[Elecraft] Really old receivers

2012-06-26 Thread ERIC MANNING
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

Re: [Elecraft] Really old receivers

2012-06-26 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 12-06-26 01:57 PM, ERIC MANNING wrote: Does anyone else remember or have a Wireless Set Nr. 19? I used to have a Nr. 19 set complete with the English and Russian writing on it. I had it on a sturdy table in my bedroom and used it to listen to the ham bands and some shortwave stations. --

Re: [Elecraft] Really old receivers

2012-06-26 Thread Conard Murray
I tinkered with a WS19 and had it on the air and worked a few people with it. I found out the hard way that there is full transmitter B+ on the key. Ouch! 73, Conard, WS4S K2 # 0074 __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] Really old receivers

2012-06-26 Thread peter solly
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,

Re: [Elecraft] Really old receivers

2012-06-26 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
I spent many hours under the hot African sun in Natal South Africa during the 1940s using the 19, which was the beast which those of us in the signals group of my school's cadet corp had to use. The 19s which we had included the VHF B, and during one exercise a school friend and I discovered

Re: [Elecraft] Really old receivers

2012-06-26 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
Are you ever dating yourself :)Did the Brits ever get those early National military receivers to use, or did only the Yanks have them? On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy lx...@pt.luwrote: I spent many hours under the hot African sun in Natal South Africa during

Re: [Elecraft] Really old receivers

2012-06-26 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
A buddy and I both had one in the 1950's. Yes, we chirped our way onto 40 meter CW with them but most challenging was using that 220 MHz modulated oscillator transceiver built in for tank-to-troop walkie-talkie contacts. It is tuned by the vertical thumbwheel on the left part of the panel. 73,

[Elecraft] [Elecraft ]Really old receivers[was CW Key suggestions ?]

2012-06-25 Thread Fred Jensen
On 6/25/2012 7:53 PM, Mike Morrow wrote: I doubt *many* Elecrafters remember these sets I do. It was a cheap way to get a receiver at the time [very young teenagerhood] down at Surplus Sams on Pico Blvd in LAX. I had one, thought myself fortunate when I later inherited an SA-28 to replace