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Also at this time, ground stations were developed which were capable of following the small fighter aircraft and larger bomber aircraft. The weight of sets
for fitting to fighter aircraft eventually became as low as 4 kilogram’s. This transmitter worked on the 150 meter waveband, had a 15 meter wire aerial, and
had a power supply from a generator, which was again linked to the aircraft engine. The receiver worked on the same frequency as the transmitter.
By 1917, there were so many quenched spark gap transmitters in use on the Western Front that they were causing large amounts of interference to each
other. The only solution was to develop new equipment. Unfortunately it was mid 1918 before suitable equipment using the then new valve/vacuum tube
technology became available. It was not possible to fit suitable wireless equipment to the German aircraft and airships prior to the end of the war. One set
which did become available, although too late for wide spread service, was a transmitter receiver which worked in the frequency range 350 to 750 metres.
These sets had 5 watt valves (tubes), which acted as master oscillators, an audion receiver, and 4 valve (tube) amplifiers. The DC power supply was from a
generator driven by the aircraft engine. This equipment made wireless telegraphy possible.
In the field of wireless direction finding, (later to be known as radio location) for the position fixing of aircraft, successful results were also obtained.
Equipment and techniques were also perfected which allowed the accurate cross bearings of transmitters to be taken, and the location of the transmitter
accurately fixed. On the following pages are shown some of the sets and the aircraft in which they were installed.
TELEFUNKEN AIRCRAFT WIRELESS STATION TYPE 262F.
TELEFUNKEN AIRSHIP WIRELESS STATION INSTALLED IN A “PARSIVAL”
TYPE AIRSHIP.
TELEFUNKEN WIRELESS STATION FITTED IN
A TWO SEAT RECONAISSANCE AIRCRAFT.
AIRCRAFT: GERMAN GOTHA TYPE: - TWIN ENGINED BOMBER
DETAILS:
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Items of interest in the media:- Special Relationship My a*s*!, might be the reaction of the average Brit to a story in the Daily Express of
25-November under a headline, "How US spies snooped on Blair's private calls", the article by Paul Thompson in Washington and says,
"American spymasters snooped on the private life of former prime minister Tony Blair, it has emerged. He was given the code name
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Al Yawer. Mr Al Yawer and Mr Blair were considered two of America's allies for the 2003 invasion of Iraq........The admissions will cause
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