1944 C-15A-Wire-5 Restoration

[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.

[Jordan Baker]

Every item pictured.