the era.
As we all know
today, Ham radio is the single and reliable communications form that has never
been interrupted by any cause of disaster that knocked everything else offline,
and why I am so interested in learning and licensing for it. I find it a very
notable item of history (and one that could easily be repeated!) that one of the
first priorities of both German and Japanese military occupation forces focused
on was to confiscate every radio receiver and transceiver immediately after
taking control of the area. The German occupation forces posted bulletins after
their initial sweep warning all the residents of occupied areas that anyone
found in possession of radios of any kind would be subject to summary executions
immediately after their initial sweeps of confiscation. It’s an understatement
to say they weren’t fooling around!!
Anyway Paul, I
thought this was worth sharing with you. I am sending this to both email
accounts I have for you, so you might want to delete the other duplicate once
you read this one.
Steve
Great research Steve.
I have put this document on my server so you can
send it with a simple link instead of trying to get the pdf through the spam
filters.
Great letter by the way.
Paul
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