11 Set stuff

[cletrac (RIP)]

Here's a whatzit for you. It's with that 11 set on ebay Australia. It has a jack to plug in a speaker.
The last two pics are a 'military radio speaker' with the same plug.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by cletrac

Here's a whatzit for you. It's with that 11 set on ebay Australia. It has a jack to plug in a speaker.
The last two pics are a 'military radio speaker' with the same plug.

Its all junk , the vendor doesnt know what it is by the sound of it'

The golf bag antenna kit is the standard kit , apparently the early ones had alloy mast sections but they changed over to plated steel ? probably as the allloy was needed for aeroplanes

[cletrac (RIP)]

Mike, the speaker is from the junk guy and the whatzit is from the $1500 set. I was just wondering what it is.
One site said that the alloy aerials were fragile and you needed to carry spares.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by cletrac

Mike, the speaker is from the junk guy and the whatzit is from the $1500 set. I was just wondering what it is.
One site said that the alloy aerials were fragile and you needed to carry spares.

David none of those bits are for a 11 set and I don't think anything there is military

The last item may be a filament supply transformer , a lot of early tube radios had A and B batteries , because many rural farms did not have electricity . For town use, instead of replacing the batteries , you could buy a mains power unit for the tube filaments .

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by cletrac

One site said that the alloy aerials were fragile and you needed to carry spares.

Yes that would be the reason, the signallers would have thrown the masts around and bent them . The post war golf bag kits I have ,have the copper or brass plated steel mast sections .

[cletrac (RIP)]

I got a couple more items off ebay. The condenser was made by EK Cole.
The aerial bag looks to be a No 2 like the 1 set used. It held most of the same stuff as the 11 set used. Maybe somebody will trade me for a No 2 Mk II.
I was curious about Canadian 11 set makers.
My remote unit A was made by N E Co in 1940. Maybe Northern Electric?
My Power Unit No 1 was made by Canadian Marconi in 1941.

[Bruce MacMillan]

Both of my 11 sets were made by Canadian Marconi, dated 1941. I believe production ceased that year as WS19 sets were in production in January 1942.
I think Marconi was the only manufacturer in Canada.

Don't know the total number made but I had s/n C95 and C632. Also had a couple of remote made by Northern Electric in 1941.

The aerial unit "C" was made by R.T.E. in 1941.

When the demand for 19 sets increased Canada requested and received 200 ws11 sets from British stores for training. What happened to these is unknown.

There are some photos on the web showing Army Cadets in Vancouver training on assorted wireless equipment at the armoury. This included many WS11 sets. Sadly all was lost when the armoury burnt down.

Just had a quick peak in "British Royal Signals in the Second World War" and it mentions that the UK produced 19,000 #11 sets from pre war until 1942.

[cletrac (RIP)]

Here's a Royal Canadian Horse Artillery group in Italy in September 1943. Look at the remote unit A they're using. I guess the 11 sets made it past 1942.