19-Set Wooden Transit Chest

[Jordan Baker]

Colin, I believe that was what the original post for this thread was about.

[colin jones]

Oops . I guess you can tell I never looked at the whole thread

[cletrac (RIP)]

I figured we should have some pics on here for when the ebay ad runs out.

[Tim Bell]

If you're thinking about bidding... get pics of the inside of the set and psu - all around.

A lot of these sets I've seen from Italy looked lovely on the outside... but had been "demilled" by someone with a hammer on the inside.

Tim

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Tim Bell

If you're thinking about bidding... get pics of the inside of the set and psu - all around.

A lot of these sets I've seen from Italy looked lovely on the outside... but had been "demilled" by someone with a hammer on the inside.

Good point: of the ones which went through my hands years ago only relatively few were repairbale; the demilling had been a crude but pretty effective job. As there were so many, sets could be made by combining all the parts into working ones, but still spares needed to be sourced to complete the job. The ones which were smashed beyond repair were scrapped....

Contact Gerard Deibel (see above) for expertise, services and spares. He is the go-to guy when it comes down to radios.

HTH,
Hanno

[tankbarrell]

Originally Posted by Tim Bell

If you're thinking about bidding... get pics of the inside of the set and psu - all around.

A lot of these sets I've seen from Italy looked lovely on the outside... but had been "demilled" by someone with a hammer on the inside.

It's only the box, the 19 set is not included.

[Tim Bell]

Originally Posted by tankbarrell

It's only the box, the 19 set is not included.

Explains the lack of internal set and PSU photos here - I did not look at the epay page sufficiently.

The warning about ex-Italian sets is still valid... large numbers of them have been smashed inside.

Tim

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by Tim Bell

Explains the lack of internal set and PSU photos here - I did not look at the epay page sufficiently.

The warning about ex-Italian sets is still valid... large numbers of them have been smashed inside.

Tim

I suspect this is why the current (and ridiculously overpriced) WS19 parts on eBay have been almost completely dismantled - e.g. the 'Plate, Seating, No.4 for putting a variometer on the side of the supply unit has been advertised as three lots: the metalwork, the two paxolin plates (etc.) that make up the aerial mounting, and the packing piece.

I did look at some of the sets that turned up at Beltring one year, the fact that the meters had been driven through the front panel with a hammer was a bad sign, but opening them up was even worse: smashed tuning capacitors, and holes in the chassis that appeared to have been made with a pickaxe.

As for the "set in a box" construction, my guess is that it was an attempt to build the maximum number of usable sets with what was currently 'on hand' and with a minimum of extra parts shipped in. So you got the "Set and Standard Kit" with Carrier No.1 (designed for a vehicle fit) bolted into a crate and a large order for control unit No.3(A or B), the Plate, Seating No.4 to fit the variometer and provide an aerial base, suitable 12-way cable to control unit, and other bits from the Truck & Ground station as required. All put together in field workshops to begin with, from available spares.

Chris.