[Milsurplus] What is this unid. handcrank gen?

[John Kidd]

Meir,

You are spot on, check out:
http://www.pa3esy.nl/military/gb/army/ws48/html/ws48_set.html
milsurplus at mailman.qth.net

John.

At 11:36 AM 21/06/2009, you wrote:
>Hue,
>
>I think it's the hand genny for the Wireless Set 48 (US made, as an
>equivalent of the British Wireless Set 18, supplied to the Allied forces).
>I'll look at my reference material. The seat (I know  just checked today on
>real hardware...)  is the same as for the GRC-9 and BC-1306 generators.
>
>Meir WF2U
>
>In RADIO & TELEVISION NEWS for
>Feb. 1949, pg 135, ad for Telemarine
>Communications Co. of 9th Ave.,
>NYC, there's a "Hand-Generator NEW
>complete w/ seat pedestals and cranks
>plug & cable and carrying bag. Output
>162 volts at 60 mA, and 3.1 volts at
>0.3 A completely filtered and voltage
>regulated. Export packed four complete
>units to a case. CASE (four complete
>units) $30.00.
>
>End quote. Drawing looks just like GN-35, GN-48, etc. BUT WHAT equipment is
>this for? I am stumped! Some survival transceiver?
>3 v at 0.3 A is not a very powerful radio!
>That's something like 3 3S4's !
>-Hue Miller
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