ENIGMA 2000 Newsletter - Issue 28

May 2005
Articles, newsreports and Items of interest :enigma2000-owner@yahoogroups.com

Spy radio, or what? An answer.

In Issue 26 page 8 we featured a unit that was for sale on Ebay. We asked about the unit and received an answer from 'Klaus' not his real name……

"The image of the unit that appeared at the top of page 8, Issue 26 is the FS5000. It was manufactured in West Germany by Telefunken for the BND.

It has an RF o/p of 25Watts via an automatic antenna tuning unit, through a range of 0.5 to 30MHz. I have heard the device is capable of supporting frequency hopping with the use of the correct plug in module, making it ideal for diplomatic, special forces or external security agency use. As far as I can tell the unit pictured was a 1980/81 vintage."

[Tnx Klaus – that's splendid].