{"id":34629,"date":"2018-10-28T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T10:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34629"},"modified":"2018-10-27T22:57:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T02:57:17","slug":"ian-keysers-collection-of-vintage-spy-radios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/ian-keysers-collection-of-vintage-spy-radios\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Keyser’s collection of vintage spy radios"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Southgate ARC<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Daring spies who broadcast from behind enemy lines<\/h1>\n
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An ITV News report says: Owning just one of them in World War Two carried the death penalty, but\u00a0Ian Keyser, G3ROO<\/strong>\u00a0has more than a dozen – ensuring a piece of secret history is brought out into the open. So what are they?<\/p>\n

They are, of course, spy radios – used to send messages back to base from behind enemy lines. And decades later, much of the collection is still in use. Tony Green has this special report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Watch this ITV News video:
\nhttps:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/meridian\/2018-10-19\/daring-spies-who-broadcast-from-behind-enemy-lines\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Southgate ARC) Daring spies who broadcast from behind enemy lines An ITV News report says: Owning just one of them in World War Two carried the death penalty, but\u00a0Ian Keyser, G3ROO\u00a0has more than a dozen – ensuring a piece of secret history is brought out into the open. So what are they? 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