German Spy Radio, 1945

Screenshot 2025-05-20 10.02.17 AMEighty years ago this month, the May 1945 issue of Radio News showed this transmitter-receiver mounted in an “innocent-looking traveler’s suitcase,” and seized from a German spy by agents of the FCC Radio Intelligence Division.  It was said to be substantially built and of an up-to-date circuit design.  It included a tool set, vibrator power supply, and wire for erecting antennas.

You can see what appears to be the same model at the Imperial War Museum.



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