Topics in Radio Technology, Applications, Techniques and Countermeasures in WWII and Early Cold War

John Guntharp

Description

Why: To provide selected examples of World War II and early Cold War events, operations, procedures, systems, and equipment related to the use of electronics and radio measures, countermeasures, and surveillance.

When: WWII and early Cold War.

Where: Geographically, the events and actions addressed in this document occurred in Britain (primarily the WWII Battle of Britain), Germany (Luftwaffe actions over Britain and British special operations in WWII occupied France), cold war events in London (surveillance and counter-surveillance), and Russian electronic surveillance within the United States embassy in Moscow.

Who (the players): Royal Air Force (RAF), German Air Force (Luftwaffe), MI5 (British Security Service), MI6 (British Secret Intelligence Service), British Special Operations Executive (SOE – primarily British F-Section French operations), Government Code & Cipher School (GC&CS –Bletchley Park codebreakers), British Y-Service (communications intelligence and support to SOE), German-British-Soviet counterintelligence, Soviet KGB (Committee for State Security), and Soviet GRU (Main Intelligence Agency).

What (equipment and support): Radio electronics in general. More specifically: Radar (ground and airborne detection, warning, weapons system control), radio navigation and bombing aids, general radio communications, covert radio operations, radio countermeasures, radio counter-countermeasures, electronic surveillance, espionage (electronic surveillance and agents), WWII SOE agent operations, procedures, codes, and codebreaking.

How: Operational procedures, techniques, support, and equipment.

Sujets

• Electronique & télécommunications
• Radio
• Engineering
• Technology
• Sciences et techniques

Informations

• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 03 septembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781456633585
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 38 Mo

Extrait

Topics in Radio Technology, Applications, Techniques and Countermeasures in WWII and Early Cold War
 
by
John Guntharp
 
September 2019
 
Copyright 2019 John Guntharp,
All rights reserved.
 
 
Published in eBook format by eBookIt.com
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4566-3358-5
 
 
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Introduction
 
Why: To provide selected examples of World War II and early Cold War events, operations, procedures, systems, and equipment related to the use of electronics and radio measures, countermeasures, and surveillance.
 
When: WWII and early Cold War.
 
Where: Geographically, the events and actions addressed in this document occurred in Britain (primarily the WWII Battle of Britain), Germany (Luftwaffe actions over Britain and British special operations in WWII occupied France), cold war events in London (surveillance and counter-surveillance), and Russian electronic surveillance within the United States embassy in Moscow.
 
Who (the players): Royal Air Force (RAF), German Air Force (Luftwaffe), MI5 (British Security Service), MI6 (British Secret Intelligence Service), British Special Operations Executive (SOE – primarily British F-Section French operations), Government Code & Cipher School (GC&CS – Bletchley Park codebreakers), British Y-Service (communications intelligence and support to SOE), German-British-Soviet counterintelligence, Soviet KGB (Committee for State Security), and Soviet GRU (Main Intelligence Agency).
 
What (equipment and support): Radio electronics in general. More specifically: Radar (ground and airborne detection, warning, weapons system control), radio navigation and bombing aids, general radio communications, covert radio operations, radio countermeasures, radio counter-countermeasures, electronic surveillance, espionage (electronic surveillance and agents), WWII SOE agent operations, procedures, codes, and codebreaking.
 
How: Operational procedures, techniques, support, and equipment.
 
Relevant key areas/words : Air surveillance systems, air defense systems, antennas, ciphers, codes, communications, Communications Intelligence (COMINT), detection, deception, direction-finding (DF), electronic warfare (EW), electronic countermeasures (ECM), electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM), Electronics Intelligence (ELINT), electronic surveillance, encipherment, encoding/decoding, espionage, Foreign Instrumentation Intelligence (FISINT), guidance signals, intelligence organizations, jamming, Measurement and Signatures Intelligence (MASINT), meaconing, navigation, organizations, procedures, radar (ground, air, naval, Chain Home), receivers, radio, radio telegraphy (R/T), Radiation Intelligence (RINT), signal detection, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), surveillance, technology, transmitter locating, transmitters, decoded Enigma signals (ULTRA), weapons guidance, and wireless telephony (W/T – Manual Morse).
 
 
 
 
About the Author
 
John G. Guntharp, the author of Topics in Radio Technology, Applications, Techniques and Countermeasures in WWII and Early Cold War, has long been interested in the history of electronics and technology in warfare. After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering he was involved for over 30-years in the development, fielding, and testing of airborne and ground-based surveillance and reconnaissance systems for the USAF. He retired after serving as the Director of Engineering and Systems Acquisition for the Air Force Intelligence Command and was inducted into the Command ’ s Hall of Honor.
 
Table of Contents
 
World War II
I. British Radar Developments and Battle of Britain Applications
II. The Battle of the Beams: Electronic Techniques and Countermeasures During the Battle of Britain
III. British Y-Service
IV. Britain in WWII - Special Operations Executive (SOE)
The Cold War (Post WWII)
V. Project Rafter
VI. Electronic Espionage (“The Thing”)
VII. Electromagnetic Radiation Associated Intelligence Definitions
VIII. Equipment and Codenames
Bibliography