11 Set stuff

[kevin powles]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

These are the reels of wire for the 11 set remote units . The thicker wire isn't original , its some kind of coax . The reels are dated 1942

Hi, Ive picked up one of these drums, it's missing whatever should go on the ends of the wire, can anyone advise what the ends should look like, I think Mike posted a video of a ground station being set up but I can't find the post.

Kevin.

[kevin powles]

Originally Posted by kevin powles

Hi, Ive picked up one of these drums, it's missing whatever should go on the ends of the wire, can anyone advise what the ends should look like, I think Mike posted a video of a ground station being set up but I can't find the post.

Kevin.

Hi, Can anyone help with this?, I've got 11 set stuff to trade. 🤔

[cletrac (RIP)]

It uses Connectors No 1 that are sorta like the Connectors No 3 on the aerial unit C. I haven't been able to find any yet either except for the one with my NOS remote unit.

[things_green]

Originally Posted by kevin powles

Hi, Can anyone help with this?, I've got 11 set stuff to trade. 🤔

hi Kevin,
I have a spare couple of No1 couplers here....
note that one has an edge 'gnawed' on.

PM me your adress and I'll get them off to you.

[cletrac (RIP)]

In the erecting the 11 set video they use a 'battery clamping rod' for a spindle to unroll the wire.

[kevin powles]

Originally Posted by cletrac

In the erecting the 11 set video they use a 'battery clamping rod' for a spindle to unroll the wire.

This site is so great, many thanks to Brent I can complete the reel. Now I need to find another reel.

Cheers Kevin.

[things_green]

I have had a couple of requests for the above, unfortunately Kevin's two are the only pair I have surplus to my requirements.

The purest' are gonna puke but.....
What I do have are a few of the Kiwi made equivalents.

Like the Aussies 'we' made alot our own kit being at the end of a long supply chain.
The British may have even supplied some of the machining.

As you can see in the images the Kiwi plugs sit in the Brit reel fine they also plug into one another allowing daisy-chaining.

The Brit plug has a raised letting for the nomenclature and the Kiwi one is sunken.
I'm thinking some filler and a touch-up, voila!

Brent

[cletrac (RIP)]

If you put the prongs in the right holes, the Connectors No 1 will plug into the Connectors No 3. The guts are identical and the housing is different.
That's a No 1 off my remote unit on the bottom.
My NOS remote unit came from New Zealand . It has PMGs W/S SYD stenciled of the front of the case.

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by kevin powles

Hi, Ive picked up one of these drums, it's missing whatever should go on the ends of the wire, can anyone advise what the ends should look like, I think Mike posted a video of a ground station being set up but I can't find the post.

Kevin.

If that's your actual reel, then the wire looks ti be the correct stuff.

(I've never seen any of the connectors though.)

The original reel (without the clips to hold the connectors) was for intended for linemen, and there was a special leather belt with iron fittings to act as a cable layer, and a separate pouch to hold another reel. I've seen both in the Blandford museum. I recently bought some modern manufacture "Reels, cable, No.1 (I think they were No.1), but the manufacturer had made then from steel plate rather than tinplate with rolled edges and they weigh several times as much as the originals and are completely unusable as a result.

Chris.