Aerial mast base

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

The aerial mount on the left in your picture. What is it called, and where do I get one please.

The aerial mount is unique to Mk.1 carriers sporting a 19 set. The aerial base is a standard No.9 that takes a 'G' aerial section. 'G' sections are an 18" long piece of 1/4" diameter copper rod with a No.10 screw sweated into the base. The screw is a British thread so be warned. The No.9 base has a rubber tip that can be hard to find. The last remnant is the brush guard. There's not a lot of originals of these around but I made up a drawing of one if you wanted to try your hand at a reproduction.

[Lynn Eades]

Heres a picture. Not very clear.

[Ron Pier]

Hi Bruce. Have I misinterpreted your comment about the B set antenna? When you say unique to MK1. Does this mean not fitted to MK2?
Regards Ron

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Ron Pier

Hi Bruce. Have I misinterpreted your comment about the B set antenna? When you say unique to MK1. Does this mean not fitted to MK2?
Regards Ron

What I meant to say is that the aerial bracket that bolts to the armoured side is unique to Mk.1 carriers. Bolted to the top of that bracket is the 'Aerial Base No.9' which is the tubular piece with the rubber top and is a standard 19 set base used on every vehicle or ground station that used the B portion of a 19 set. The antenna element is the 18" rod that screws into the No.9 base.
Mk.II carriers did use the No.9 base but on an aerial bracket quite different that the one used on Mk.1 carriers.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

The No.9 base has a rubber tip that can be hard to find. .

Back in 1982 , I was scrounging in HAM RADIO SUPPLIES , a very old business in Richmond . I found a box of approx. 50 of those B set rubber mounts , most had the tags on them still ..never used . I sent the last 6 to a guy in the UK a few years ago.. I gave away many of them. I have the tubular metal mount drawing somewhere ...these came in various forms to suit different vehicles .

The B set was a TUNED system, the coax leads have to be a specific length for it work, it wasn't really a practical system in field use ..too crude and fragile.
Mike

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

B sets were a 1000 yard VHF system for inter-vehicle communication and were not very good. Even under ideal conditions a good bump would knock it off frequency. The worst part was that the control unit had to be manually switched from the A set, to the B, to the intercom. All too often the crew commander would make some nice transmission to HQ about progress, then turn on the crew calling them nasty names, yet forgetting to switch from the A set to intercom only.

[Ron Pier]

Thanks for the clarification Bruce. Course I new that's what you meant all along Mike in the 23 odd years that I've been collecting this stuff, I've seen common place parts vanish from the face of the earth. I certainly could not now afford to buy some of parts that I obtained in the past. Ron

[Jordan Baker]

This is the bracket and setup Bruce is talking about. If it helps.

[Lynn Eades]

Thanks for that. So where do I get the rubber bit?

[Ron Pier]

Try a google search on Sentimental Journey Militaria, os even just 19 set wireless. there is quite a bit to look at. Ron