Controlling transmissions out of Denmark to Sweden and especially London was one of the most hazardous jobs available to any resistance personnel. Duus Hansen took on that job despite the cost that he knew he would have to pay if he got caught. Duus Hansen telegraphed the first messages of information out of Denmark to London. Duus Hansen seemed to be a wizard at dodging the Gestapo and creating new transmission technology. As Duus Hansen’s name spread in the underground resistance community he was brought into alliance with all the major resistance groups as the person to go through to get information to Sweden or London. He became the leading person in technical support and information transfer that kept outside sources such as Britain informed on the events that were occurring (Thomas 56). Duus Hansen created the simple technique of setting up transmission sites all over Denmark and moving from site to site after each transmission so that the Gestapo could not lock onto his transmissions or determine where repeated messages were coming from. His continuation of increasing technology for transmissions during the resistance led to a continued advance in radio communications and the increasing telephone network (Thomas 68).
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