Antenna Antics

Antennae are used by the various ‘big brother’ organisations, such as the American National Security Agency and Composite Signals Organisation (part of the UK foreign office), to listen in on private telephone conversations, pirate radio, resistance radio, e-mail, fax and other forms of communication.

We don’t know who they gather information on, how much of it they gather, who they pass it on to or how it will be used. But one thing that we can be sure of is that they are an integral part of the industrial military complex which will always work in the interests of the Western capitalist states and certainly not for those who oppose them!

We should all know by now not to give away any information over the ‘phone, on email etc. that we wouldn’t willingly tell to a cop, but it is possible to take a more active role in making the spies’ job more difficult: We can fight back by sabotaging antennas in this country.

The equipment that you’ll need to do this is an electricians' screwdriver, (for telling you if a current is running through the cable) and a pair of cable cutters or boltcutters.

Antennae can look very different depending on exactly what their role is. Some different types are shown in the pictures but there are many others. At the antenna there’ll be a cable running down to the ground possibly to a junction box. This is the cable you need to cut. Run the electrician’s screwdriver over it to make sure there is no current through it. When you know there is no current, cut it. if possible get the end wet as this makes it harder to repair. Try and do the cut so that it’s hard for them to find.

There’s lots of antenna sites in the UK, some are guarded, others aren’t A list of a few is provided but you’ll probably notice others on trips to the countryside.

Locations of Antenna

The following antennae are used by the National Security Agency (NSA), M15, M16, Composite Signals Organisation (CSO) and Government Communications Head Quarters (GCHQ). No army sites are listed as these facilities are sometimes used for search and rescue operations.

Anthorn (Lancashire)

Barford St. John

Baldock (nr. Letchworth, Bedford) GCHQ Blackhill (near Cricklade, Wilts.)

Bude (Cornwall)

Chicksands (nr Bedford)

Criggin (Wales/England Border)

Croughton (near Banbury)

Culmhead (nr Churchstanton, Somerset) Feltwell (Norfolk)

GCHQ (Cheltenham)

Hawkclaw (near Fife, Scotland)

High Wycombe

Irton Moor (nr Scarborough)

Kirknewton

Mormond Hill nr. Peterhead, Scotland) Fylingdales nr Whitby) N.Yorks Mildenhall (Cambs)

Lakenheath (Cambridgeshire)

Menwith Hill (N. Yorks, Nr Harrogate)

Rugby (off M1)

CSO, NSA NSA/GCHQ NSA involvement NSA/RAF

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