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Secret-comms-2-12-Nov'16

Secret Communications 2

Impressions of 12 November 2016

Our first open Day to the Public this year

 

 

We counted this day 114 attendees, which could sometimes making our venue 'a bit crowded'.

 

However, most of the photo's have luckily been taken during the afternoon; when the visitors density was less.

At a certain point we even had to switch on our ventilation system as to reduce our room temperatures sufficiently.

Please notice: that quite some visitors arrive shortly after the door is open and they leave just before or just when the door key being turned around!

 

 

 

First I would like to pay attention to my wife Karin; without her constant dedication taking care of all our wellbeing, this event would never have been so successful as is it today went! 

(Photo by courtesy Anton Kroes)

 

 

 

Certainly, a highlight of this day was Tatjana Joëlle van Vark demonstrating her magic coding system 

(Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

 

An important attraction of this special event, is, that the attendees do have the opportunity to be part of Tatjana's demonstrations

(Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

 

 

Marc and Tatjana in conversation   

(Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

 

 

Someone is carefully watching her demonstration

(Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

 

 

In the background Jim Chow and Niall McLaughlin, likely be intrigued by her explications like the others

(Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

 

 


 

Jos de Groot pushing a key, which may only be operated with extreme care. Not because these are on itself fragile, but as to prevent for touching the most delicate brass surface

She explained:- that each of the shown rotors consist of 509 parts!

(Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

 

 

Without words

(Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

 

 

Our Open Days events is a good place for discussions

(Photo by courtesy Anton Kroes)

 

 

I don't know all the names of those on this photo, but some I do recognise: In the background my wife Karin who is all the time busy with catering us; Hans Gouwlooze, Max Ramali, in front Marc 

(Photo by courtesy Anton Kroes)

 

 

There aren't many museums around where one has the possibility to come so near to the artefacts

(Photo by courtesy Anton Kroes)

Certainly not in commercial museums.

 

 

Although, one might have never met before, we all possess dedication to the displayed artefacts. Our great advantage:- almost all attendees are having more or less the same kind of hobbies

(Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

On the left is your webmaster on the right-hand side Detlev Vreisleben from Germany.

Continuing our conversations:

 

 

Detlev Vreisleben was also intrigued by our Nachtfee survey. Which proved to be one of the greatest challenges of my life

Most hampering during this endeavour, was:- the entire lack of technical references. Nevertheless, the entire Nachtfee system has been revealed. After several painful years, I ultimately grasped it all.   

(Photo by courtesy Anton Kroes)

 

 

Viewing on the left-hand side the KM receiver T9K39 also known as Main. Just in front we have the AS59 transmitter. On top of the Main receiver we notice the fast Morse-tape printer type MS 5, which can print up to 500 Morse words a minute while consuming up to 20 m tape p/m 

The way we can mix Crypto technology with our regular exhibits, proves time and again to be a most successful combination (formula)

(Photo by courtesy Anton Kroes)

 

 

Detlev Vreisleben (left) in discussion with Peter Eijlander (rear left) and in front Dirk Rijmenants (Belgium)

(Photo by courtesy Anton Kroes)

Like Peter Eijlander, who often arrives just when the door is open and he leaves just before or when I close our museum door.

 

 

Dirk Rijmenants was also interested in the Nachtfee system

(Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

 

 

Good old Bernhard ter Lingen is apparently intrigued in the number of EF 14 valves involved 

(Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

 

 

A SIGABA machine, the US once 'top-secret' coding machine

(Photo by courtesy Anton Kroes)

 

 

Anton Kroes (left) in discussion, both men having in their hands the rolls my wife Karin just has served! They might have got it just where they are standing now

(Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

 

 

Bart Wessel, uit Venray, is demonstrating the "Fialka" machine, the magic Russian coding apparatus; still in operation during the days when the Warsaw-Pact collapsed

(Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

On the left-hand side we just see a dismantled TYPEX coding machine. Most rare gear by the way.

 

 

The German Abwehr set type 98/3, being pulled out of its transport container

'98' stood for the design succession number, whilst '3' points at the transmitted antenna power.

(Photo by courtesy Anton Kroes)

 

 

Viewing at the Enigma corner partly. Where else can you encounter this? Just visible on the far left an Enigma-Uhr

 (Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

 

 

Viewing a small section of the Czech espionage corner 

(Photo by courtesy Anton Kroes)

 

 

Job van der Meulen (right) in vivid discussion

(Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

 

 

Marc in a vivid discussion with Dirk Rijmenants

(Photo by courtesy Anton Kroes)

Just in the far background Karsten Hansky in discussion with Detlev Vreisleben.

 

 

This is a good example how our exhibition should be approached!

 (Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

 

 

I cannot remember her name

 (Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

 

Viewing to day ultimately at our Würzburg (Wurzburg) main mounting constellation

On top SU 62d code-name Urechse; facilitating fast wide band tuning

down left the IF stage (module) type ZFV 62

on the right of it the IG 62a, the pulse-modulator

On the far left-hand side we notice just the crank of the fine-range measuring unit type EAG 62

 (Photo by courtesy Peter van Kats)

 

By Arthur O. Bauer

 

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