Wireless of the Week - week 5

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

Just had these arrive in the mail.

The left one I've seen before but the right one I've never seen. It looks to be a manufacturers instruction booklet. Comparing the two there are a number of different diagrams for setting of the antenna.

The right hand one is an official handbook and about a year earlier than the left hand one. It was presumably printed by the manufacturer rather than the government.

I think it refers to an earlier version of the mast, since although they are both described as P.C. 84295C they have a different -nnn suffix.

I'd be interested in a scan of the component list because I have a cast alloy/ceramic insulator with that PC number on it that is neither the ebonite base insulator nor the ceramic type that replaced the ebonite one for use with the WS52 - I suspect it was the original insulator and turned out to be insufficiently soldier-resistant. (The later Mast, Telescopic, 27-ft for the Larkspur range has a very similar design but a more substantial ceramic insulator in the middle.

Chris.