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Two-way VHF FM/PM mobile radio
FuG-8 (German: Funkgerät 8) 1 was an analogue two-way
mobile radio set for
for use in the VHF FM radio band, developed and built by various
manufacturers, according to specifications layed out by the German
Government. The FuG-8 devices from all suppliers have the same form
factor, the same connections and a nearly identical front panel,
but are completely different inside.
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FuG-8 compliant radios were manufactured by various parties, including
SEL, AEG Telefunken
and Robert Bosch GmbH.
The device consists of a large
and heavy die-cast aluminium enclosure with a detachable front panel, or
control head.
The radios were used by German public services, known as BOS, 2
like the police and fire brigade, but they were also used by the police
in other European countries, such as in the Netherlands.
The image on the right shows a typical FuG-8b
made by AEG Telefunken
for the Dutch Police.
It is a modified variant of the German FuG-8b [2].
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Some FuG-8 devices were (optionally) fitted with
voice encryption or – more commonly –
a voice scrambler,
in order to offer protection against
occasional or intentional eavesdropping. Some of these solutions were
fitted internally, but most of them were added as an external device or,
as in the case of the Bosch FuG-8,
as an extra compartment below the bottom of the radio's enclosure.
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Funkgerät is the German word for radio or transceiver.
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BOS = Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben
(Public Safety Organisations).
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FuG-8, FuG-8a, FuG-8b and FuG-8c radios on this website
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Speech protection used with FuG-8
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In Germany, the police also used the FuG-8b for sending digital text-based
messages through the air, in order to interrogate the so-called INPOL
database. INPOL contained information about car registrations,
people, criminal records, suspects, terrorism, etc.
Especially for this application,
AEG Telefunken
developed the Telestar
text terminal shown in the image on the right. It had a full-size keyboard
and a built-in thermal printer.
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In order to guarantee a fair competition, the German Government
used to write out a tender for an FuG designated radio, in which
they specified the exact features and in some cases even the layout
of the front panel. In practice, the orders were often divided over
the various suppliers.
Similar (but not identical) FuG-8 radios were developed and built
by the following manufacturers:
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Note that the products from Bosch, Ascom, Teletron and Pfitzner
came from the same factory.
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