Listening in
Brings back memories as a schoolboy back in the late 40's and 50's
I would tune in with an ordinary Derwent valve radio and on long wave would hear Croydon tower booming through on 900 metres. Then at night while others were fast asleep would switch to short waves and monitor airline and ground station controllers passing position reports and other info on transatlantic Oceanic - Receiving clearly controllers from afar as Rio Idlewild New Foundland Prestwick and Rome etc - Later I took delivery from my employers - SAS LAP - of a surplus ex RAF R1132 vhf receiver (a magnificant construction that almost fitted into a wardrobe)
and could then monitor a/c from Heathrow tower to their far
destinations. Probably filed under anorak today - but for me is filed under nostalgia .
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