Spy radio

[Mike K]

They were reasonably common here . Just after the war , the Wireless instutute of Australia bought a large number of them , I believe it was around 400 , and these were offered to ham radio operators . I have had three of them . What has always puzzled me is, why so many of these were sent out here . Did the SRC guys want them ? The WIA even published an article describing how to make a AM modulator for these sets

They are a neat set but rather nasty as there isn't a earth or ground for the power unit. If you connect the mains power the wrong way around, the whole chassis can become Live , dangerous stuff .

When I first came on air as a ham, a guy had two of these sets and he would come onto the 80 meter band on CW .

I sold mine years ago . I had the coils the key the whole kit and the dropping containers too.

The other common type was the type A mk 3 , which is smaller than the B 2 set . I had one of those too .