{"id":38118,"date":"2019-06-06T19:04:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T23:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=38118"},"modified":"2019-06-12T08:15:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T12:15:13","slug":"the-listeners-members-of-the-womens-royal-canadian-naval-corps-who-secretly-monitored-the-airwaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/the-listeners-members-of-the-womens-royal-canadian-naval-corps-who-secretly-monitored-the-airwaves\/","title":{"rendered":"The Listeners: Members of the Women&#8217;s Royal Canadian Naval Corps who secretly monitored the airwaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Canada-Wrens.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38117\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Canada-Wrens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"716\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Canada-Wrens.jpg 716w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Canada-Wrens-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Canada-Wrens-624x332.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to S<em>WLing Post<\/em> contributor, Fred Waterer, who shares the following <em>fascinating<\/em> video from the CBC and notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Listeners&#8221; Members of the Women&#8217;s Royal Canadian Naval Corps monitored the airwaves for German U-Boat traffic. Their participation was secret for decades.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.cbc.ca\/i\/caffeine\/syndicate\/?mediaId=1533273155678\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/thenational\/canadian-women-share-stories-of-their-secret-efforts-to-help-win-world-war-ii-1.5164377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to view this video via the CBC.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is such an amazing story, Fred, and the CBC did a fine job putting it together. Thanks so much for sharing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Editor&#8217;s note regarding WWII history:<\/em><\/strong> Regular <em>SWLing Post<\/em> readers know that I&#8217;m an avid WWII history buff, in that I read, view, and especially listen to many accounts of the Second World War era, the glory days of radio. I&#8217;ve traveled and lived in several of the countries that were, at that time, among the Axis Powers, some of my close friends are from or reside in these countries now, and feel much as I do about this history: that this was a devastating war which we must not forget or romanticize, and from which we can learn about ourselves as human beings, hopefully with the view of preventing such chilling events from ever being repeated.\u00a0 As we have readers and contributors from all over the world in this radio community, I sincerely hope that WWII-related articles are regarded in this light of understanding. The takeaway? <em>Times have changed.<\/em>\u00a0 I firmly believe that a deep understanding of our\u00a0shared history makes us all better people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Fred Waterer, who shares the following fascinating video from the CBC and notes: &#8220;The Listeners&#8221; Members of the Women&#8217;s Royal Canadian Naval Corps monitored the airwaves for German U-Boat traffic. Their participation was secret for decades.&#8221; Click here to view this video via the CBC. This is such an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,288,43],"tags":[4689,15,7812,677,5712,676,1301],"class_list":["post-38118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bletchley-park","tag-canada","tag-womens-royal-canadian-naval-corps","tag-world-war-ii","tag-world-war-ii-radio","tag-wwii","tag-wwii-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9UO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8893,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/1945-radio-canada-internationals-first-broadcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":38118,"position":0},"title":"1945: Radio Canada International&#8217;s first broadcast","author":"Thomas","date":"March 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Mark for sharing this bit of radio history from the CBC Digital Archives: \"In February 1945, the \"Voice of Canada\" spoke to the world for the first time. 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This wartime documentary highlights how amateur radio operators and federal agents collaborated to monitor the airwaves and track down enemy spies. A fascinating\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/zaB_w-j6bvg\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":40457,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/canada-national-research-council-official-time-signal-turns-80\/","url_meta":{"origin":38118,"position":2},"title":"Canada: National Research Council official time signal turns 80","author":"Thomas","date":"November 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: CBC via William Lee) In the 1930s, it helped sailors properly set their instruments for navigation. It allowed railway companies to be punctual, and helped Canadians set their watches with precision\u00a0every day. 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