WS 58 set

[David Dunlop]

Got your email. I will not be able to post photos for a while. Our wireless printer just packed it in a few days ago that I load all my photos and scans through. Just starting the process of rediscovering what is on the market these days.

For the VPSU for the 58-Set, there is no haversack for it, just a set of canvas straps. Is it pics of these two straps you need?

I have the sectional aerial put away somewhere safe??? at the moment. Bit of an oddball thing. Once you've seen one you'll never forget it. 4 pieces about a foot long each. Sections are not tapered like the larger 19-Set cousins but constant diameter. About an inch of one end is flared into a socket and an inch of the opposite end looks like the pointy end of an FN Rifle Blank Cartridge with four slots in it. Coloured bands on the flared ends to match them up correctly. The four sections are slightly smaller diameters so the colour bands seem a bit redundant.

Do you have the Canadian Army Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Regulations Wireless Sets Cdn. No. 58 Mk I Identification List and Echelon Repair Schedule? I have the 1 JUNE 1945 issue with a 1 JUNE 1944 addition and updates from 30 MAY 1947 and 10 July 1950.

Nice to see the two batteries in your collection. I am assuming those are the beasts that caused the backlog of sets in England. They did not form part of the basic set package but were a separate order item apparently.

David

[universalgrl]

David
I was referring to the case the actual VPSU is shock mounted in. The lid of the case also holds the spare valves, vibrator and spare 21 volt "C" battery
I found the manual where else but epay from nova scotia.
I would like to have a copy of the EMER's for the 58, are they in a pdf format.
The Willard battery's which were dry shipped were common back then as they were used in portable tube radio's and other devices.
I think the problem was supplying the actual 180V/90V battle battery.
Didn't the 27 set also had battery problems as well.

[Bruce MacMillan]

I have made pdf copies of the EMERs F701,2,3,4,5 for the WS58. I will email to anyone that needs them.

There was a supply issue with the battle battery for the WS58 and the WS27. Both sets were designed by the same engineer using unique batteries. I guess he didn't know there was a war on.

[Ron Pier]

False alarm I'm afraid with the 58 set that was offered to me. The bloke brought it to our club meeting last night and there was no wireless, just the battery pack. As it happens another club member had been missing this part for years, so I passed it over to him to complete his station. Ron