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Mk. IV
WWII clandestine spy radio set - this page is a stub - wanted item

Mk. IV¸or Mark 4, was a clandestine radio, also known as a spy radio set, developed in 1940/41 by the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, MI6) Section VIII at Whaddon Hall and Little Horwood (UK), for use by agents and resistance groups in occupied Europe. It was used by the SIS (MI6) as well as by the SOE.

Specifications
Surviving serial numbers
  • PC8
    1941
    ?
  • PC14
    1941
    Ronald Evers, Netherlands
  • PC50
    1941
    Stavanger Museum
  • IV30
    ?
    ?
  • 1111
    ?
    Canadian War Museum
  • 1206
    1942
    ?
  • ?
    ?
    Norway Resistance Museum
References
  1. Louis Meulstee, Wireless for the Warrior Volume 4, Part 3, Chapter 343
    Version 1.00, June 2024.

  2. Dave Gordon-Smith (G3UUR), The Agent Killer, A Spy Set with a Bit of a Reputation
    Electric Radio Magazine #352, September 2018. pp. 2-15.
    Reproduced with kind permission of Electric Radio Magazine.

  3. Geoffrey Pidgeon, The Secret Wireless War
    ISBN 978-09560515-2-3. August 2008.

  4. Bas Levering, Instructions for working a Paracette
    Blogspot PE4BAS. 4 March 2021.

  5. A.S.M. van Schendel, Mijn werkzaamheden als chef-marconist van de OD en mijn belevenissen in de gevangenis
    Organisation of the Internal Radio Service (BR) of the OD and the radio links with the UK.
    Post-war report, in Dutch language. Date unknown.

  6. Poem code 'Toen onze mop een mopje was'
    Ton van Schendel. Undated.

  7. Pierre Lorain, Secret Warfare
    ISBN 0-85613-586-0. 1972.
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