Wireless of the Week - week 5

[chris vickery]

Wow, just wow.
Bruce, do you have any "modern" radios to showcase in the near future?
I am thinking C-42, RT-524, PRC-25/77 etc???
(the extent of my radio collection)

[cletrac (RIP)]

This is all pretty interesting stuff. I'm waiting for the 11 set.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by cletrac

This is all pretty interesting stuff. I'm waiting for the 11 set.

...patience

[Robert Bergeron]

Well done Bruce, well done.

[Johnny Canuck]

Great work as always Bruce.
Have a few odd items to add.

'G' Rod Bird Cage





British 'D' Rod Aerial Set the predecessor to the Canadian 34' Antenna Set










'D' Rod stabilizer used on vehicle installations.





Geoff

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Thanks Geoff, it's great to see other stuff added to the overall knowledge mix...kind of why I'm doing this.

Interesting B 'birdcage' brush guard. I'm fairly certain its British. The Canadian ones had an entirely different clamping system onto the aerial base and were made from rectangular instead of half round metal stock.

[Chris Suslowicz]

The "Protector, Aerial Base" for Base No.9 was a late addition to prevent the base being destroyed by low branches, etc. A large number of them would have been made up "in theatre" out of materials in hand, so the actual construction could vary considerably.

I think the "BRACKETS AERIAL CLAMPING No.1 T. ZA29558" is for fitting an elevated aerial base to the top of a 'D' rod, since it looks very similar to the "F" rod adapter for the the British 34-ft mast. It's odd in that it has four slotted lugs, which would not appear to match up with the usual aerial bases, and is quite late from its stores code - late 1944-ish. It looks as though it's intended to be rotated onto some studs for clamping, but I don't really see why. It certainly won't fit any of the usual bases, though possibly the No.3/No.16 combination for radio trucks - but the reason for it escapes me at the moment.

Chris.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Johnny Canuck

Great work as always Bruce.
Have a few odd items to add.

Geoff,

A great addition to a fantastic series of wireless threads.

One thing I would like to ask you is to attach pictures to your posts rather than using links to Photobucket - we have learned the hard way that one day sooner rather than later they will disappear making this thread worthless.

Here is how you learn how to post images - let me know if you have any further questions.

Thanks!
Hanno