Talk:National HRO

I am an HRO enthusiast and find this article to be very nicely done. So thank you to the main contributors. I also find it to be technically accurate with everything I know about the radio and everything I have read. I'd like to add an external link, but do not know how to do it. http://www.io.com/~nielw/datghro/datghro.htm which explains how to date a receiver based on the serial number. 71.184.32.66 (talk) 16:23, 29 December 2007 (UTC)Broh.

"Micrometer"

Does this article really mean "vernier" when it says "micrometer"? -- Mikeblas (talk) 01:31, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Sources used refer to the "micrometer type main tuning dial" as well as "vernier scale". - LuckyLouie (talk) 02:07, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

HRO at Bletchley Park ?

As code breaking was performed at Bletchley, and the Y-Service stations took down the Axis radio traffic. Is it correct that the HRO was used at Bletchley rather than at the Y-service interception sites? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghostriderone (talk • contribs) 20:14, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm fairly certain you're right, although I cannot find a specific reference, so I have revised the sentences somewhat. What may confuse people is that the present day Bletchley Park museum has HRO's on display as a recreation of what the (remote) Y-Stations looked like. - LuckyLouie (talk) 15:25, 14 July 2008 (UTC) OK< I've since found this ref at the Bletchley park article: "Due to the long radio aerials stretching from the wireless room, the radio station was moved from Bletchley Park to nearby Whaddon to avoid drawing attention to the site.[6][7"]. - LuckyLouie (talk) 15:29, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

A long time later but... The Y-service intercepting signals for decryption at Bletchley Park never operated from Bletchley Park itself. However, Bletchley Park was host to a radio station that operated before the code breakers moved in. That radio station was known as 'Station X'. Station X consequently became an unofficial name for the codebreaking establishment after it moved in. Why was it called 'Station X'? Nothing mysterious, it was simply the station that was established after 'Station IX' and before 'Station XI'. You are correct in that the radio station along with its aerials was moved elsewhere to avoid attracting undue attention. 86.142.86.13 (talk) 13:09, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

KST

The "KST" was not used by german military forces and same goes probably for the R4, as they were not part of the supply program and did not meet the requirements for sustainable supply of parts (parts for these receivers were imported from the US via Portugal, even in the war). However, the KST was in use by the DASD (predecessor of the DARC/german ham radio club) and was given to amateurs in bigger numbers, also even after the war started.213.39.155.205 (talk) 19:11, 30 April 2010 (UTC)