[Boatanchors] Re: Class D wavemeter Mk I and MkII and other Brit. wavemeters

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:11:10 +0100

Hello Bill, Some info for you.....

These are links to the most common regular army Class D wavemeter info, This
is the MkI version, and by far the most common
http://users.froggy.com.au/vk2zio/museum/dwave.htm
http://home.wxs.nl/~meuls003/gallery/classd1.html

I searched for MkII info but there seems to be none on the net.

This device was used with the Wireless set No19 in field situations. The
WS19 was a tank set. There is one in Monty's Tank in the Imperial War Museum
http://home.wxs.nl/~meuls003/gallery/cal19.html

More BC221 info at
http://art.supereva.it/ik1pld/BC221.htm?p

RAF Type 2
http://www.thorneyhill.freeserve.co.uk/wave2.html#anchor28124

RAF Type 1117
http://www.thorneyhill.freeserve.co.uk/test3.html#anchor333211

73

Pete
G4GJL

----- Original Message -----
From: "William L Howard" <[email protected]>
To: "g4gjl" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 3:14 AM
Subject: Class D wavemeter Mk I and MkII and other Brit. wavemeters

>
> >
> > The Regular Army used the Class D wavemeter Mk I and MkII versions,
> both
> > much inferior to the BC221, The Navy had a wide range of Crystal
> calibrators
> > and heterodyne wave meters, but ther seens little info available on
> > thesenow. Judging by what turns up at ham junk sales, rallies etc, the
> BC221
> > dominated.
>
> I would like to know more about British wave meters. I have two British
> wave meters which no one seems to know anything about. MOD contacts were
> "probably used to develop radar" but nothing definite.
>
> Bill Howard
>