The Best Spy Radio in History? - Sony ICF 2001 D

In this video we explore the use of commercial radios as spy tools and how the cryptography, transmission and reception of those messages work, specially for agents who work undercover in foreign territory. We will focus on one particular receiver called Sony ICF-2001 D, a legendary and widely use commercially available shortwave radio that was also very much preferred by high profile spies across the world.

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0:00 Intro
0:20 Espionage through history
1:08 An unbreakable encryption: OTP
2:17 An untraceable transmission: SW radio
3:28 Number Stations
4:07 How Spies used the OTP
5:08 New Era of Receivers
5:37 Release of Sony ICF 2001 D
6:16 Belgian Colonel Spy using the 2001 D
7:13 Pentagon Analyst spying for Cuba
8:40 Outro

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