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Originally Posted by cletrac
Here's some pix Dean sent me so I downsized and posted them. Now we can all figure out just what he has. One thing for sure there's lots of mounting brackets.
Just which brackets and straps would be needed to mount the set in a CMP? As for the aerial mounts, which type of aerial would the cones be for? I assume the cones and 6 holed plates go together.
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Okay, here goes:
Pic No.1 (laid out on the floor)
The mounting brackets (with the rubber shock mounts) are used in pairs to
fit a (demountable) WS19 into a truck - they're part of the "Truck and
Ground Station" outfit, and require the set to be mounted on Carrier No.3 (23)
- the wooden board type - or the later No.25 - steel with a strap that goes
all the way around set and supply unit.
Top left of picture: Aerial Base No.8, Mounting No.3 - a spacer that fits under
the aerial base to allow clearance for the connector plate (if used) and to
center the feeder cable in the cut-out part of the mounting (or vehicle skin)
to aboid wear/short circuits. These exist in wood (with cork gaskets), rubber,
and (post WW2 steel (need rubber gaskets to seal the vehicle).
Top middle: Aerial Base No.8 - Standard base for the 'A' set, uses the 4-ft
"Aerial Rods, F" (no 1, 2 & 3) to make various lengths of whip antenna.
Centre of picture: "Plates, Seating, No.4" this is part of the Truck and
Ground station. It fits to the left hand side of the power supply unit and
holds the variometer. It also has a _rigid_ paxolin/tufnol aerial mounting
permanently connected to the variometer by means of a copper strap.
It takes 'F' rods when used as a ground station, or an aerial feeder (No.9?)
cable that connects to a Base No.8 for use in the vehicle.
Right hand side: loads of mounting straps for the WS19 carriers. Short ones
for the supply unit, long ones for the set. These are for Carriers No.1 (21)
or 3 (23).
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Pic No.2 (the ammo box)
Aerial bases, clamping straps, an operators lamp, and a load of little boxes that could contain anything! (Probably lamps, clips and small parts.
Hope this is some help.
I don't know the CMP, but if the set is fitted permanently, you need Carrier No.1
(or 21 which is the later painted version), or if it's a demountable setup, the
wooden board Carrier No.3 (or 23).
Chris.