[Elecraft] Really old receivers

[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 that we could maintain contact using the VHF "B" over distances 
of a couple of miles or more,depending upon the terrain.  I suspect that 
this "discovery" might have caused some concern, because the "B" was 
designed for secure comms between tanks no more than 800 yards apart - 
according to our Instructor.  Anyway my friend and I were asked a lot of 
questions :-)

73,
Geoff
LX2AO



On June 26, 2012 at 7:57 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