High-Stakes Fox Hunting: The FCC’s Radio Intelligence Division In World War II

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High-Stakes Fox Hunting: The FCC’s Radio Intelligence Division In World War II

With few exceptions, amateur radio is a notably sedentary pursuit. Yes, some hams will set up in a national or state park for a “Parks on the Air” activation, and particularly energetic…

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I've been an RFI hunter for Verizon and taught RFI classes at IWCE but never knew about this.

 

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I learned about it in a roundabout way during one summer as a teenager. My uncle was living on the border in Douglas, AZ and came to know a number of people, including old timers and retired military folks from nearby Fort Huachuca. I found out that the FCC had a office in the small city and it seemed to be the weirdest place for a Federal agency, but came to learn of their HF wartime heritage.
Since the Army gave up the cavalry mission to ceremonial units, it gained the HHC, 11th Signal Brigade from 1966 to 2009.

Unlike the British who had the forerunner of the GCHQ since WW1, the US had only military intelligence, naval intelligence, and agency intelligence sections such as the Treasury and FCC agencies until the National Security Act after WW2.