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Volume 4

This Volume is different in approach to the previous books in this series. Although it still contains a mix of technical data, photographs, line drawings and circuit diagrams, no extensive descriptions are provided, principally to limit the number of pages but also for reasons of non availability of detailed information of the majority of sets. I am very pleased to announce that this Volume is a combined effort of Rudolf Staritz, myself and a number of other authors, notably Jan Bury, Erling Langemyr, Tor Marthinsen, Pete McCollum and Antero Tanninen, experts in their own field and living in various parts of the world.

The time period imposed on the selection of sets to be included in this volume stretches from about 1938 up to the early 1990s, approximately to the fall of the Berlin wall. No attempts were taken to include satellite equipment and radios which might be still in current use.

It must be noted that apart from Clandestine, Agents or 'Spy' radio equipment, sets which were used by Special Forces, Partisans, Resistance, 'Stay Behind' organisations, Australian Coast Watchers and Diplomatic Service will also be covered, in addition to selected associated power sources, RDF and intercept receivers, bugs and radio- and radar beacons.

The sets
The index of countries is based on the British Admiralty radio publications on rotation: Great Britain, Northern Europe, Baltic, Scandinavia, France, Spain, Northern Mediterranean, Balkans, Africa, Indian Ocean, Malaysia, Far East, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific, North America, South America

Also covered are:
- Intercept receivers
- RDF equipment
- Power sources
- High speed keyers
- S-Phone
- Eureka Rebecca

Appendices
- List of abbreviations

In the table of progress above, the set type or model is given along with the status of work on each particular section. At present the table does contain equipment of most of the chapters, during the process of writing more may be added (or removed)!