[Milsurplus] Philippine Guerilla ( AFP ) transmitter named

[Hue Miller]

One of my remaining questions about the Philippine guerilla radios WW2. I 
had wondered what was the AC-powered,
50 watt transmitter, as mentioned in "You're No Good To Me Dead". This was 
used for main stations that gathered
reports from low powered observer stations, and relayed to Australia.  This 
equipment was supplied by U.S. Navy
submarine to the Philippines, as told in a fascinating account, "They Fought 
Alone".  ( There is some rumor that a
movie of this book's story is, sort of, in the works. This could make one 
hell of a story - it has all the ingredients. )
Anyway this description nails it:

AMT-150 transmitter

"Made by AWA, again for reverse Lend-lease, was previously known as the 
TW-12 transmitter.

This example has U.S. Navy nomenclature NA-CD-M564-44 - AMT-150. Also known 
and used by RAAF as the AT-21.
It was normally mounted, by means of shock mounts, in a tubular frame which 
in turn, mounted on top of it's associated power supply.
Covered frequency range of 1.5 to 16 MHz continuous or Xtal channels, 
AM/CW/MCW. Power output up to 17 Watts AM or up to 50 Watts CW.
Modulator/Tone osc=6V6, M.O./Xtal Osc=6V6, Buffer/Doubler=807 and Power Amp= 
2 x 807 in parallel."

As seen at:

http://www.qsl.net/vk4kdp/ran.html

However, the photos here are rather poor. A much better photo at:

http://www.royalsignals.org.uk/photos/vk4kdp.htm

via: Hue Miller