11 Set stuff

[Ron Pier]

Standard procedure here in UK is a switch is OFF when it's UP. According to USPS tracking, my gauges should arrive today. Ron

[Mike K]

I am going to a hamfest next weekend, I will keep an eye out for those meters. There are heaps of old meters at hamfests .

What Is the OD of the mount hole ?

[Ron Pier]

Mike as far as I can make out from lots of scaling and talking to Dave. The glass part of the gauge is 2 1/4" with an overall diameter for the whole instrument including the screw fixing bezel of around 3 1/2" and 1 1/2" deep. I'll know more when mine arrive, but I'm guessing a clearance hole in the panel of 2 1/4". Ron

[cletrac (RIP)]

The gauges take a 2 3/4" hole.
I went for the upright Sangamo capacitors. They look like they'll fit in the available space better. When I was a teenager I'd take a condenser and charge it up on a spark plug wire then toss it to somebody I didn't like and holler CATCH!!!! They give quite a jolt.
I got some more golf bag stuff off ebay. Now I'm pretty well down to just needing more aerial sections.
Those rings are called British stays but how are they used?

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by cletrac

The gauges take a 2 3/4" hole.
I went for the upright Sangamo capacitors. They look like they'll fit in the available space better. When I was a teenager I'd take a condenser and charge it up on a spark plug wire then toss it to somebody I didn't like and holler CATCH!!!! They give quite a jolt.
I got some more golf bag stuff off ebay. Now I'm pretty well down to just needing more aerial sections.
Those rings are called British stays but how are they used?

I dont think the rings are part of the kit. Never seen them before

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by cletrac

The gauges take a 2 3/4" hole.
I went for the upright Sangamo capacitors. They look like they'll fit in the available space better. When I was a teenager I'd take a condenser and charge it up on a spark plug wire then toss it to somebody I didn't like and holler CATCH!!!! They give quite a jolt.
I got some more golf bag stuff off ebay. Now I'm pretty well down to just needing more aerial sections.
Those rings are called British stays but how are they used?

The rings are part of the stay assembly, basically the bit at the end that you anchor with the pins.

The complete stay is a square plate with central hole that goes over the thread on the aerial rod (and is held in place by the next rod or the F rod adapter. Attached to the four corners are 3-link chain insulators with about 40 feet of cord which passes through one of the rings and has a "stay tightener" on the end for adjusting the length.

See the photos towards the bottom of this page:

http://www.keithwatt.pwp.blueyonder....useum/ws22.htm

Chris.

[cletrac (RIP)]

That AWM video about the 11 set doesn't show those rings.
I seem to remember reading that they were British items. I don't know if the Canadian aerials used them or not. My NOS guy ropes didn't include any.

[Ron Pier]

I've got the outer case of my cabinet made and my gauges from America arrived over the weekend. The bloody Customs sod's hit me with £3.89 VAT plus the post office fee to collect it £8. Bastards! Why is there any VAT due on items that were made before VAT was invented?

Mr Angry from Poole!

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by cletrac

That AWM video about the 11 set doesn't show those rings.
I seem to remember reading that they were British items. I don't know if the Canadian aerials used them or not. My NOS guy ropes didn't include any.

It's possible that the rings were added later (if they found a problem with the pegs wearing through the cord), but I wouldn't bet on they. The WW2 34-ft mast kits I've seen had stays with rings fitted.

Your guy ropes are for the Canadian 20-ft mast and 34-ft aerial, both telescopic varieties, which have the stayplates permanently fitted to the mast/aerial.

Chris.