[Milsurplus] Operation Market Garden

[J. Forster]

Bob Camp wrote:

> The 68's they showed were the battery powered version. If that is
> representative of what was really used then there's another issue.
> Having run low power battery powered tube gear I can speak to this
> directly. The power you get on a brand new set of batteries is maybe
> 30% higher than what you get after the battery has been used for a few
> minutes. The 1/4 watt probably was down to half of that after a few
> hours of use ...
>
> Be interesting to see if anybody on the list has any real data.
>
>         Take Care!
>
>                 Bob Camp
>                 KB8TQ

My understanding is that the tests were done using modern HF rigs. There were
problems getting enough working WS 68s to do a test. There was a post on the
WS-19 list a while back from a Brit looking for the WS 68 EMER (Workshop
Manual).

Also, I believe the 68 set is derived from the 18 set, not the 19 set as
previously stated. The 58 set has the same heritage, and I collect those. The 18
set was the workhorse on the Bruneval Raid to capture a German Wurtzburg Radar
set and on D-Day.

-John