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It was interesting to see the cutting about Col. In my early days with a Z call I used to do a lot of listening on 40 meters. Col was often on the air from Eden N. S. W.. He used to put a very strong signal into my QTH .His 40M antenna was 3 half waves in phase which possiply accountd for his massive signal.
.RIP Col John VK2KZS ex VK2ZDM.
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John Mackie (Snr) VK2ZDM Ford GPW- script #3A Ford Trailer M3A1 White Scout Car -Under restoration- 1941 Ford Truck (Tex Morton) F15A Blitz Radio sets- #19, #122, #62, ART13, and Command |
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Looking closer at Colin's set it could be a WS101, the FS6 set is just a upgraded 101 set. The FS6 has the bump on the valve cover, next to the key. The receiver in these sets performs well, I recall listening many times to the Telecom outback HF radio telephone service and the WIA Morse training sessions on 3.550 each evening , with a 6 Volt car battery on the floor ! These sets turn up for sale even today , not particularly rare . They were based on the British WS1 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...wireless%20set
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A FS6 resto: http://www.tuberadio.com/fs6/fs6.html
I read somewhere that AWA fulfilled a contract for FS6 sets for the Indian army - this would explain how some of these sets have turned up in the U.K. And the FS6 was also used by the Chindits in Burma. Years ago, I used one of these sets to listen to the old Telecom HF telephone system, all sorts of private phone calls could be heard from outback stations.
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1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad |
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