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Memory scan allows the operator to
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Kenwood's R-2000 receiver has Lithium battery memory backup
opened the doors to a new world in (Estimated 5 year life) is built-in.
the 150 -kHz to 30 -MHz HF bands, With the sensitive R-2000, only
with microprocessor controlled oper- the best in selectivity will do. It
ating features and an UP conversion has three built-in IF filters, with
PLL circuit for maximum flexibility NARROW/WIDE selector switch,
and to enhance the excitement of and an optional 500 -Hz narrow CW R-1000 High performance receiver
listening to stations from east to west, filter is available. A noise blanker, 200 kHz - 30 MHz digital display/
clock/timer 3 IF filters PLL UP con-
and from pole to pole. An optional and an all -mode squelch circuit version noise blanker RE step atten-
VC -10 VHF converter, for 118 to further enhance the operators uator 120-240 VAC (Optional 13.8 VDC).
174 -MHz, allows access to police, control of his listening environment.
aviation, marine, commercial, and An AGC switch, and an RF attenu-
two meter Amateur frequencies, With ator switch allow selection of the
dual digital VFO's, ten memories best signal-to-noise ratio. It has a
that store frequency, band and mode large, front mounted speaker, a tone
information, memory scan, program- control, an "S" meter, high and low
mable band scan, fluorescent tube impedance antenna terminals, and
digital display, and dual 24 -hour operates on 100/120/220/240 VAC,
clock with timer, this outstanding or on 13.8 VDC, with an optional
radio has the versatility needed to DCK-1 DC cable kit. Other features
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R-600 General coverage receiver
150 kHz -- 30 MHz digital display
and elusive stations in the most audible "beeper," a carrying handle, 2 IF filters PLL UP conversion noise
remote areas of the world. a headphone jack, and an external blanker RF attenuator front speaker
The R-2000 receives in the USB, speaker jack. 100-240 VAC (Optional 13.8 VDC).
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Tom Kneitel, K2AES
Editor POPULAR
Anita Hipius
Associate Editor
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Gerry L. Dexter
COMMUIYICATIOPIS
Shortwave Broadcast JUNE 1985 VOL. 3, NO.10
Joseph E. Jesson
RTTY Monitoring
R.L. Slattery
Survivalist Communications
Mike Chabak
Utility Communications
Darren Leno, WDOEWJ
Alternative Radio
Harold A. Ort, Jr.
Military Consultant
Janice Lee
Radar Detectors
Chuck Gysi, N2DUP 9 16 40
Scanners
Frank Baylin FEATURES
Satellite TV
Gordon West, WB6NOA
Telephone Accessories Intercepting Interpol 9
Mark J. Manucy, W3GMG This international police organization, with a complex communications network, is much
AM/FM Broadcasts more (and less) than you think it is! by Tom Kneitel, K2AES, Editor
BUSINESS STAFF Father Murgas: Radio's Forgotten Genius 16
Richard A. Ross, K2MGA Somehow, the contributions to early wireless by Rev. Joseph Murgas have gotten lost in
Publisher by Alice Brannigan
the shuffle. He may well deserve more credit than Marconi.
Herb Pressman, KA2UGV
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Advertising Manager Exploring The Unknown
Dorothy Kehrwieder Unshackle yourself from broadcast and two-way voice communication DX. There's lots
more to hear, like SITOR, RTTY, TOR/FEC! by E.R. Howard, KNJ2MX
General Manager
Anthony C. Sparacino Wireless Security Is Coming Of Age 24
Newsstand Sales Director Do you know about the new burglar alarms that use radio frequencies? Try these in your
Arlene Caggiano scanner! You may also wish to get one for safety purposes. by David Gottlieb
Accounting 32
Vietnam Voices
Cheryl Chomicki to be heard.
Subscriber Services More than a decade after the war, this troubled nation is still
by Gerry L. Dexter
PRODUCTION STAFF
Elizabeth Ryan Do You Remember When? 36
Art Director Try these on your memory! A radio station that looked like an overgrown radio receiver
Barbara Scully and a broadcast station that was part ham give us an eerie look at early broadcasting.
Artist by Alice Brannigan
Dorothy Kehrwieder Books You'll Like 38
Production Manager We recommend: Northwestern Ohio and Southeastern Michigan Scanner Frequency
Gail M. Schieber Directory; The Big Brother Book of Lists; Intelligence and Cryptanalytic Activities Of The
Production Assistant British Navy; and The Down To Earth Guide To Satellite TV.
Pat Le Blanc 40
Richard Kishanuk Uncle Sam's Communications For The Modern Battlefield
What you should know about SINCGARS! by Major Carl E. Schell, U.S. Army
Phototypographers
Hal Keith Eavesdropping On Paramedic Communications 56
Technical Illustrator Here are the frequencies to scan for monitoring medical emergencies. by R. L. Slattery
Larry Mulvehill, WB2ZPI
Contributing Photographer
Offices: 76 North Broadway, Hicksville, NY 11801. Tele-
Thu month's cover: Paramedics Pat Osetek and Joel Orr (of Mobile Life Support Services, Inc. Newburgh, New York) offer aid to
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"victim" Fein Galati in a practice drill. Photo by Larry Mulvehill, WP2ZPI.
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Electronics Supply AN EDITORIAL
1508 McKinney
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713-658-0268 An interesting and long overdo evolu- ter. These things, and the generally high-
tionary stage has been reached in the scan- handed attitude that they've taken of late,
ner field. Unlike the area of general short- has taken its toll.
wave (HF) monitoring, which has had local,
SWL regional, and national user organizations
First it was a large number of members in
Florida who resigned en -masse as a protest
HEADQUARTERS since the 1920's, the scanner club field has against the group's policies. Next, there
RTTY GEAR been quite different. were rumors of a Texas -originated petition
We stock AEA, KANIRONICS & MFJ
AEA CP-1 terminal unit
Regular SWL clubs, strangely, never real- to recall certain of the officers and hold elec-
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AEA SWLTEXT C-64 or VIC-20 119.95 ly took any interest in branching out in order tions. By one means or another, they man-
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you'd have thought that they would have of scanner users and members of the in-
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TOTAL 219.90 For a while, VHF monitoring enthusiasts club seems to have attracted only about 20
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SALE PRICE $129.95 YOU SAVE SSSSS got together and started up a monitoring as- Needless to say, many people (including
sociation that seems to have originally not yours truly) have been less than pleased to
SUPER SPECIAL had any aspirations to do more than be local see what has happened (and is still happen-
in nature, although in the approximately 10 ing); a once -vital and worthwhile organiza-
KENWOOD R-11 or 12 years since he got started it did cover tion is now under the control of a small
FMAM-SW PORTABLE RECEIVER more territory. group of die-hard wimps interested primarily
Probably because there were no other in seeing how many enemies they can make.
$69.95 scanner groups around, the California Sad to say, a few months ago I let my own
RECEIVERS group began attracting members from dis- membership lapse.
KENWOODKENWOOD R-600 CALL tant areas. Oddly enough, for a long time All is not lost! It maybe just a coincidence,
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the group remained California-oriented but it certainly looks like the rapid downhill
(and many feel it never fully escaped that im- slide of the earlier pseudo -national associa-
SPECIAL age) Things went reasonably well until
. tion may have inspired or given impetus to
about 3 or 4 years ago. In 1981 there were what looks to be a new approach.
BEARCAT DX-1000 perhaps 200 or more new members per Filling in the holes being left open as the
RECEIVER month entering the group's membership earlier group begins to shrivel are several in-
rolls. With the exception of a few snags and teresting groups. The All Ohio Scanner
$439.95 glitches, the club had a pretty good 10 -year
roll and was filling a need.
Club (AOSC) , which has been active for a
couple of years, just announced that they
Personally, I think that the problems be- are actively seeking new members in In-
SPECIAL gan when many members began making a diana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania,
louder than usual noise about lack of suffi- Tennessee, West Virginia, and Ontario.
ICOM R -71A cient say in the operation of the group by AOSC's President, Dave Marshall, says that
$649.95 those located outside of southern Cali-
fornia. Elections were held and control of
"there is a need for these states to be covered
in the same manner AOSC covers Ohio."
ACCESSORIES INSTALLED FREEIIII the association and its newsletter were taken And how right Dave is! If the AOSC is able to
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from the hands of the group's original maintain the good reputation it has racked
MANUFACTURERS. Examples: founders. The new power structure couldn't up for the past few years, it will reap a wind-
BARKER & WILLIAMSON
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hack it. It turned into a 3 -ring circus! fall of former and disgruntled members of
41.50
METZ base loaded whip CALL Columnists in the club's newsletter sud- the earlier group.
McKAY DYMEK...active antennas
ROHN LOWERS
CALL
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denly found their efforts crudely censored Similarly, we have received a well-done
like letters from a penitentiary, while other newsletter from IDEX, which describes itself
BUTTERNUT ANTENNAS columnists were given the green light to is- as "Idaho's Communications and Commu-
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D 71_ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The most interesting questions we receive much, however if you'd like to hear what all I've seen it used several times in
will be answered here in each issue. Address of these communications sound like just out POP'COMM.
your questions to: Tom Kneitel, Editor, Pop- of curiosity, they take place as follows: Paul deBassinoit
ular Communications magazine, 76 North 4162.5 to 4166 kHz, 6244.5 to 6248 kHz, Balrothery, Rep. of Ireland
Broadway, Hicksville, NY 11801. 8328 to 8331.5 kHz, 12483 kHz, 16636.5 Generally, it means a clandestine broad-
to 16640 kHz, and 22160.5 to 22192 kHz. caster that is masquerading as the "voice" of
-Editor one side or another during a war or civil war.
Brew-Hoo In actuality, the station is being operated by
At a radio swap -meet and flea market last
We're Flyin' High With Him someone other than as represented over the
summer I got a good price on a homebrew Just loved the story on WCC and the Ra- air in order to present disinformation for the
communications receiver. This was a nice dio Vatican story was great, too. And let's purpose of causing confusion amongst the
looking piece of equipment that cost me on- not forget Alice's look back into radio's past! local citizens. Sometimes the "black propa-
ly $35. When I got it home, I plugged it in As you can see, I really like POP'COMM. ganda" station can be a whole -cloth fabrica-
and turned it on. It didn't do anything at all in Radio is my life. I'm a radio technician in the tion, while other times it may be a counterfeit
the AM position, the CW position, or in USB USAF and a ham. Once again, I think you version of an actual government broadcast-
or LSB modes. I couldn't even get it to light have an awesome (totally) magazine. Keep ing station. Either type of station falls into the
up or receive a signal on any frequency. No up the good work. realm of psychological warfare, and has
communications dealer will even take it in to John J. Parrish, Jr., KA8DYT proven highly effective. Many nations have
check it and, furthermore, I have no sche- Malmstrom AFB, MT engaged in this type of "psywar,"and within
matic for the set. Where do I go from here the American CIA, the practice of setting up
with this lemon? Tapping In such a station on a frequency adjacent to
B. N. Waters With reference to your inquiry (Feb. is- one of an actual official broadcasting station
Gainesville, FL sue) about the current status of the publica- in order to fool listeners is known by the
Go back to the next swap -meet or flea tion TAP, the letters stood for "Technical slang term "snuggling. "-Editor
market you can find to dump it the same way Assistance Program" and the address you
its previous owner handled the situation. It is mentioned was valid at least until the sum- I Ain't Got No Body (Mike)
possible to catch some bargains at a radio mer of 1983. At some point, someone affil- read in a newspaper how federal agents
I
flea market, but you've got to see the gizmo iated with TAP did something to someone recently conducted a raid on an extensive
working before you plunk down the cash. else that wasn't nice. We aren't sure what the undercover operation. Body mikes were
As many have learned, homebrew gear of- "something" was, but the end result was a used. How can I find out what frequency
fered at these gatherings is usually many case of arson. TAP was not only tapped out, these units utilize?
generations away from its original designer/ it was burned out, too. Subsequently, TAP's W. Blond
builder, has no paperwork, and functions affairs were taken over by a new editor and it Baton Rouge, LA
like it's supposed to only when it's in the began publication again, but it again hit the Any number of different frequencies
"off" position. -Editor. skids. My last issue was dated Jan./Feb. '84 might have been used, although I under-
and since then not a word. In earlier days stand that 166.46 MHz is quite popular.
Don't Know Weather there were many interesting articles, but You might try listening there. These trans-
You Can Hear These now it's all just a memory. mitters seem to have a range of only a
Richard Haskey, N7FPW 1/4 -mile, so that would limit your ability to
A recent TV documentary on weather
data collection showed a floating weather Apache Junction, AZ hear one unless it was too close for comfort.
TAP hasn't been published since January -Editor
buoy that automatically transmits weather
of 1984 because of a "fire" which destroyed
information. Apparently these are placed at
their facilities about 18 months ago, as well Shifty But Speedy
various ocean locations and they're quite
as some organizational problems they were
numerous. I was surprised that I've never I've noticed in the radioteletype listings
having. I would like to bring to your atten-
seen their schedules and frequencies in you run that they are specified something
tion our own publication, 2600, which is
POP'COMM. Please publish this informa- like 425/67 or 170/50. I understand that
published monthly. Most of our subscribers
tion sometime soon. the first series of numbers relates to the Hz
have been learning about us entirely by
W. W. Montgomery spacing between "mark" and "space." I'm
word-of-mouth or over modem.
Boise, ID not clear as to the significance of the second
2600 Enterprises
I think you've gotten the impression that series of numbers.
the transmissions from the floating buoys
Box 752
Middle Island, NY 11953-0752 Peter Harris
(which are used to collect oceanographic as Anoka, WI
well as weather data) are voice broadcasts Former TAP fans and all others interested Those numbers relate to the speed of the
intended for reception by the general public. in hacking, wiretapping, and the in's/out's transmission. Standard speeds for RTTY
They collect data and store it for several of 'phone phreaking will find 2600 to be transmissions are 60, 66/67, 75, 100, and
hours. At some scheduled time a ship or brimming over with information on their 132 words per minute. Sometimes, instead
coast station sends a coded signal, which in- favorite topics. While TAP had a "home- of wpm, the transmission speed is given in
cludes the identification number of a specific brew" look, 2600 is professional in ap- terms of the baud (Baudot code) rate equiv-
buoy. When that happens, the buoy un- pearance and contains a lot more worth- alent, 45, 50, 57, 74, and 100 respectively.
loads all of its stored info in a data burst and while information. A subscription is $10 per In the specific examples you mentioned,
the coastal station or ship then feeds the in- year or $5 for six months. -Editor 425/67 represents 67 wpm (50 baud) and
formation into a computer that analyzes and 170/50 means 50 baud (67 wpm). In other
combines it with data from other buoys in words, they are both the same transmission
order to obtain an overview of tidal or Snuggling Up speed but stated differently. The main dif-
weather conditions in a large area. To the What is the meaning of the term "black ference is that one transmission has a shift of
casual listener, none of this is going to mean propaganda" as it applies to broadcasting? 425 Hz and the other of 170 Hz. -Editor
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THE MONITORING MAGAZINEIntercepting Interpol
This International Police Organization,
With A Complex Communications
Network, Is Much More (And Less)
Than You Think It is!
BY TOM KNEITEL, K2AES, EDITOR
Most likely, if you're like most people,
you have a mental image of Interpol as an in-
ternational police agency with operatives
deployed across the world tracking down
jewel thieves, terrorists, smugglers, war
criminals, and con artists. This is the picture
presented in popular fiction, in movies, and
on TV. For the most part, it is almost none of
these things-and those things that it has
been, and is now, will probably surprise you.
It's both more and less than you think it is!
For starters, the International Criminal
Police Organization (Interpol is its popular
name, based upon its cable address) is not a S.S. Oberstgruppenfuhrer and General S.S. Oberstgruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heyd-
law enforcement agency, nor does it oper- oberst der Polizei Kurt Daluege, Deputy rich was top dog at Interpol during the Hitler
ate under the jurisdiction of any nation. It Reich Protector in Bohemia and Moravia. era. Ultimately he was done in by his own
has no enforcement powers and not a single Even before the outbreak of WWII, the Nazi pompous vanity. Czech partisans concoct-
agent or operative. government had managed to get him elect- ed a simple ploy to get him to stand still and
Interpol is a completely private organiza- ed to the second banana spot at Interpol. salute them while they unleashed a hail of
tion and quite distant from the exotic group gunfire at him.
known in current popular mythology. More-
over, its past is about as bizarre as you could
ever imagine and seems to have managed to
become lost between the cracks of time. Since Interpol accepts memberships from national police forces of many (shall we say
Even some of its present policies have national law enforcement agencies, the "controversial") nations belong to Interpol,
caused a combination of raised eyebrows United States is connected to the organiza- the ramifications become all the more omi-
and suspicion. tion via our Treasury Department. nous. Some of the members include War-
If you've got a communications receiver, The U.S. membership in Interpol means saw Pact nations as well as Chile, Haiti, Iran,
however, you have the ability to intercept that the computers of the National Crime In- Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, and
Interpol's interesting communications and formation Center (NCIC) , under the direc- Turkey.
ascertain for yourself what this mysterious tion of the FBI, as well as the files of local and
organization is all about. state police, may be accessed by Interpol's
Let's Start At The Beginning
Essentially, it is an international informa- members. When Interpol was formed in 1924, the
tion exchange, and that's the best and worst The ability for national police organiza- permanent headquarters was established in
of Interpol. And that's where the story of In- tions from some 100 nations to sift through Vienna, Austria. The Articles of Constitu-
terpol lies. and add or subtract information from these tion provided that the head of Interpol
Interpol's present headquarters are just files, courtesy of their membership in a pri- would be whomever was Chief of the Austri-
outside of Paris, France, in the suburb of St. vate organization, has not taken place with- an Federal Police, a fact which did not even-
Cloud. More than 100 nations' national po- out some amount of criticism. The ever-ex- tually escape the notice of the German gov-
lice forces are dues -paying members. Since panding data in law enforcement computers ernment in Berlin. In fact, the Germans
the organization exists solely because of the covers businesses, individuals, clubs, immi- were very enthusiastic about Interpol and
support it receives from police agencies, it gration information, and other materials were one of the few nations to participate in
has generated the impression that it is, itself, that can be accessed almost at will via Inter- the 1930's Interpol radio network.
an international law enforcement agency. pol's members. When one considers that the By 1937, the Germans had even managed
THE MONITORING MAGAZINE June 1985 / POPULAR COMMUNICATIONS / 9to get their own man elected to the post of
Interpol's Vice President. That would be
none other than S.S. Oberstgruppenfuhrer
and Generaloberst der Polizei Kurt Daluege,
who held the military rank of General.
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was also ex-
ploring the possibilities of joining Interpol
and had begun a correspondence with Os-
car Dressler, the Secretary General of Inter-
pol. H.D. Lester, Assistant Director of the
FBI, went to the 1937 Interpol Congress
and returned to suggest to Hoover that this
country should become a member. Less
than one month before the Nazis marched
into Austria, Homer Cummings, U.S. At-
torney General, backed by Hoover and also
Secretary of State Cordell Hull, made a for-
mal request to Congress that the U.S.A. join
Interpol. For less than $2,000, on June 8th, In 1946, the FBI's powerful director, J. Ed
1938, the U.S.A. became a member of In- gar Hoover, defied the State Department to
terpol. By the way, it might be pointed out participate in Interpol. A few years later he
that inasmuch as the Nazis had invaded quit Interpol when he found out that the
Austria on March 13, 1938, and taken over Czechs had begun using its facilities for
the government as well as Interpol, the Some nations (such as the U.S.) utilize satel- tracking down defectors who had slipped
U.S.A. had joined an organization which lites to communicate with Interpol. across the Czech border into the West.
was operated by the Nazis!
Hitler, of course, felt that Austria had al-
ways been a part of Germany, so all he was with data, and it's reasonable to expect that with Ernst Kaltenbrunner. Acting through
doing was bringing back that which was Ger- they had sorted through and collected po- the facilities of Belgian embassies through-
many's in the first place. Therefore, the lice information from throughout Europe- out the world, Louwage made overtures to
1939 Interpol meeting took place in Berlin on political radicals, intellectuals, thieves, previous member nations to gather in Brus-
under the watchful eye of Heinrich Himm- forgers, black marketeers, gangsters, coun- sels in order to "constitute" Interpol, choose
ler, head of the German Police. terfeiters, homosexuals, informers, prosti- its headquarters and appoint new directors.
With the world on the edge of World War tutes, the clergy, agitators, politicians, busi- The United States notified Louwage on
II, the U.S. mulled over whether the meet- ness people and average citizens. Interpol 15 May 1946 that the Justice Department
ing in Berlin should be attended, finally de- claimed that these files didn't survive the hadn't yet made a decision about attending,
ciding to pass it up. War broke out three massive Allied bombing raids, but there is but requested additional information on the
weeks later. some speculation that they did. Files such as proposal. Within days, Louwage responded
The Chief of the Security Police and Gen- those would be worth their weight in gold that N.R. Telford had a meeting with "inter-
eral in the Police Force, S.S. Obergruppen- and could be used for blackmail, for achiev- ested Belgian police" in order to prepare a
fuhrer Reinhard Heydrich, was made the ing political power, or even for legitimate full report for the FBI. Neither side brought
Chief of Interpol, announcing that under its police work. up anything about Interpol's Nazi connection.
new German leadership, Interpol "will be a There is information that many of the One week later, on 21 May, Attorney Gen-
real center of criminal police." Along with most important files were removed from eral Tom Clark recommended against any
the Gestapo, Interpol was moved to its new Berlin by Carlos Zindel, head of the Nazi representative of the United States Govern-
Headquarters just outside of Berlin, and in- Criminal Investigation Department when he ment attending the meeting in Brussels. The
corporated into Reinhard Heydrich's Secur- fled shortly before the collapse of the 3rd State Department told Louwage that none
ity Police or Sicherheitienst (SD) One of the
. Reich. His car packed tightly with as much of its people would attend, wording the mes-
SD staff members was an SS officer, Paul as would fit, it is thought that he headed to- sage with a loophole just big enough for J.
Dickopf, who was later to emerge after the ward Switzerland where, in Zurich, he Edgar Hoover to squeeze through. Hoover
war as head of Interpol between the years would be able to make contact with the wasn't a member of the State Department.
1968 and 1972! Odessa Brotherhood that was helping flee- Two days later he was voted in as Interpol's
On a morning in June of 1942, Heydrich ing Nazis get out of Europe with their docu- Vice President. The powerful Hoover obvi-
was taking his daily drive to the Prague Cas- ments, cash, art treasures, and families. ously felt that the FBI had a need for mem-
tle in Czechoslovakia when he was assassi- He never made it past Stuttgart; that's bership in Interpol that surpassed the State
nated by Czech partisans disguised as road where he encountered the French military. Department's diplomatic considerations.
laborers. Every morning when his car drove When he appeared at French headquarters Although Louwage was the president of
by a certain bend in the road, they would sa- to try to negotiate with them they treated the new Interpol, technically Ernst Kalten-
lute him and he would order his driver to him harshly and told him to come back later. brunner was also still the top executive offi-
stop so he could return the salute. One Possibly he felt trapped or that there was no cer of the organization since he had never
morning they saluted him and when he re- dignified way out of his situation. In any actually been removed from office. That sit-
turned their salute they found it an oppor- event, he promptly swallowed a poison cap- uation came to a definite end in October of
tune time to unleash a fusilade of gunfire in sule. The files fell into possession of the 1946, when he was hanged by the Allies as a
his general direction. So much for S.S. French and within a year, Interpol opened war criminal. Louwage was elected for a ten
Obergruppenfuhrer Heydrich. for business again, with headquarters in year term. One of the men on the Louwage
Months went by until Himmler picked a Paris! team was Jean Nepote (in 1963 he became
new leader for Interpol and the Gestapo. Fi- Among the leading staff members of the Interpol's Secretary General), who came as
nally, Ernst Kaltenbrunner was selected and reborn Interpol was Harry Soderman, a the representative of the French Surete.
he vowed to "continue the strictly nonpolit- Swedish police officer who had been with While the war was on, he was employed in
ical character" of Interpol. Interpol from the time it began in 1924. Also France's Nazi -backed Vichy regime.
By the time Nazi Germany began to unra- on the staff was Florent Louwage, a member N.R. Telford, who had the meeting with
vel, Interpol was doing likewise. The Nazis of the Belgian Political Police, also a long- "interested" Belgian police, became a dele-
had spent a full six years filling Interpol's files time Interpol employee who had worked gate to Interpol representing Hoover, and
10 / POPULAR COMMUNICATIONS / June 1985 THE MONITORING MAGAZINECalisign Location kHz Mode Callsign Location kHz Mode AYA BUENOS AIRES, ARG. 9200 CW EEQ MADRID, SPAIN 7532 AYA BUENOS AIRES, ARG. 14817.5 ARQ EEQ MADRID, SPAIN 9200 AYA26 BUENOS AIRES, ARG. 15738 CW EEQ MADRID, SPAIN 10390 170/67N AYA27 BUENOS AIRES, ARG. 19360 EEQ MADRID, SPAIN 11538 170/67N AYA28 BUENOS AIRES, ARG. 21785 CW EEQ MADRID, SPAIN 12224.5 170/67N AYA29 BUENOS AIRES, ARG 24110 ARQ EEQ MADRID, SPAIN 14817.5 170/67N AYA47 BUENOS AIRES, ARG. 10390 CW EEQO MADRID, SPAIN 10390 170/67N AYA48 BUENOS AIRES, ARG. 14817.5 ARQ EEQ1 BARCELONA, SPAIN 10390 170/67N AYA49 BUENOS AIRES, ARG. 19130 EEQ2 ZARAGOZA, SPAIN 10390 170/67N AYA501 BUENOS AIRES, ARG. 15502.5 CW EEQ3 CEUTA, SPAIN 10390 170/67N CNP RABAT, MOROCCO 10390 CW EEQ4 LA CORUNA, SPAIN 10390 170/67N CNT RABAT, MOROCCO 3593 EEQ5 CADIZ, SPAIN 10390 170/67N CNT RABAT, MOROCCO 4632.5 CW EEQ6 BILBAO, SPAIN 10390 170/67N CNT RABAT, MOROCCO 6792 CW EEQ8 JACA, SPAIN 10390 170/67N CNT RABAT, MOROCCO 7532 EEQ9 PALMA, MAJORCA I. 10390 170/67N CNT RABAT, MOROCCO 9200 EEQ10 LAS PALMAS, CANARY I. 10390 170/67N CNT RABAT, MOROCCO 14817.5 EEQ11 SEVILLE, SPAIN 10390 170/67N CSI60 LISBON, PORTUGAL 3593 EEQ12 STA. CRUZ, CANARY I. 10390 170/67N CSI61 LISBON, PORTUGAL 4632.5 EEQ13 VALENCIA, SPAIN 10390 170/67N CSI62 LISBON, PORTUGAL 6792 CW EEQ14 MURICA, SPAIN 10390 170/67N CSI63 LISBON, PORTUGAL 2840 EEQ15 CASTELLON, SPAIN 10390 170/67N CSI64 LISBON, PORTUGAL 14817.5 EEQ16 SAN SEBASTION, SPAIN 10390 170/67N CS165 LISBON, PORTUGAL 7532 EEQ17 GRANADA, SPAIN 10390 170/67N CSI66 LISBON, PORTUGAL 9200 EEQ18 LEON, SPAIN 10390 170/67N CSJ23 LISBON, PORTUGAL 7401 425/67N EEQ19 OVEIDO, SPAIN 10390 170/67N CSJ24 LISBON, PORTUGAL 8038 425/67N EP5X TEHERAN, IRAN 10390 CW CSJ24 LISBON, PORTUGAL 8045 425/67N EP5X TEHERAN, IRAN 19360 CW CSJ24 LISBON, PORTUGAL 8097.5 425/67N FSB PARIS, FRANCE 4837.5 425/67N CSJ25 LISBON, PORTUGAL 10295 170/67N FSB PARIS, FRANCE 5208 ARQ CSJ26 LISBON, PORTUGAL 10390 CW FSB PARIS, FRANCE 5305.5 ARQ CSJ26 LISBON, PORTUGAL 11538 850/67N FSB PARIS, FRANCE 6905 425/67N CSJ26 LISBON, PORTUGAL 12224.5 ARQ FSB PARIS, FRANCE 7401 170/67N CSJ26 LISBON, PORTUGAL 13520 CW FSB PARIS, FRANCE 8038 ARQ - FEC CSJ26 LISBON, PORTUGAL 13820 170/67N FSB PARIS, FRANCE 11538 170/67N CSJ27 LISBON, PORTUGAL 14817.5 CW FSB PARIS, FRANCE 12224.5 170/67N CSJ27 LISBON, PORTUGAL 15502.5 (RTTY) FSB PARIS, FRANCE 15684 ARQ CSJ27 LISBON, PORTUGAL 15592 17C/67N FSB51 PARIS, FRANCE 2840 CSJ27 LISBON, PORTUGAL 18190 170/67N FSB52 PARIS, FRANCE 3593 CSJ28 LISBON, PORTUGAL 24070 CW FSB53 PARIS, FRANCE 4632.5 CW DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 2840 FSB54 PARIS, FRANCE 6792 CW DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 3593 FSB55 PARIS, FRANCE 7532 170/67N DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 4632.5 170/67N FSB56 PARIS, FRANCE 9200 170/67N DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 4837.5 425/67N FSB56 PARIS, FRANCE 9200 425/67N DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 5208 425/67N FSB57 PARIS, FRANCE 13090 CW DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 5305.5 425/67N FSB57 PARIS, FRANCE 13090 170/67N DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 6792 170/67N FSB58 PARIS, FRANCE 14817.5 170/67N DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM 6905 ARQ FSB59 PARIS, FRANCE 18190 170/67N DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 7401 170/67N FSB61 PARIS, FRANCE 19130 170/67N DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM 7532 170/67N FSB62 PARIS, FRANCE 19360 170/67N DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 8038 ARQ FSB63 PARIS, FRANCE 19405 ARQ DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 8045 170/67N FSB64 PARIS, FRANCE 24072 170/67N DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 8097.5 170/67N FSB65 PARIS, FRANCE 24110 ARQ DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 9200 ARQ FSB66 PARIS, FRANCE 21785 CW DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 10390 170/67N FSB67 PARIS, FRANCE 21807.5 170/67N DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 12224.5 170/67N FSB69 PARIS, FRANCE 7832 CW DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 14817.5 170/67N FSB70 PARIS, FRANCE 7906 CW DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 15684 ARQ FSB71 PARIS, FRANCE 10295 ARQ DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 18190 170/67N FSB71 PARIS, FRANCE 10295 170/67N DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 18380 170/67N FSB72 PARIS, FRANCE 13520 170/67N DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 19130 170/67N FSB73 PARIS, FRANCE 15502.5 FEC DEB WIESBADEN, W. GERM. 19360 170/67N FSB74 PARIS, FRANCE 13820 170/67N DUN356 MANILA, PHILIPPINES 9285 425/67N FSB75 PARIS, FRANCE 15592 170/67N DUN356 MANILA, PHILIPPINES 18087 170/67N GMP W. WICKHAM, U.K. 2840 EEQ MADRID, SPAIN 3593 GMP W. WICKHAM, U.K. 3593 EEQ MADRID, SPAIN 4632.5 GMP W. WICKHAM, U.K. 4632.5 EEQ MADRID, SPAIN 4837.5 ARQ GMP W. WICKHAM, U.K. 4837.5 425/67N EEQ MADRID, SPAIN 5305.5 425/67N GMP W. WICKHAM, U.K. 5208 425/67N EEQ MADRID, SPAIN 6792 CW GMP W. WICKHAM, U.K. 5305.5 425/67N THE MONITORING MAGAZINE June 1985 / POPULAR COMMUNICATIONS / 11
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