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Radio Communication
Posted by: markos88 ()
Date: September 17, 2015 12:29AM

I am writing a historical fiction novel about the Battle of the Atlantic. I have two questions about German radio communications in 1942:

I. In 1942, Allied intelligence intercepted German spies in Mexico using ham radio transmitters. the spies sent information about shipping and Allied weapons & tactics. I presume these Mexican spies did not have Enigma machines - Did they use another secret code? Did they transmit directly to the Abwehr headquarters in Hamburg, the Kriegsmarine in Lorient France or directly to U-boats in the Gulf and Caribbean?

II. Did U-boats at sea always use Enigma codes or was that just for certain secret transmissions? (e.g. did they get & receive news from home using regular Morse or a secret code that was not Enigma?)

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Radio Communication markos88 09/17/2015 12:29AM
Re: Radio Communication SnakeDoc 09/17/2015 07:59AM
Re: Radio Communication Ken Dunn 09/17/2015 12:08PM
Re: Radio Communication markos88 09/17/2015 09:28PM
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