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Sep 26, 2021 11 tweets 4 min read Read on X
This is the 1st post of a thread on the Association of Old Crows new podcast series covering the history of electronic warfare.

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This is the link that takes you to the podcast series.

link.chtbl.com/jQZFOFF4
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The EW history series is available on the following platforms:

Google Podcasts
RSS feed
Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Overcast
Cast box
Radio Public
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There are six episodes on the podcast as of 25 Sept 2021. They are:

21 Apr 2021 Introducing the History of Crows (1 min)

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2 June 2021 A New Epoch (20 min)
Mr. Charles “Chuck” Quintero from the Johns Hopkins University of Applied Physics Laboratory, who discusses the evolution of natural philosophy from Sir Isaac Newton to James Clerk Maxwell to Heinrich Hertz.
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16 June 2021 Sparks Across the Atlantic (17 Min)
Harry Klancer and Al Klace from the Information Age Learning Center trace the life of Guglielmo Marconi through his dreams as a young engineer to the shrewd businessman who ushered in the dawn of the Electronic Age.

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28 Jul 2021 The Echo (23 min)
Mr. Ray Chase from the Information Age Learning Center and Mr. Mike Simmons from the National Electronics Museum share the story about early radar development and electromagnetic warfare in the early 20th Century.
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11 Aug 2021 Beam Wars (23 min)
Radar historian, Dr. Phil Judkins, University of Leeds, U.K. tells the little told stories of EW in WWII, starting with the Battle of Britain walking through The Beam Wars in the blitz.

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22 Sept 2021 Codebreakers
Dr. Phil Judkins from Leeds University and Mr. John Stubbington, former RAF Wing Commander responsible for ECM Development with the Bomber Command Development Unit and the author of "Kept in the Dark" walks you through the RAF SIGINT reports in WW2.

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Declarations of interest:

I'm a dues paying member of the A.O.C. and the podcast series is corporately sponsored by B.A.E.

This thread is my own & independent of either A.O.C. or it's chapters behest.

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