Awa fs6

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

Hi Mike.

That set you posted looks a little more robust than this FS6 at the RAAF Museum in Townsville.

David

Hi David,

The FS6 and the earlier W.S.101 were loosely based on the British pre-war No. 1 set. The case or housing of these Australian sets is a rather unusual construction, they used a laminated type of box structure. A middle layer of what appears to be wood is between two layers of thin brass sheet the corners are fixed with small rivets.

A fair number of these sets have survived. Some FS6 sets have tuned up in 'as new' condition. The W.S.101 production dates from 1939 to around 1941 and the FS6 from around 1942. There are files relating to these sets in the NAA system but I ain't paying for them to be scanned.

The multi pin power plug/socket connectors for these sets are a rather odd affair and the only other device I've seen with a similar connector is the AWA built Wavemeter Class C.

The RAAF museum should have a ATR2 set on display rather than the army FS6 set.