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Spy Radio Sets
Ever since the invention of radio, people have been trying to use transmitters and receivers for secret communication. In times of war, spies, agents and the resistance would use such secret communication to contact their home office or government and pass important messages to them. Such secret communication systems are often called Spy Radio Sets, or Spy Sets for short.
 
We are well aware that the term Spy Sets is not always correct. The equipment described in this section was also used by secret agents, Special Forces (SF), embassies, diplomatic services, resistance groups, stay-behind organisations and others. However, as it has become a popular expression, we call all of them Spy Sets here.

Please note that we are not trying to present a complete overview of all spy radio sets that have ever been used in the world. We only describe the sets that we have in our own collection, or that we've been able to research. That said, we do show a rather representative cross-section of the many different spy radios out there, and we try to describe them to the best of our abilities and provide as much information as possible.

For a complete list of the spy sets covered on this website, please check our index, follow any of the links below (by clicking on the thumbnails) or use the yellow navigation buttons on the left.

 Index of spy sets
 Glossary
  
Nice picture of a Type 3 Mk II (B2) in action. Unfortunately, we still don't have this set in our collection

If you can provide additional information on certain items, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you have any surplus documentation or equipment, or if you have an item that is listed on our wanted page, please contact us directly. We look forward to hearing from you.
 
Spy sets used and/or created by the USA USA Spy sets created and or used by the former USSR (Russia) or Warsaw Pact USSR Spy sets created and/or used by the UK (during and after WWII) UK Japanese miniature 94-6 VHF transceiver (WWII) Japan Spy sets used by stay-behind networks in various countries Gladio Spy sets that do not fall into any of the othe categories Other

 
Other clandestine equipment
Please note that this part of the website only deals with transmitters and receivers used for clandestine operations, commonly referred to as spy radios. In reality however, many other electronic devices have been used in clandestine warfare, such as equipment used for tracking enemy transmitters (direction finders), intercept receivers, TSCM equipment, covert radios, burst encoders, spy cameras, concealed recorders and much more. Information about these additional devices can be found elsewhere on this website.
 
Overview
RBZ receiver (WWII) RBZ RS-1 (AN/GRC109) RS-1 RS-6 RS-6 AN/PRC-64 and Delco 5300 PRC-64 TAR-224A spy radio set TAR-224 German spy set SP-15 SP-15 German spy set SP-20 SP-20 Racal PRM-4150 PRM-4150
The UK Type A Mk. III (A3) A Mk. III Mk. 119 Mk.119 Mk. 122 Mk.122 Mk. 123 Mk.123 Mk. 301 Receiver Mk.301 Mk. 328 Receiver Mk.328 The UK Type 36/1 (MCR-1) MCR-1 Post-war version of the UK Type 36/1 (MCR-1) MBLE
Rion spy radio set Rion R-350 / Orel (Eagle) R-350 R-350M / Orel (Eagle) R-350M R-353 / Proton R-353 R-354 / Shmel (Bumblebee) R-354 R-394 K / Strizh (Swift) R-394K R-394 KM / Strizh (Swift) R-394KM Severok-K Severok-K
AEG Telefunken SE-6861 (LAPR) SE-6861 Special Forces radio station AN/PRC-319 (BA-1302) PRC-319 Norwegian Receiver Type 31/1 (Sweetheart) Sweetheart Swedish built clandestine WW-II receiver MA-444 Polish OP-3 (Type 30/1) WW-II clandestine receiver OP-3 Japanese miniature 94-6 VHF transceiver (WW-II) 94-6 Kyynel M-10X Finnish/Swedish spy radio set (WW-II) Kyynel Telefunken spy set FS-5000 FS-5000
The famous Type 3 Mark II, also known as the B2 B2 Philips ZO-47, used by Dutch stay-behind from 1947 onwards ZO-47 Russian R-355 Base Station Controller R-355 Swedish R-190 special forces radio Ra-190

 
Wanted
Full duplex UHF radio for resistance communication and air droppings S-Phone

 
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