[Milsurplus] Tank (radio) vs. Tank (radio)

[J. Forster]

> Actually a bit longer than 50s. They were used by the reg force, militia
> and cadet forces. The reg force switched in mid-late 50s, the militia in
> the 60s and the cadets in the early 70s.

The Ground Station configuuration was phased out for Cadets in Montreal
about the year I graduated, early 1960s, in favor of the CPRC-26. The WS
58 went also.

-John

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> Interesting though is there are
> photos of the cadets using them in late 40s-early 50s. The old Dept. of
> Communications authorized the use of the WS19 by civilians for civil
> defense use during the Cold War. The one stipulation was that they had
> to be modified for xtal control.
>
> Bruce   ve7mt