Wireless of the Week - week 2

[Mike K]

I attended a hamfest today and by coincidence I picked up a neat publication .

The EMEI ( Aust.) , Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Instructions , a loose leaf folder of around 200 pages that contains the details of the telecommunications equipment issued to the Army and Navy here , it is circa mid 1950's to early 1960's .

The 62 set is listed as is the 19 set . The 19 set nomenclature is : Wireless set No.19 , Mk2 ( Aust ) /2 . A short sentence from the description " The equipment was originally the British WS 19 MK II - it was rebuilt by TEHNICO in 1952-53 "

Another thing I discovered from the EMIE is the late WW2 made 133 set , a 300 Watt transmitter made by AWA , was reissued for training purposes in 1958 . It was declared obsolete , then reissued!