[Milsurplus] Parts ID

[WF2U]

This is not quite true. There is a greater number of Wireless Set 19
collectors/users than it's commonly believed. There is a CW net once a week
where at least a few WS19's are heard. The East-Coast Wireless Set 19 Net
meets every Tuesday evening, 8:00 PM on 3705 KHz CW.
Don't forget that the WS19 was the first true transceiver (single frequency
control for transmit/receive) used in a military HF radio. The 19 set was
designed in England in 1938, and went through 2 model changes: the Mk II and
the Mk III.
The MkII manufactured in the US and some of the Canadian contracts were part
of the Lend-Lease arrangement with the Soviet Union. That's why the US and
Canadian Mk II's have bilingual - Russian and English - nomenclature. US
forces never used that radio, but it was used by the British, Canadians and
the rest of the allied forces. Versions of it were manufactured in Australia
as well. It remained in service with some Nato countries and Canada until
the 1960's.
There is a website dedicated to the Wireless Set 19 which lists technical
data and various on the air activities with the WS 19:
http://www.qsl.net/ve3bdb/ as well as 2 mailing lists dedicated to the
Wireless Set 19.

I use my 19 sets regularly to work DX on CW. It's a challenge due to the
wide IF bandwidth but doable. I usually use an external audio filter which
helps digging through QRM.

73, Meir WF2U
Member, WS19 Group
Landrum, SC

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> From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Clarence M.
> Owens
> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 8:46 PM
> To: Lloyd KK7IZ
> Cc: Mil-Surplus
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Parts ID
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> Very few people try to put the 19 sets on the air but it looks like it
> would be a lot of fun so I intend to do that with mine... once I have the
> time.  I hope my variometer is salvageable.
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> 73, Clare  N2RJB
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