Wireless of the Week - week 10

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Bruce MacMillan

The Canadian Army Overseas showed interest in the WS38 in early 1943. A request of 9 April 1943 for 20 sets for training purposes was placed with the UK.
Besides the infantry the set was adopted for armoured regiments. It was accepted on British scales and could be requested on a 1098.

Initially only the battery version was available (Plan A) and was fitted to purpose. The later AFV version (Plan B) replaced these. The set remained in use through the end of the war.

Here are some reports on the set.

Thanks Bruce, great info. I plan on doing the 38 AFV soon. One question: on the middle document, paragraph (f) it talks about a future man pack working with the 29 B set. That set works on 235 MHz and 245 MHz and I know of no man pack set produced or in development that worked on those frequencies. Do you have any idea what they were talking about?