1944 C-15A-Wire-5 Restoration

[Robert Bergeron]

Here is the result of the oil and water cans in the tool box.

Quite realistic in black and white.

Also, the jerrycan holder is quite true to original.

Compare with Rob Love's original pictures.

[Robert Bergeron]

How many of these were carried in the Wire 5 truck ?

[Robert Bergeron]

Bags , aerial gear Canadian ?

[Robert Bergeron]

Sorry.

Here is the picture.

[Grant Bowker]

I believe (only) one bag was carried, but wouldn't mind being wrong if someone has an easy-to-read kit list available.

[Chris Suslowicz]

I would say one bag. It contains the rigging kit for both the 20-ft and the 34-ft telescopic masts.

From the WS52 page in WftW Volume 2:

1 Bags Aerial Gear Canadian
8 Guys, assembly
1 Hammers, 4.1/2 lb., Striking
1 Hammers, Engineers, Ball-Pein, 8 oz.
1 Leads, Aerial, No.C6
8 Pegs, Antenna Rods. 'A'
2 Spikes, Ground
1 Base, Plate, vehicle roof
1 Pamphlets, Instruction
1 Base, Aerial, Assembly

All of that goes in the bag.

The WS19 Truck & Ground station is similar, and should be listed in the Canadian Working Instructions pamphlet - mine are all boxed up and not accessible at present.

Chris.

[Robert Bergeron]

Thank you Grant , thank-you Chris, very very usefull information.

One bag , aerial gear Canadian with content then .

I have all of the content in your list and the masts in both sizes , 20 ' and
34 ' .

Now the aerials , long wire . I have a box full of them , the longest being

260 ' in lenght no less !

What was a set of these comprised of and in what were they carried ?

Picture , a ride on ice covered roads , good thing i still had the chains on.


There is something to be said about chains !

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

Thank you Grant , thank-you Chris, very very usefull information.

One bag , aerial gear Canadian with content then .

I have all of the content in your list and the masts in both sizes , 20 ' and
34 ' .

Now the aerials , long wire . I have a box full of them , the longest being

260 ' in lenght no less !

What was a set of these comprised of and in what were they carried ?

I have no idea where they were carried, possibly in the Bags, Aerial Gear, or in a cupboard somewhere.

The set appears to be:

Aerial 70-ft No.1
Aerial 90-ft No.1
Aerial 110-ft No.1
Aerial 150-ft No.2
Aerial 185-ft No.1
Aerial 250-ft No.1

The frequency ranges that they can be used on are marked on the wooden board winders.

Later on these were replaced by the Aerial, 100-ft, No.5 which had insulators and shorting links to allow a range of frequencies to be covered.

The Canadian equivalent was the Aerial, Horizontal, 140-ft, 4-section, No.C1 for the WS52. I have two versions of this, an unissued one on the wood/metal drum winder with chain-link insulators, and a second one on a steel frame winder that looks to be American - this came in a kit with different antenna stays and the insulators for the aerial are separate strings of glass shells with a clip at each end. I'm not quite sure what to make of it.

Chris.

[Jordan Baker]

Packing list for the 34' antenna mast kit.