The Radio Security Service was a WWII secret organisation, the existence
of which was not revealed until 1979 (several years later than Ultra and
Bletchley Park). These pages explain how several thousand Morse Code
readers, mainly licensed radio amateurs, penetrated the enemy secret
services and had as a result a profound influence on various military
operations, especially the Normandy landings and beyond. A total of
268,000 coded messages, picked up by these amateurs, were decoded at
Bletchley Park.
Read about how some 1,500 Voluntary Interceptors eavesdropped on the
various enemy secret transmissions by listening to short wave radio
signals in complete secrecy yet in their own homes. As time passed,
full-time monitoring took place in several purpose-built stations using
the best possible equipment and aerials. Without these skilled operators,
the control of German spies in this country would not have been possible.
The early days of the Voluntary Interceptors can be found here
The Voluntary Interceptors were eventually coordinated in a large house near Barnet called “Arkley View”
Many of the volunteers became involved in
Direction Finding
Initially the Voluntary Interceptors were looking for spies but later
helped with counter-espionage
Many of the participants only found out their role in 1979 when Renee
Cutforth’s documentary researched by Paul Cort-Wright (G3SEM) appeared on BBCTV. See a copy here:
http://eafa.org.uk/catalogue/5108
2015 Reunion
Sunday May 10 at Bletchley Park
Gates open at 9.30, program
begins at 10:30
Programme:
Bob King "Not a lot of people know that"
Tony Kemp "The spy that got away"
Stan Ames "How MI6 used RSS intercepts"
David White "The reception of High Speed Morse Code"
Nick Guilder "Re-creating an intercept station for a film"
Anyone requiring a wheelchair
should ask at the gatehouse on arrival.