AUS Carrier radio/wireless

[Philliphastings]

Hello Darrin and Mike,

I am certain that when fitted to Australian Carriers, the No 11 set faced inwards - towards the operator, with the armoured cover over the top and held down with a strap.

I seem to recall having seen a diagram of the fitting in a manual somewhere, I may even have a copy stuffed in a drawer some place if you are patient.

The bolt holes in your carrier hull should be an indicator of whether the No11 set carrier frame was mounted to the sponson direct or via a sub frame as in the british carrier. I can measure the existing frame in my Scout carrier if you need to make one up - quite simple in design.

Cheers

Phill

[Philliphastings]

Hello all,

Have found the installation drawing for No 11 set into Aust Carrier.

As Jordan incicated there was a frame fitted to the right (toward the rear of the carrier) of the No 11 set into which two battery boxes fitted and were held down with captive brackets.

The set mounts with the power supply above, just under the armoured cover.

The diagramme also shows the antenna mount on the rear of the engine intake scoop and all the other little weld on bits for the installation kit. as well as part numbers.

If you are patientI can send you a photocopy after Easter. I have no idea where the info came from. It is a copy of one undated page with no other reference and my memory isn't what it used to be.

Cheers

Phill

[Big D]

Hi all,

I realise this is an old thread but did anyone get their hands on a picture of the layout of the wireless set up in the Australian carriers?

I have an RAAF wireless set in my carrier and I'm looking to change it to a more accurate wireless set up.

My carrier is a 1941 build and arrived in the middle east in December 1941. Would either an 11 set or a 19 set be correct for this?

[Darrin Wright]

here is the radio pic from the 1943 Workshop manual.
It indicates a separate battery system to power the radio.

It also states to check the later parts listing for the item details, not sure if I have this.

[Big D]

Hi Darrin,

Thanks for the reply. My carrier is the earlier 1941 model and on that side of the hull I have the Lewis MG magazine box and racks.

The Australian Carrier MG instruction Book shows the layout of the earlier design and the later design with the early design having the Lewis MG box on the driver's side of the hull and the later design having the wireless on the driver's side, as per the picture you've posted.

The manual doesn't appear to show what is on the other side of the hull for the earlier design. This is where the wireless is in my carrier at present (I bought my carrier in restored condition).

Any other thoughts?

[Big D]

Here are the two layouts.

[Euan McDonald]

Colin Jones and I have been working on mountings for the WS11 set into late production carriers. Colin now has an original wireless cradle and plans to do repo sets in his spare time.😀
Pic from Darrins source.