[The WS No19] Re: [Milsurplus] Re: British Army Radio During WWII

[WA5CAB@cs.com]

Hue & Group,

Nothing to do with the 19 Set, but speaking of high-powered sets in small spaces, Change 2 to TM 11-2715 (Installation of Radio Sets in Truck, 1/4 Ton, 4X4) covers installation of the SCR-499 in the MB and GPW.  :-)

"Richard Hankins" <g7rvi@richard-hankins.org.uk> wrote:

>Hue,
>
>if you look in Wireless for the Warrior you will see a picture of a WS53
>(large 250W output Tx) with a R109 or R209 in the back of a Willys Jeep
>(Vol.2 page 53-32), with a trailer to hold the mains generator required to
>power the station. �So high power stations were possible in very small
>vehicles - and these were used in South East Asia towards the end of WWII.
>

Robert Downs
Houston/San Antonio
<wa5cab@cs.com>