Wireless Set C12

[David Dunlop]

Hi Jakko.

Sorry, it was not my intention to turn your hair white over this. The link you posted actually covers my concerns perfectly, and most of what was in the PDF link I was hoping to share here. I suspect said link was a limited access thing as I could not save it or print out a copy, or copy and paste it as a working link.

What is interesting to me as a Canadian, and North American resident, is just how much the wartime wireless technology developed in England and Canada continued to evolve through the late 40s, 50s and 60s.

We never got an opportunity to continue and contribute to that evolution. Decisions were made to step away from what we had been doing up to that point in time and go American. We lost skills, expertise and business.

Our military wireless information from Britain today, historically stops with the C42 Set for the most part. We know the Clansman and Larkspur lines were extensive, but we never used it and little is known here today of what happened with the technology of the 19-Set. I always assumed it died a sudden death at some point postwar so was surprised as hell when this C12 info surfaced last week.

Again, I appreciate you posting the link you found.

Best regards,


David