11 Set stuff

[cletrac (RIP)]

The watch and holder sells for a couple hundred bucks. I paid $400 Canadian for the set. That's about 200 pounds.
I haven't looked inside it yet.

[cletrac (RIP)]

I took a close look at the top and bottom of the case and it shows no signs of being mounted in a carrier in a vehicle. The serial number is embossed in the left corner of the top of the case. The numbers are slightly raised. The scratch above the serial number is on too much of an angle to have been made by the carrier.
The ZA number on the carrying strap is listed in the Australian 11 set manual so it's likely original and it's not showing any signs of wear.

[Mike K]

Can we see the inside of the set ? The valves in these British sets are unique army types ? The AWA set uses USA type valves made under license by AWV.

[cletrac (RIP)]

WOW!
I took the case off and look what I found! It's immaculate! No dust, no crud, nothing! The dealer I got it from never touched it. He got it from an old time collector in Calgary who had it for many years. He likely got it from the military as the second owner.
That list of components is on the inside back of the case.

[Mike K]

That's a clean set

Makes you think how it got to be in Canada ?

I have a few of the meters , you will notice they are smaller than the AWA set meter. The plugs swap over OK .

[cletrac (RIP)]

Mike, Canada made about 9000 8cwts in Cab 11 and 12. There would have been at least 4000 wireless trucks and they would have all ended up with British 11 sets. There were no other options. All the sets you see pics of in North Africa are British sets. Australian training videos are British sets. The ones Canada kept would have had them too. My set doesn't look like it was used in a vehicle though so maybe for training.

[cletrac (RIP)]

I found another No 3 connector for my Aerial Unit C so now I can make the connector that hooks onto the set. This screenshot off the Erection of the 11 Set video shows the leads on that connector being about a foot long. Where would I get some of those wire ends that they show?
I got looking at my NOS aerial unit and it's made by PT&EW Co. What does that stand for? It's serial no 12649 made in 1941.
The tag on the connector reads Connectors Twin No 15 and that's what the manual calls for. I noticed the Connectors No 3 that it uses are a bit different to the one on the unit and the one I just acquired. The overall length is different. Probably just different manufacturers.