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Old 12th Nov 2022, 08:58
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Originally Posted by FantomZorbin
Station Ident Beacon = Pundit ... but why? Who/what is Pundit?

Google is your friend. Presumably because they transmitted the airfields Pundit code.
A pseudonym no doubt in an attempt to keep it quasi secret. Like “ Tube Alloys “. There’s a whole section on pundit lights. They even had mobile pundit units to deploy them away from airfields as decoys etc.
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