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British spy radio sets
During and after World War II (WWII), the United Kingdom (UK)
was one of the main developers and suppliers
of spy radio sets and receivers for clandestine use.
During the war, a wide range of suitcase and
special forces radios were developed and many of these were dropped over
German-occupied countries in Europe, in some cases together with an agent.
Most sets were developed by the SIS (MI6) or the SOE, but also
by foreign engineers that had escaped to the UK.
During the Cold War,
development and production of suitable radio sets
for agents and stay-behind organisations
(also known as Gladio)
continued. Initially these radios were all valve based (tubes), but as
soon as transistors became widely available, a range of (partly)
transistorised radio sets were developed.
Some of these are listed below. Click any of the images for further
details.
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