Radio set No 11 power supply leads.

[kevin powles]

Ron, Philip wants details of the carrier tray as I understand his is destined for a carrier installation. Do you happen to have anymore pictures of the 11 set installed in any vehicle, base station ?.

Kevin.

[Ron Pier]

OK Kevin. The way I read Phillips post, he is missing the top PSU frame. I'm behind on where he intends to install it.
The only pictures I have are in this series of 8cwt installation. Same thing just slightly different angles from the one I posted.

I don't know about carriers. But vehicles seem to have the same metal/rubber feet as a 19 set.

Ron

[kevin powles]

Guys, The material for making the tray am I correct in thinking the end plates and cross channels are all aluminium ?, with steel plates rivited where the holding thread fixings attach, as per drawing below, as the threaded stud is welded here ?.

Kevin.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by kevin powles

Guys, The material for making the tray am I correct in thinking the end plates and cross channels are all aluminium ?, with steel plates rivited where the holding thread fixings attach, as per drawing below, as the threaded stud is welded here ?.

Kevin.

i will take some pics for u ........ the frame is steel.. the aust one..the uk made frame is alu i think

[Mike K]

This may help. this frame is steel , the magnet sticks to it . I think the UK frame is aluminium but not 100% sure. Dont know about Canadian production Mike

[kevin powles]

Mike, it appears The Canadian 11 set tray is All Alluminum, I have talked to few guys in Canada who have confirmed this. Now I have a delima to make an Australian version or Canadaian,? I have a volunteer worker at the Royal Signals museum sending me some pics of one in a glass case there, he doesn't know the country if manufacture but he is going to find out, if British we might be able to confirm the British manufacture method for the tray. Here a pic of it.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by kevin powles

Mike, it appears The Canadian 11 set tray is All Alluminum, I have talked to few guys in Canada who have confirmed this. Now I have a delima to make an Australian version or Canadaian,? I have a volunteer worker at the Royal Signals museum sending me some pics of one in a glass case there, he doesn't know the country if manufacture but he is going to find out, if British we might be able to confirm the British manufacture method for the tray. Here a pic of it.

The Blandford example is a E.K.Cole UK built set . Some friends sent me a movie of the museum years ago... the 11 set on display is in a glass case , this is because its rare as hens teeth . Its a mystery why only a handful of these survived ......... many were lost by the BEF but not 18,000 which is the production total , so Lou Meulstee says . Apparently the Germans printed a manual for the 11 set , they had captured many of the sets .

The Aust. version was a disaster in the tropics .. the cotton insulation was a great home for fungal growths BTW the Aust. sets have a date scribbled in pencil on the back of the main tuning dial, Ive seen this on quite a few sets . The production ran from 42 into early 1943

I have used a 11 set on the ham 40 metre band , once was enough .

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by kevin powles

Mike, it appears The Canadian 11 set tray is All Alluminum, I have talked to few guys in Canada who have confirmed this. Now I have a delima to make an Australian version or Canadaian,? I have a volunteer worker at the Royal Signals museum sending me some pics of one in a glass case there, he doesn't know the country if manufacture but he is going to find out, if British we might be able to confirm the British manufacture method for the tray. Here a pic of it.

The British one will be steel.

Britain had a steel industry (also Dunlop and similar rubber companies), Canada had/has shedloads (technical term) of hydroelectric power, aluminium smelters (due to cheap electricity) and forests. This caused interesting variations in the materials used for WW2 hardware. British made Telephone Sets D Mk. V have steel cases, Canadian ones are Aluminium. The British made Aerial Base No.8, Mounting No.3 is a thick rubber moulding (later ones were a steel donut with rubber gaskets), the Canadian one is plywood with cork gaskets. The "Piece, Packing" for the WS19 variometer can be Bakelite (UK), Rubber or wooden (Canadian), pressed steel (US) or cast aluminium (post-WW2 Italian).

I'd imagine the Australian carrier is also steel, since they made the WS19 aerial mount N0.3 (the very tall one) out of steel with a steel spring where everyone else used rubber and aluminium.

It's all down to availability of materials at the time.

Chris.

[kevin powles]

I have finished most of the plugs, and will finish fitting the brass inserts to my set. I will provide a drawing of the brass inserts for the 10 pin and 3 pin plugs.

What I have available for whoever needs them is two sets of plugs, which consist of 2 ten pin plugs and 4 three pin plugs. They come without brass inserts and the lid to body gasket/spacers which I will provide a drawing of. These are exact copies as pictured.

They were not cheap to make and a set will cost £70. Please email me if interested in a set.

I have not made any of the two pin plugs.

[kevin powles]

Pic attached.

[kevin powles]

Pic attached.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by kevin powles

I have finished most of the plugs, and will finish fitting the brass inserts to my set. I will provide a drawing of the brass inserts for the 10 pin and 3 pin plugs.

What I have available for whoever needs them is two sets of plugs, which consist of 2 ten pin plugs and 4 three pin plugs. They come without brass inserts and the lid to body gasket/spacers which I will provide a drawing of. These are exact copies as pictured.

They were not cheap to make and a set will cost £70. Please email me if interested in a set.

I have not made any of the two pin plugs.

Looking very nice ! can you tell us the manufacturing process ? How were they made ? Mike

[kevin powles]

Hi Mike, A model making guy made an individual mould for each separate component from the originals, he then resin cast each part, the pouring points were then filed off (located on the inside of the lids and plug upper body).

The plug pin holes were individually drilled also the lid screw retaining holes drilled and taped.

They were then glass bead blasted all over and painted with a plastic high gloss paint to replicate the Bakelite.

Very hard to tell from an original.

Kevin.

[Tim Bell]

Repro plugs on epay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Ww...#ht_196wt_1275

Tim

[kevin powles]

I'm also making the plug for the battery connection as pictured as Phillip needs one.

Kevin.

[Mrs Vampire]

book me in for one as well please.