Posted on Feb 8, 2023
Communications Intercept: The Early Years (Part 1 of 5)
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Early Years of Navy Intercept on the East Coast
The U.S. Navy took over the privately owned transmitting station at Sayville, Long Island, New York, on 9 July 1915. The excuse given was “majority of stock owned by a belligerent.”
That belligerent was Germany, at war with England since August of 1914. Although the United States was neutral, public opinion was rapidly veering away from imperial Germany after a German submarine sunk the British liner LUSITANIA on 7 May 1915 with a loss of 1,195 souls including 128 U.S. citizens.
Our Navy had already taken over an East Coast transmitting station at Tuckerton, New Jersey, on 9 September 1914 but the one at Sayville was better equipped.
The U.S. Navy took over the privately owned transmitting station at Sayville, Long Island, New York, on 9 July 1915. The excuse given was “majority of stock owned by a belligerent.”
That belligerent was Germany, at war with England since August of 1914. Although the United States was neutral, public opinion was rapidly veering away from imperial Germany after a German submarine sunk the British liner LUSITANIA on 7 May 1915 with a loss of 1,195 souls including 128 U.S. citizens.
Our Navy had already taken over an East Coast transmitting station at Tuckerton, New Jersey, on 9 September 1914 but the one at Sayville was better equipped.
Communications Intercept: The Early Years (Part 1 of 5)
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."That belligerent was Germany, at war with England since August of 1914. Although the United States was neutral, public opinion was rapidly veering away from imperial Germany after a German submarine sunk the British liner LUSITANIA on 7 May 1915 with a loss of 1,195 souls including 128 U.S. citizens.
Our Navy had already taken over an East Coast transmitting station at Tuckerton, New Jersey, on 9 September 1914 but the one at Sayville was better equipped.
Tuckerton had been completed just prior to the beginning of World War I by the German firm Hochfrequenz-Machinen Aktiegesellschaft fuer Drahtlose Telegraphie (HOMAG) for the Compagnie Universelle de Telegraphie et Telephonie of France. It had as a transmitter a Goldschmidt 100 kilowatt HF reflection type alternator and utilized an umbrella antenna. The Navy installed a 30 kilowatt arc.
Under normal conditions, the Tuckerton transmitter could be heard by the German station at Eilvese, a distance of 3,382 miles."...
..."That belligerent was Germany, at war with England since August of 1914. Although the United States was neutral, public opinion was rapidly veering away from imperial Germany after a German submarine sunk the British liner LUSITANIA on 7 May 1915 with a loss of 1,195 souls including 128 U.S. citizens.
Our Navy had already taken over an East Coast transmitting station at Tuckerton, New Jersey, on 9 September 1914 but the one at Sayville was better equipped.
Tuckerton had been completed just prior to the beginning of World War I by the German firm Hochfrequenz-Machinen Aktiegesellschaft fuer Drahtlose Telegraphie (HOMAG) for the Compagnie Universelle de Telegraphie et Telephonie of France. It had as a transmitter a Goldschmidt 100 kilowatt HF reflection type alternator and utilized an umbrella antenna. The Navy installed a 30 kilowatt arc.
Under normal conditions, the Tuckerton transmitter could be heard by the German station at Eilvese, a distance of 3,382 miles."...
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