[Ham-Antennas] : “The FCC in WWII: Patrolling the Ether and Tracking Down Radio Spies”

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David Tanks

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Nov 22, 2025, 8:26:39 PM (2 days ago) Nov 22
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  Interesting video from World War II on the FCC & 
  Direction Finding.

  David  AD4TJ

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- “The FCC in WWII: Patrolling the Ether and Tracking Down Radio Spies”



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Subject: Re: [EMI-RFI-EMC] QCWA National Zoom Presentation - “The FCC in WWII: 
Patrolling the Ether and Tracking Down Radio Spies” #QCWA

More on the November 20 QCWA zoom meeting:

There is a youtube video called "Patrolling the Ether" 

One "takeaway" is that an Adcock DF antenna is best for DF-ing DX and 
can be done with 2-elements.
See page 4 of:

Many of these DF stations were spread over the USA during WW2:
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Patrolling the ether, 1944 film about ham radio and direction finding.

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Butch Washer

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7:59 AM (5 hours ago) 7:59 AM
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That was pretty interesting!!!
Thanks!!!

Butch N5SMQ 

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On Nov 22, 2025, at 8:26 PM, 'David Tanks' via Valley Hams <valle...@googlegroups.com> wrote:


  Interesting video from World War II on the FCC & 
  Direction Finding.

  David  AD4TJ

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Dan Bathker <d.ba...@att.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 07:58:09 PM EST
Subject: [Ham-Antennas] Fw: [EMI-RFI-EMC] QCWA National Zoom Presentation 
- “The FCC in WWII: Patrolling the Ether and Tracking Down Radio Spies”

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Dan Bathker <d.ba...@att.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 04:53:51 PM PST
Subject: Re: [EMI-RFI-EMC] QCWA National Zoom Presentation - “The FCC in WWII: 
Patrolling the Ether and Tracking Down Radio Spies” #QCWA

More on the November 20 QCWA zoom meeting:

There is a youtube video called "Patrolling the Ether" 

One "takeaway" is that an Adcock DF antenna is best for DF-ing DX and 
can be done with 2-elements.
See page 4 of:

Many of these DF stations were spread over the USA during WW2:
<2 element Adcock DF USA WW2.jpg>

Patrolling the ether, 1944 film about ham radio and direction finding.

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73 Dallas N4DDM

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