On 6/26/2012 4:52 PM, peter solly wrote: > On 6/26/2012 1:57 PM, ERIC MANNING wrote: >> Does anyone else remember or have a Wireless Set Nr. 19? >> >> Built during WW2 for the Canadian Army Armoured Corps and our Soviet >> Allies [it had Russian and English markings], >> it was a transceiver, weighed a lot, and I cut my teeth on one. Covered >> ALL ham bands [between 2 and 8 Mc/s]. >> Most repairs could be made by dropping it on a hard surface. >> >> [Other than that, I don't have a good thing to say about the old beast. >> It reached truly new lows in performance, even for the 1940s.] >> >> Eric >> VA7DZ >> >> >> Eric: My friend Greg, ve3oga, has at least 2, 19 sets that are >> complete and working. I think both units have the # 29 set which has >> a 220 mhz xcvr used as an intercom between very nearby tanks. the 19 >> set provided limited AM communications; but far better albeit chirppy >> cw. > 73 de ve3ad > >
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