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Old 06-11-20, 01:31
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Coming along nicely .
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Old 06-11-20, 02:18
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Looks terrific. Restoring the back of a radio truck takes more effort and skill than the truck itself. Well done.
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Old 13-11-20, 22:12
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Thanks Bruce for your generous words. Thanks Reg Hodgson for the great idea for the control box . Now to fill this box with a proper control panel .
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Old 15-11-20, 01:23
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What an incredible find today : Super rare connectors for the Wireless No 19 HP set . Had been looking for 5 years . These sets and accesories are hard to find ! Credits : Louis Meulstee wireless for the warrior for the illustration of the set.
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Diagram by Louis Meultsee showing the connectors for the unit . Some Wire-5 trucks was specificaly outfitted with a 110 V generator to power this radio amplifier . All the trucks of that series were pre-wired for it . Post war they were replaced with 52 sets . The parts supply was thin . Only 500 were ever made and they were rejected by the Brits and Cdn overseas HQ as the war was winding down and the end was nearing so nothing became of it and no further units were manufactured. They have become rare and difficult to find. The particular unit i bought today was used by it’s former owner to amplify his No 19 unit as it was designed for . He told me half the city of Arthabaska Qc lost their early 50’s black & white TV signal when he transmitted . He might of been exagerating a bit but at 86 years of age i did not argue and i had great fun listening to his every stories . He lived right next door to a Christian college that was a WW2 RCAF station during the war where aircrew learned radio telegraphy !
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Old 15-11-20, 02:01
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Diagram by Louis Multse showing the connectors for the unit . Some Wire-5 truck was specificaly outfitted with a 110 V generator to power this radio amplifier . Post war they were replaced with 52 sets . The parts supply was thin . Only 500 were ever made and they were rejected by the Brits so nothing became of it and no further units were manufactured. The have become rare and difficult to find. The particular unit i bought today was used by it’s former owner to amplify his No 19 unit as it was designed for . He told me half the city of Arthabaska Qc lost their early 50’s black & white TV signal when he transmitted . He might of been exagerating a bit but at 86 years of age i did not argue and i had great fun listening to his every stories . He lived right next door to a Christian college that was a WW2 RCAF station during the war were aircrew learned radio telegraphy !
Good find! For some of this equipment it's if it finds you because there's no guarantee you will find it.

If I recall the Amplified Canadian 19 set could be switched to run on either 12 or 120 volts. Apparently if you did run it off 12 volt batteries it sucked them dry in a heartbeat.

Years ago I fired up my 19 amplifier on household current and it did what it was supposed to do. Young fool that I was I switched it off and opened it up to check for burning. It was only then I fully realized what capacitors do when I got a good zap up into my armpit. Oh...lessons learned!!
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Bravo et je garde un œil sur le poste de commandement.
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