[Milsurplus] Wireless Set 19 Mk III

[WF2U]

George,

The Russian markings on the Wireless Set 19 are common. In fact, it'd be
less common to find one without the Russian markings.

In the last year of WW2 the US and Canada manufactured big quantities of
Wireless Sets 19 for the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease program. Most of
them didn't make it to the Soviet Union due to the war's end.

Only Canadian and US  built Wireless Sets 19 have Russian  markings.
British, and other Allied manufactured sets had no Russian markings. Also
Canadian manufactured Mk III's which were refurbished after WW2 and used by
the Canadian forces had the front panels repainted and marked only in
English. Wireless Sets 19 were also used and were refurbished by Italy after
WW2 and were also repainted.

I don't know how why the seller  got to call the two remote frequency
control heads for the ARB (WW2 US Navy aircraft receiver)
"Wind-Velocity-Controls"....

I'll bring this to the attention of the WS 19 Group...

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC


> -----Original Message-----
> From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of gl4d21a at juno.com
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 7:36 AM
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Wireless Set 19 Mk III
>
>
> Let's try this again with the right subject line.  Someone might want
> to bring this to the attention of the WS 19 group, as the two extra
> front panel holes may be the only butchery.  Are the Russian markings
> common, or rare?
> Repeated message:
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Well, here's one for the books.  A Wireless set 19 Mk III built by
> RCA Canada and with Cyrillic legends on the E place described as:
>
> Antique-RCA-Victor-Ham-Radio-Wind-Velocity-Controls
>
> See it at 9144510247  Cheap at twice the price!
>
> And explain to me how the idio----er----ah----owner came up with that
> description.
>
> 73,
> George
> W5VPQ
>
>