Wireless Set C12

[David Dunlop]

I ran across this little gem today. I tracked down a multipage article about it on the PYE Telecom Museum website but cannot for the life of me get a simple link to the specific set information to work. Its link to the Wireless Set No. 19 is quite evident when you see it, and for a set that should have had a quiet death, it ended up with quite a long service life.

Maybe someone else can figure out how to get the 4-page PDF file WS C12-V1-PTHC to download properly.


David

[David Dunlop]

Found this image on the web today. This is just the transceiver.


David

PS: The Connector bottom left with the white ring should have a black rubber 19-Set Drop Lead fitted to it.

[Jakko Westerbeke]

I am very unclear on what it is you’re asking. Could you at least give us a link to the specific web page on which there is the PDF file you want to download? I had to ask Google for which site you even meant, and it seems to be one somebody made ca. 1999 and never really updated (UI-wise).

I found this bit about the C12 by browsing around the site, but that’s about it on a non-exhaustive search. It doesn’t seem to have a link to a PDF that you talk about, though.

[Bruce MacMillan]

If it's technical info you want VMARS has two files on their website.

http://www.vmarsmanuals.co.uk/archiv...H142_Part1.pdf
http://www.vmarsmanuals.co.uk/archiv...H142_Part2.pdf

[David Dunlop]

Hi Jakko.

Sorry, it was not my intention to turn your hair white over this. The link you posted actually covers my concerns perfectly, and most of what was in the PDF link I was hoping to share here. I suspect said link was a limited access thing as I could not save it or print out a copy, or copy and paste it as a working link.

What is interesting to me as a Canadian, and North American resident, is just how much the wartime wireless technology developed in England and Canada continued to evolve through the late 40s, 50s and 60s.

We never got an opportunity to continue and contribute to that evolution. Decisions were made to step away from what we had been doing up to that point in time and go American. We lost skills, expertise and business.

Our military wireless information from Britain today, historically stops with the C42 Set for the most part. We know the Clansman and Larkspur lines were extensive, but we never used it and little is known here today of what happened with the technology of the 19-Set. I always assumed it died a sudden death at some point postwar so was surprised as hell when this C12 info surfaced last week.

Again, I appreciate you posting the link you found.

Best regards,


David

[Jakko Westerbeke]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

I suspect said link was a limited access thing as I could not save it or print out a copy, or copy and paste it as a working link.

That sounds very strange to me. A URL is just text, there’s nothing special about it that could limit you pasting it somewhere. But you have me curious now, so do you still know where that page was? If you looked at it recently, your browser almost certainly still has it in its history (see here for how to view that), from where you should be able to copy it.

[David Dunlop]

Hi Jakko.

If you check the following UK website

wireless-set-no19@groups.io

and look for the Mystery British Wireless Set thread under ‘Messages’ you will find the link to the 4-page PDF that was posted. I have no problem at all opening that link to view the PDF, however it will not let me save the PDF or print it, and if I copy the link and paste it to my Browser, I end up at the PYE Museum website viewing the info you posted here, which is completely different from the PDF.


David

[Grant Bowker]

My approach was to search (Google, but others should give similar/same results) WS C12-V1-PTHC. This led me to http://www.pyemuseum.org/documents/c...thc-c12-v1.pdf where I found the PDF file attached to this post.

[David Dunlop]

Thanks, Grant.

And for some reason, it looks like I can print this version out just fine.


David

[Jakko Westerbeke]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

If you check the following UK website

wireless-set-no19@groups.io

That’s the e-mail address of a mailing list discussion group, not a web site