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Originally Posted by gordon
... thanks for the info, but at the minute I don't even have the wooden board that it mounts on, so I'll have to build bottom-up first and fill in the gaps later 
The other thing that strikes me is I was expecting just a transmitter and recover unit, plus mike and ariel lead, but the images I see have lots of bits and boxes with them.
An empty unit I could put on the bracket would be a good start, better try for that. The radio regulations here in the UK are such it's probably not legal as originally configured anyway.
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gordon
This web site explains a lot
http://www.radioblvd.com/using_the_bc375e_today.htm
The BC 375 is basically the same transmitter , but is run from 24 to 28 Volts . These were fitted in larger aircraft like the B24 .
My BC 191 I found at a hamfest here , with the big triodes sitting inside it
The sets got a bad reputation after the war when hams tried to use them at max. power output , a very dirty signal resulted.
I have an article written by a Guadalcanal US army signaler veteran , he used the BC 191 and he wrote that it was the most reliable transmitter set he used in the islands . Just about everything broke down as the tropical climate created terrible conditions for anything electrical but he reported , the BC 191 kept going day and night
A U tube movie
http://www.google.com.au/url?q=http:...HQsiQBZ_wFdpPQ