A KML file containing the markers for all known fixer station locations across the UK. There are currently a total of 66 sites; 36 extant with some remains present, 24 removed with no trace and 6 tenuous sites that may or may not have been part of this network of… Read More »Second World War Fixer Stations
The start of the twentieth century was a post-industrial technological arms race, and the traces left behind are like a timeline of pioneering developments in an attempt to outsmart our adversaries. Two of those boundary-breaking technologies were wireless telegraphy and aviation. The story of Radio Direction Finding, or RDF, joins… Read More »Second World War Aircraft Direction Finding Part I – Background
In the second part of this article, I will pull together information and images from several sources in an attempt to interpret some of the cryptic remains from what I believe to be direction-finding sites across the country. Update 2024: Prompted to reevaluate my interpretation of these sites by author… Read More »Second World War Aircraft Direction Finding Part II – Interpreting the Remains