Bruce, thanks for your input and pics. You're absolutely right!! That spares box is for a 58 set. I was fooled because it came with my 27 set and the real spares box was empty (I confess to having never removed the valves from the felt before...). That, plus the 58 spare valves were carried in the lid of the VPU and the 58 set manual doesn't show another spares box. In hindsight it does make sense because an operator would need spares if he was using only the 'battle battery'. I'll cover this in more detail when I do my segment on the 58.
I have updated the original post and replaced the pictures with correct ones.
Oh, and Jon...are you suggesting I do the 52 out of sequence? I was rather saving it for the end as it would make a spectacular 'grand finale'. Ah, what the heck, I'll bump it forward just for you.
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Originally Posted by Bruce MacMillan
Great series Bruce.
The WS27 (Can) failed for the same reason the WS58 failed. They were designed by the same person who gave very little thought to wartime battery supply.
I believe there were under 1000 units made by Addison Industries in Toronto.
I've never seen that spares kit before. It almost looks like one for the WS58.
It must have two 1291 and six 1T4 tubes as they were the final production model. The original I think used 4 tubes.
The spares kit for mine uses the same case as the radio & battery. Tubes & coils fit in a felt holder that slides into the case.
They were never issued to the field but shortly after the set was cancelled Combined Operations wanted to buy 600 units. They liked the fact that it operated outside the typical military HF frequencies. Ottawa declined and they were sold off surplus.
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