[Elecraft] Really old receivers

[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, 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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