19 radio set carriers.

[kevin powles]

Thanks Bruce, it looks to me you can shorten a no 21,19 set carrier to make it a no 22 carrier. I won't do this of course but replicate my no 21 and build it shorter.

Does any one have any spare strap with end fittings?.

Kevin.

[universalgrl]

The strap for the radio is the same for all three mounts
Strap clamping, No. 1 ZA 2987 PC 76454 C

The strap for the power supply is the same for mount 21 and 23
Strap clamping, No. 2 ZA 2988 PC 76455 C

The strap for power supply mount # 22 is longer because the power supply is mounted on its side.
Strap clamping, No. 3 ZA 2949 PC 76485 C

Bases without accessories
21 carrier No. 1 ZA 14971 PC 76481C
22 carrier No. 2 ZA 14972 PC 76482C
23 carrier No. 3 ZA 14996 PC 63410C

From EMER FZ 253/2 Jan 1945

[kevin powles]

Hi, thanks for that info, I am also looking for some of the shock absorber mounts used on the radio carriers (item 4 in the picture), they look like the same type used on the 11 set tray.

If I had one I could perhaps manufacture some,

Kevin.

[Bob Carriere]

Recently seen on Ebay at.... brace yourself ...a set of four at $100 US.

Cheers

[rob love]

There is a collector in Edmonton who found that there are very similar mounts underneath some current generator sets. They are too wide, so it is just a matter of slicing them to make the mounts. That would result in fresh/modern rubber rather than trying to hold a 60 pound radio with 70 year old bonded rubber.

[David Dunlop]

I have an NOS Carriers No. 22 finished in a wrinkle Brown No. 2 that has puzzled me for years. Top dead centre of the rear base channel is 'PC 72287 C' in white. The leading edge of the front base channel has 'FRONT' stencilled in white.

To my eye, there does not seem to be anything asymmetrical about this carrier that would necessitate having to identify a specific orientation, or have I been missing something all these years?

David

[Bob Carriere]

Rather than pirate the content of this thread........ would it not be better to start a series of info emails on the subject....

Cheers

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

I have an NOS Carriers No. 22 finished in a wrinkle Brown No. 2 that has puzzled me for years. Top dead centre of the rear base channel is 'PC 72287 C' in white. The leading edge of the front base channel has 'FRONT' stencilled in white.

To my eye, there does not seem to be anything asymmetrical about this carrier that would necessitate having to identify a specific orientation, or have I been missing something all these years?

David

I've never met the No.22 carrier, but as far as I am aware it's symmetrical. The only possible reason for there being a "front" and "back" is if it's been drilled for an earth
terminal (at front right) like the Carrier No.25, or at the ends of the channel to take the earthing strap from the rhs of the set, though I think they used the shock absorber bolt for that.

They may have stencilled it with a "FRONT" marking just to be consistent with all the other set carriers which were definitely "handed" for the supply unit mounting, etc.

Incidentally, there are a lot more carriers than the 1,2,3 and 21,22,23,25 in the documentation, intended to cover things like the WS19HP and twin WS19 installations for Command tanks, et cetera. Some of them look Very Odd Indeed.

Chris.
I have Carriers No.1 (plated steel), 21 (painted No.1), 3 (or 23, hard to tell) (wooden board) and 25 (all-welded steel with a single long strap that goes around everything).

I'm missing the adapter plate for the supply unit for the No.25. (This is the "house shaped" plate with four holes to allow it to be screwed to the top of the supply unit, a "step fold" to clear the studs on the end of the strap clamp, and two keyhole slots to take the said studs.
Its purpose is to reverse the direction of the keyhole slots in the supply unit case (intended for when it's laid on its side on the set top), which point the wrong way for the clamping strap. (The "tails" of the slots need to point to the right for this mounting to work.) Does anyone have one that they could photograph and/or measure, please?

Accurate measurements of the No.2 (or 22) would also be very useful.