18-01-2025, 01:45 PM
Reading a book about the German occupation of the channel islands & there's quite a bit on clandestine radios. The Germans noticed that at about 5 mins to 10 PM (9 PM UK time as CI's used German time) there would be an increase in electricity consumption as people would turn on their radio's for the BBC 9 PM news, so they knew people were listening. Some civilian cops who were told to search for & nab sets told people to hide their sets in a better place when they found any, but some would nab them & flog them on the black market, there were some naughty corrupt cops is seems...
