Don.
It would make sense that you are seeing B-Set aerials installed on these Shermans, but not necessarily the 'correct' 19-Set A-Set aerial systems. The B-Set communications between tanks is VERY sensitive to the correct aerial length (which must take into consideration the aerial length and the length of the lead from the set to the base of the aerial. Too long or too short overall and the set it pretty much useless.
The A-Set on the other hand, relies to a great extent on the Variometer being able to tune the A-Set aerial to the optimum resonance and can handle anything from a simple 6 - 8 foot whip to a horizontal aerial over 200 feet in length.
Simply put, there would be no real need to change to the A-Set aerials from the Shermans running US Wireless equipment. What was already in place would work just fine as long as you had a feeder cable to connect between the variometer and the base of the aerial. If it wasn't 'broke' they didn't need to fix it.
David
Last edited by David Dunlop; 09-12-13 at 03:15.
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