KE0FFTJun 8, 2025
I have had a search saved on eBay for a JOCC Chicksands coin for years, just in case one ever appeared. This one showed up a couple of weeks ago for a reasonable price, and I was happy to buy it. I was only back in JOCC for a little over a year before it closed, but it was a memorable year where I learned a lot and worked with a bunch of great folks. #RAFChicksands #KE0FFThingsInMyShack #KE0FFT
KE0FFTFeb 20, 2025

I found this video today (it’s been on YouTube awhile) offering more technical info on the #ANFLR9 #ElephantCage #antenna than you’ll find anywhere without doing a lot of reading. The presentation includes this graphic, which is the first I’ve seen comparing the size of an #ElephantCageAntenna to the size of the U.S. Pentagon: https://youtu.be/4sgAGWPNSUQ

#ColdWarHistory #ColdWarTech #MilitaryIntelligence #FLR9 #Antennas #RAFChicksands #Elmendorf #SanVitoItaly #MisawaJapan #FieldStationAugsburg

The Elephant Cage AN/FLR-9 Antenna - Mike Washvill

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Show threadKE0FFTJan 31, 2025
At 12:29 in the podcast, there’s info about a specific encrypted German Police message - transmitted in #Morsecode during #WWII - which was intercepted by the #ChicksandsPriory #Ystation - then forwarded to #BletchleyPark for decryption - through which the Allies heard ( for the 1st time through #SIGINT ) about horrific mass killings of Jews that were happening across Europe at the time. #RAFChicksands #ChicksandsRAFB #Chicksands #WWIIhistory #MilitaryIntelligence #SignalsIntelligence #Holocaust
KE0FFTDec 21, 2023

“Former #WW2 #military station to be sold in 2030” ~ 20th December 2023, 08:25 CST ~ Lewis Adams, BBC News, Bedfordshire. ~ “A military station once home to a top-secret #WorldWarTwo #ListeningPost could be sold from 2030, the government announced.
#MoDChicksands, near Shefford in Bedfordshire, was a #Ystation, which intercepted and logged coded enemy transmissions. #WWII #MilitaryHistory #ElephantCage #RAFChicksands #Chicksands

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn097e1pv94o

Chicksands military station to be sold off from 2030

The announcement was made in the Commons by the Minister for Defence Procurement, James Cartlidge.

BBC News
KE0FFTDec 17, 2023
The best thing about my Air Force experience has been enduring friendships. John was my trainer at #RAFChicksands in England when I was learning to be a Morse code op. That was back in 1992. I called him on Friday evening to let him know I was in Omaha (he lives near Des Moines); he made the 2hr drive to come visit. We went to the Old Market downtown yesterday and we had the best dinner I’ve had in years at Trini’s Mexican Restaurant there. It’s crazy that it’s been over 30 years since we met.