info needed on wireless bits

Bruce MacMillan · #1 11-12-09, 16:56

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Originally Posted by cletrac

I bid on it but it'll go for more than I want to pay so you guys can have at it.

This should go for a high price. It is a nice looking setup. The brush guards themselves often sell for $100-200. It has all the cables and a calibrator and is a MK III.

Bidding is wise as you just never know. I've not bid on a few items that I'm sure should have commanded a high price but didn't.

cletrac (RIP) · #2 12-12-09, 00:46

Here's the rest of the ebay pix. It's even got the maple leaf sticker still attached. It's a nice looking unit all right but when you add $200 or so shipping and the exchange rate it adds up. It wouldn't matter if the sale price was under $400 but I doubt that'll happen. I got mine off ebay last year for $75 but it wasn't listed right so there weren't any other bidders. Of course, mine was just the radio and power supply.

oztankboy · #3 14-12-09, 05:31

The second photo appears to be a test set to check the modules for the CPRC26 radio set. The large plug plugs into the battery and the socket on the control pannel is where the modules get pluged into and you set the dail to which module ur testing at the time. I have one here some where but no booklet for it.

Phil...

cletrac (RIP) · #4 16-12-09, 02:45

Here's some more of those ebay prices. The complete 19 set went for $610. Did anyone on MLU get it? Probably not too bad a price when you look at all you get.

cletrac (RIP) · #5 19-12-09, 04:21

I just bought this aerial gear off ebay. I'm pretty sure it's the base for the 20 ft or 34 ft telescoping masts, of which I have a 20 ft. In my manual for the HUW radio installation it says this is used with the no 9 aerial base.
I have the no 9 base that's about a foot tall and was wondering how the two hook together. Is there a pipe that goes in that mast base I just bought then goes into the No 9 base?
Also what's the counterpoise? That white wire with my ebay stuff is the aerial wire I assume. What else would have been in that leather case?
The pictured NZ 8 cwt looks to have the telescoping mast.

Jon Skagfeld · #6 19-12-09, 05:38

Dave: I've got some reference material in my shack but if you can wait 'til sometime on the weekend, I'll compile answers to most if not all of your questions.

Can I assume that you'll only be interested in HUW installation using F section rod aerials, and not an end fed horizontal long wire. That's important to know, as I plow through the material.

One thing which will help you immeasurably is the following pamphlet:

Working Instructions
Antenna Vertical 34' Steel Mk 1
HQS 9070-12-17
PC 82495C-314
ZA/C00079
3 Mar 44

You can Google this or one of the 19 set sites can help, including the Royal Signals 19 set site.

Talk to you on the weekend, if Bruce Parker hasn't jumped in already.

Bruce MacMillan · #7 19-12-09, 17:42

Hi Dave,

The #9 base is for the short VHF whip for the B set. The insulator you have mounts either on the ground spike when used as a ground station or on a mounting plate on the roof of the hardtop vehicle (HUW, M152,etc). When used on a truck the aerial cable is fed to the base by aerial mount C2.

The white wire you have are talc coated ground radial leads. This has to do with optimizing the performance of the aerial system. It provides a counterpoise to the vertical radiating element.

The bag contained a ground spike, ground pegs, insulating guy assemblies, a couple of hammers and any spare aerial bits that were collected.

Edited...

I found the manual and the photos show what and how.