Aerial mast base

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Philliphastings

Hi,


Perhaps MLU could host a new Military radio and signals equipment forum...

Cheers

Phill

What a good idea. There are a few hams lurking here on the MLU forum as well. What does the esteemed forum master think ? Nah, he was a foot slogger ... wires and electrons are for the birds . Enough pressure may produce a result though.

[Bruce MacMillan]

Here is another Canadian set. This is made by Canadian Marconi and the colour is original. I wonder who made the Canuck set in dark green above?

If one sapper can have his own forum surely the wireless people deserve one.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Here's my 11 set, made by Canadian Marconi in 1941. The serials are C-692 for the set, C800 for the low power supply unit and C198 for the high power one.

Does anyone have a spare, or can anyone help me find an ammeter and the plastic ammeter cover for one of these sets? I bet Oz ones would fit...

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

Here's my 11 set, made by Canadian Marconi in 1941. The serials are C-692 for the set, C800 for the low power supply unit and C198 for the high power one.

Does anyone have a spare, or can anyone help me find an ammeter and the plastic ammeter cover for one of these sets? I bet Oz ones would fit...

Bruce, Nice set..the vehicle mount frame is a rare item .. do you have the lid ? The numbers indicate a fairly low production run... maybe less than 1000 . The thermo couple meters come in HP and LP ...many of the LP ones are burnt out as people use them when the set is switched onto HP mode ( a whopping 4 watts ) . The Aust. sets have a larger diameter meter and plastic cover than the British sets ..not compatible.
The Aust. meter may fit your set..but hard to tell from the pic. I had many of the Aust. meters here . The covers are usually discoloured and scratched ..but I did see a box of new ones many years ago..

Would be interested in knowing what tubes the Canadian set has inside it .
Mike

BTW a friend here in Adelaide made up some of the 11 set mobile mount frames .. not 100% accurate but not bad.. Ron bought one for his PU .

[Bruce MacMillan]

The Canadian valve lineup in the WS11 is the same as the British unit.
It has 2 ARTP1, 5 ARP4 and a ATP7.

Bruce P - I may have a spare rf ammeter. I'll dig through the junk bins this weekend.

All this neat stuff could be talked about in our own forum as these sets belong on many vehicles!! Right Geoff!

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Anything you could do would be great.

And I agree, Geoff should consider a wireless forum (heck, maybe even include line equipment) so we don't have to hijack vehicle threads just to throw in pictures like this:

[Philliphastings]

Well I think we have established enough hard-core interest in all things wireless and signals related to justify a new forum area -

What's the next step / a PM to Geoff?

Cheers

Phill

[things_green]

Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

Anything you could do would be great.

And I agree, Geoff should consider a wireless forum (heck, maybe even include line equipment) so we don't have to hijack vehicle threads just to throw in pictures like this:

now THAT is a mouthwatering image Bruce!

Brent.
NZ.
ZL2FFR

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Bruce MacMillan

The Canadian valve lineup in the WS11 is the same as the British unit.
It has 2 ARTP1, 5 ARP4 and a ATP7.

Bruce P - I may have a spare rf ammeter. I'll dig through the junk bins this weekend.

All this neat stuff could be talked about in our own forum as these sets belong on many vehicles!! Right Geoff!

Bruce
That surprises me . I wonder if the tubes were made in Canada or the UK .
I was told:
ARP = army receiving pentode
ATP = army transmitting pentode ( this doesnt sound correct as it would have been a tetrode maybe )

The Aust. set has a 807 for the PA tube, ubiquitous tube.
Mike

[Bruce MacMillan]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Bruce
That surprises me . I wonder if the tubes were made in Canada or the UK .
Mike

They are made by Canadian Marconi. The bases are stamped "Marconi" with a C/|\ and the sides are marked "made in Canada". Most have dates codes of July 1941 to October 1941. They have that spray on grey coating that is beginning to flake off.