WW1 U-Boat RADIO COMMUNICATIONS IN WW1

In the World War the First all main Navies involved in war had relatively good radio services.
Of course, the equipment were simple, radio personal was without experience, but by the
time, things getting better. The most often frequency bands for the naval communications
were Low frequency and Medium frequency bands. The submarines were using (those days)
just the Low frequency band. Like always, when one "weapon" is invented, there is very soon
something against the "weapon". In Russian-Japanese war, both sides were intercepting radio
communications of the opposite side. It was radio reconnaissance. In the WW1 radio-
intelligence was consisted of the radio reconnaissance and direction finder services. By means
of that, the opposite side was able to know where enemy ships were, and what messages
they changed. Because of that ships frequently used to communicate by receptions. It mean
that until the contact with the enemy, they just received messages.
When the contact was established, they transmitted message about that. Until the contact
with the enemy, submarines rarely used their transmitters. If they sent any messages from
the submarines, the messages were short and always coded (i.e. ciphered). Submarines
communicated with their bases and with another submarines on the Low frequency band, just
by night, on the surface. The submarines communicated by night because there always was
danger to be sighted from the enemy ships or aircraft.