Radio Beacon? - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

dave walsh · 3rd Feb 2021, 11:54 am

The Yesterday Channel [26] at 8pm today has Abandoned Engineering S7 Ep 4 [which seems to be new]. It includes a "Beacon" which transmitted "one of the most infamous messages of WW2". I can't find more info or bring to mind what this can be be-so far? I'm assuming it is radio related so I mention it as a "heads up" but no guarantees!

Dave W

turretslug · 3rd Feb 2021, 12:02 pm

Gleiwitz/Gliwice?

turretslug · 3rd Feb 2021, 6:57 pm

A glance at EPG listings mentions "American beacon" and "long distance", so maybe something to do with Hawaii-US mainland? Not long to find out anyway.

Ernest Gann, in his classic aviation autoboigraphy Fate is the Hunter, mentions a stretch delivering shiny new Lockheed airliners to Latin American customers when the teleprinter at a quiet airfield abruptly clattered into life with a string of Pearl Harbour newsflahes. Everyone around them markedly became very cold and unsmiling, there was a strong German cultural connection throughout South America.

3rd Feb 2021, 11:54 am	#1
dave walsh Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ramsbottom (Nr Bury) Lancs or Bexhill (Nr Hastings) Sussex. Posts: 5,817	Radio Beacon? The Yesterday Channel [26] at 8pm today has Abandoned Engineering S7 Ep 4 [which seems to be new]. It includes a "Beacon" which transmitted "one of the most infamous messages of WW2". I can't find more info or bring to mind what this can be be-so far? I'm assuming it is radio related so I mention it as a "heads up" but no guarantees! Dave W

3rd Feb 2021, 12:02 pm	#2
turretslug Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Surrey, UK. Posts: 4,394	Re: Radio Beacon? Gleiwitz/Gliwice?

3rd Feb 2021, 6:57 pm	#3
turretslug Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Surrey, UK. Posts: 4,394	Re: Radio Beacon? A glance at EPG listings mentions "American beacon" and "long distance", so maybe something to do with Hawaii-US mainland? Not long to find out anyway. Ernest Gann, in his classic aviation autoboigraphy Fate is the Hunter, mentions a stretch delivering shiny new Lockheed airliners to Latin American customers when the teleprinter at a quiet airfield abruptly clattered into life with a string of Pearl Harbour newsflahes. Everyone around them markedly became very cold and unsmiling, there was a strong German cultural connection throughout South America.