{"id":38508,"date":"2019-07-15T07:25:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T11:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=38508"},"modified":"2019-07-15T07:25:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T11:25:18","slug":"covert-shortwave-transmitters-smuggled-into-trial-of-bruno-richard-hauptmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/covert-shortwave-transmitters-smuggled-into-trial-of-bruno-richard-hauptmann\/","title":{"rendered":"Covert shortwave transmitters smuggled into trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/short-waves-hauptmann-trial-short-wave-craft-june-1935-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38509\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/short-waves-hauptmann-trial-short-wave-craft-june-1935-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/short-waves-hauptmann-trial-short-wave-craft-june-1935-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/short-waves-hauptmann-trial-short-wave-craft-june-1935-1-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Ed, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I ran across this fascinating historical article about how the Associated Press and the New York Daily News each smuggled a covert shortwave radio transmitter into the 1935 courtroom trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, who was charged with kidnapping and murdering the young son of Charles Lindbergh.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rfcafe.com\/references\/short-wave-craft\/short-waves-hauptmann-trial-short-wave-craft-june-1935.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.rfcafe.com\/references\/short-wave-craft\/short-waves-hauptmann-trial-short-wave-craft-june-1935.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neither news organization knew of the other&#8217;s covert transmitter, and crossed signals led to erroneous news of the verdict being reported.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wow! What a fascinating bit of history, Ed! I bet those briefcase transmitters were heavy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ed, who writes: I ran across this fascinating historical article about how the Associated Press and the New York Daily News each smuggled a covert shortwave radio transmitter into the 1935 courtroom trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, who was charged with kidnapping and murdering the young son of Charles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[3,288],"tags":[7894,7895,34,5007],"class_list":["post-38508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radio-history","tag-bruno-richard-hauptmann","tag-charles-lindbergh","tag-shortwave","tag-spy-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-a16","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49926,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/german-radio-museum-sheds-light-on-the-wwii-era-zeesen-transmitting-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":38508,"position":0},"title":"German radio museum sheds light on the WWII era Zeesen transmitting station","author":"Thomas","date":"August 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jonathan Marks, who shares the following article and notes in response to our previous post regarding WWII German broadcasts into Australia. Jonathan writes: [F]ound the attached on a German radio history site. Zeesen was well heard around the world, especially once the power was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-09-at-06.58.27.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-09-at-06.58.27.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-09-at-06.58.27.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44124,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/radio-algerie-internationale-now-broadcasting-one-hour-via-issoudun-transmitter\/","url_meta":{"origin":38508,"position":1},"title":"Radio Alg\u00e9rie Internationale now broadcasting one hour via Issoudun transmitter","author":"Thomas","date":"July 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who writes: Just a quick note to let you know that Radio Alg\u00e9rie Internationale is now broadcasting for an hour on SW using an Issoudun transmitter. 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It has been out of order for several months and it\u2019s now broadcasting RRI\u2019s programs again. The transmitter has\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Radio-Romania-International-tiganesti-antene-us.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Radio-Romania-International-tiganesti-antene-us.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Radio-Romania-International-tiganesti-antene-us.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18576,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/have-you-ever-installed-a-covert-shortwave-radio-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":38508,"position":3},"title":"Have you ever installed a covert shortwave radio antenna?","author":"Thomas","date":"April 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, in a comment thread, SWLing Post reader Dan described a covert antenna he once installed in a student apartment: I'm waxing nostalgic now, but I had a great set-up for a couple of years back in the '70s. The receiver was a black WW2 Navy surplus Hammarlund RBG CHC-46140.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Hammarlund RBG CHC-46140 (Photo by Rich Post, KB8TAD)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hammarlund-RBG-CHC-46140.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hammarlund-RBG-CHC-46140.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hammarlund-RBG-CHC-46140.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16588,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/recordings-of-final-mediumwave-broadcasts-from-luxembourg-france-and-germany\/","url_meta":{"origin":38508,"position":4},"title":"Recordings of final mediumwave broadcasts from Luxembourg, France and Germany","author":"Thomas","date":"January 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to several of you who recorded the final sign-ons and sign-offs of several European broadcasters who pulled the plug on mediumwave transmissions this past weekend. 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