[Milsurplus] [The WS No.19 Group] Re: Orient Line "Orcades" radio room

[WF2U]

Hue,

I looked in the Marconi Atalanta specifications. The weight is 78 lb. 
Glad it was in the manual, so I didn't have to pick mine up and weigh it...

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC

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On Jul 1, 2017, 11:30 AM, at 11:30 AM, "WF2U wf2u at ws19ops.com [Wireless-Set-No19]" <Wireless-Set-No19 at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>Hue, 
>
>I have a Marconi Atalanta. It is a real nice performing receiver, I
>also like the looks which I consider very esthetic.
>I'll look up the weight in the manual, because I don't feel like
>picking it up to put it on the scale... mine has the optional AC power
>supply module (the receiver also works on DC mains), which is mounted
>inside the cabinet.
>
>73, Meir WF2U
>Landrum, SC  
>
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>On Jul 1, 2017, 3:30 AM, at 3:30 AM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com>
>wrote:
>>Per recommendation of the MHRS, I looked at "I Am A Passenger"  ( on
>>the passenger liner "Orcades" of the Orient Line ).
>>Starting at 03:00 in, some nice radio room scenes with a stack of
>>Marconi Atalanta receivers, bug key, etc.   
>>( Nice looking receiver; I wonder what it weighs, tho? )
>>Nice shots to do screen grabs from and maybe save. 
>>What a civilized way to travel. Not much diversity in the crowd;
>>someone must be doing the heavy lifting though. 
>>Quite a bit more plush than my two crossings of the Atlantic on MSTS
>>ships, where the entertainment was a lounge with
>>a few sofas, a score of paperback books, an old piano, and
>>occasionally, mostly  incomprehensible to me, piped in BBC from the
>>radio shack. Oh, and warm salt water showers, for a guaranteed bad
>hair
>>day.
>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klb1q2uq-wg&t=207s
>>
>>-H 
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