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

[J. Forster]

Richard Hankins wrote:

> Notably a PSU capacitor failed in the North African
> desert in the high temperatures and caused serious problems for a while.

I noted that in a recent post.

> The UHF B-set is not exactly an asset..... It was so useless, that REME even
> spent time stripping them out of many later sets, presumably to save the
> current drain, and stop
> people messing with it.

I suspect that the B set removal was either a political / administrative move,
or the workshops had idle hands at war's end (or both). The B set draws
essentially nothing when switched off, and it could easily have been completely
disabled by removal of the valves and/or cutting a wire or two or removal of the
front panel switch.

> And on all those counts it was good enough,
> but probably can't be said to be outstanding at any point, principally
> because it had to be designed in such a hurry.
>
> 73s
>
> Richard
> G7RVI

You always wind up using third best. The best never comes. The second best comes
too late. There is a wonderful science fiction story (perhaps Arms Race by
Heinlein ???) that illustrates the point very well.
-John


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