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Name: Colin Macgregor Stevens Website: B Coy, 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion (Living History) Referred by: From a Web Ring From: Pitt Meadows, BC, CANADA Time: 1999-04-14 21:46:37 Comments: My first memory of a 19 set was at Dartmouth Academy in the 1960s in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia where one of the older boys who boarded at the school had a 19 set in his room and the antenna strung out into a nearby tree. When I turned on my first 19 Mk. III set, the first station I tuned in was a German station! My second 19 Mk. III set (ex-VE7CIA) was to use in my 1942 Willys MB jeep MB155796 made 2 July 1942 DND 61-261 (ex-Div Sigs, 7 Cdn Div at Debert, Nova Scotia in 1943). That radio is now in the S.P.A.R.C. Museum (Society for the Preservation of Antique Radio in Canada) which is located in Coquitlam, BC. They also have a C42 set, No. 11 (?) set etc. etc. I now own a 1944 Willys MB jeep an hope to find a # 22 Wireless set for it as I am doing the jeep up for 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion. Keep up the great work gentlemen! |
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Name: Lennart Gustavsson Website: Referred by: Net Search From: sweden Time: 1999-04-11 14:32:22 Comments: I got interested in amateur radio when I bought my set 19 from a rather obscure firm in 1967. Is is still working, except for the transmitter; it's likely to be something wrong with the screen grid supply, the 807 turns blue and will not emitt power. I don't have a schematic so I haven�t been able to figure out what's wrong. Maybee someone on this site can help me to get the rig running again. It's great to discover that I aM NOT alone to be delighted in this wonderful equipment. |
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Name: Ben Nock Website: G4BXD WEB PAGE Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: England Time: 1999-04-03 06:17:12 Comments: Good old 19, still in use here. Ben G4BXD |
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Name: Bob VE3BDB Website: The Wireless Set No. 19 Referred by: From a Friend From: Orillia, ON. Canada Time: 1999-03-30 14:38:32 Comments: Unfortunately, this particular guest book is limited to 250 entries, which means I have already many of the original signings. I have two choices: 1) download and save this guestbook as an "old" one which would still be readable by saving it to my own server or, 2) look for a new guestbook that allows more entries. I would suspect, however, that they are all limited, so, please bear with me. I am considering the options. And thanks for signing! 73...Bob |
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Name: Asbjoern S. M(ike) Ursin, LA5MT Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: OSLO, Norway Time: 1999-03-30 07:43:47 Comments: Hi! Why has the number of guests counter stopped at 250 on this page ?? 73 de Mike. |
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Name: David Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-03-29 10:30:02 Comments: Hi Bob; Just wanted to give some advance notice about a new endorsement for the "Vintage Operators Award". It is called the "Long Chirp" endorsement. You get it by having a vintage set to vintage set QSO that lasts for at least 60 minutes. Modern gear allowed for frequency spotting only. You must already have received the basic award with the normal "5 QSO" criteria. Winners so far (as of 29 Mar 99) are VA3ORP, W1NU and WF2U. My wrist is still sore from my QSO with W1NU. We ran the Monday night net for about half and hour with modern equipment and then switched to 19 Sets for an hour. When only Vic and I were left, we decided to go for the "long chirp" so tlhat was another hour. Two hours on a 19 set key is tough after you are used to a set of Bencher paddles...hi hi. Cheers for now...Dave |
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Name: Rob Macfadyen Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Royston Herts, England, U.K. Time: 1999-03-29 09:39:22 Comments: ((Following is shown here from the Private Postings, as I can see no reason not to allow others to see it. Perhaps this is another Atlantic Hop participant!! hi. --Bob )) Time: 1999-03-29 06:13:10 Comments: Just obtained a 19set again after many years.I hold the call sign G4JNA and hope to be on air with the 19 set soon.More details later (Serial no. etc.) Best wishes, Rob. |
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Name: Rob Macfadyen Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Royston Herts, England, U.K. Time: 1999-03-29 06:13:10 Comments: Just obtained a 19set again after many years.I hold the call sign G4JNA and hope to be on air with the 19 set soon.More details later (Serial no. etc.) Best wishes, Rob. |
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Name: Mario - IK0MOZ Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Rome - ITALY Time: 1999-03-28 08:25:14 Comments: Looking '19 Lovers in France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Denmark, Sweden to add some new countries to our 19EUnet also monitor stations are welcomed. Mario - IK0MOZ |
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Name: Capt Pux Barnes Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Geilenkirchen, Germany Time: 1999-03-27 05:29:18 Comments: Enjoyed participating as a listening post for Atlantic Hop II. An international NATO team assisted me and we sent a report to you - heard us mentioned on RCI's Maple Leaf Mailbag with Marc Montgomery, thanks. It is a good forum for you to use to announce more Hops and other projects. Although I am a casual SW listener, I enjoyed helping out. As a radar officer flying onboard the NATO AWACS aircraft, I don't get much Morse Code practice! I will frequently visit your website to await further Warning Orders. Very professionally done! Bravo Zulu Capt Pux Barnes Canadian Air Force NATO Airbase Geilenkirchen, Germany |
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Name: Pete mcQuail Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: England Time: 1999-03-23 09:49:09 Comments: Many thanks for a great site. It brought back loads of memories..... The 19 set was my first 'proper' rig back in 1968 when I was a lad of 16. Mine was the Canadian mk3, still in the original packaging. I can remember lugging the darn thing for a couple of miles to the local club to show it off to my envious mates. (I wish that I could do THAT nowadays!) Spent many happy hours playing with the rig into the wee small hours. Happy days. 73 de Pete G8DCJ |
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Name: Lynn Knapp Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Cody WY Time: 1999-03-20 11:21:36 Comments: Just aquired a complete set that appears never to have been installed or used. This set is with installation kit for M4-Medium Tank 76MM One part I cannot identify is PC-76418C-191. It seems to be a capacitor or arrestor with a large clip to ground. LK K7IKO |
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Name: Mario Galasso Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Rome - ITALY Time: 1999-03-19 17:58:01 Comments: Hello this message to thanks the NCS and all operators on AH2. For all European '19 lovers I am thinking to arrange a continental WS19 net to test our sets and our operativity to be ready for the future adventures. Procedures according 19 set Group Op.WO. Someone is interested ? in case drop a message to fix QRG, Day/Time. |
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Name: Tim Terrell Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Woodbridge, Virginia USA Time: 1999-03-18 15:13:02 Comments: I am trying to locate a set of Aerial Rods F consisting of 1 Section 1, 1 Section 2, and 2 Section 3 Rods. If anyone can help please contact me. Thanks. |
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Name: Serge Carri�re Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Mount St-hilaire Quebec Canada Time: 1999-03-17 16:51:44 Comments: Thanks for this great site. I am boatanchor collector and have two 19 sets with accessories in good shape. I also collect photos of the radios I cant have.... These days i am looking for one photo of the 100 watt power amplifier used with 19 sets in the 40's. If one of you have a photo in JPG or other format of this amplifier and as kind as send it by Email it will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Serge, VE2TVI |
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Name: Tim Terrell Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Woodbridge, Virginia USA Time: 1999-03-07 20:38:03 Comments: Great site. Actually looking for information on WS38 and 22 sets but enjoyed reading about the 19 set. I will bookmark and visit regularly. |
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Name: Tim Bell Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: England Time: 1999-03-02 12:10:46 Comments: Looking for 19 set components as follows: Vario adapter to mount on PSU or set box Carrier 25 to mount set in QLR PSU Dogbone for MK2 19 set PSU power cable for MK2 and MK3 sets US made B set to complete my US MK2 set Set to Vario leads 12pt/12pt leads for QLR fitting - 4ft long ish 12pt socket panel (4 sockets on board) and some other bits... Please email me - [email protected] if you have any of these bits and others for sale anywhere in the world. I'm trying to refit my Bedford QL Radio Command version with 2 x 19 set config. Thanks Tim |
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Name: David Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-02-27 21:40:46 Comments: Hi Bob; SUCCESS!!!! At 0618 UTC on 27 February 1999, a trans-Atlantic QSO was completed using Wireless Sets No. 19. The QSO was between Mike, LA5MT in Oslo, Norway and Meir, WF2U on Long Island, New York, USA. Mike was using a Mk II and Meir used a Mk III. Signal reports and serial numbers were passed and confirmed. The QSO was monitored by Mario, IK0MOZ in Rome. This brings to a successful conclusion Operation Atlantic Hop - II. Well done to all participants! |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-02-26 18:55:56 Comments: Greetings; Propagation for tonight looks promising. Solar flux is down but the geomagnetic field is VERY quiet. QRV 7.020 MHz (+/- 5 KHz) at 27 0500Z Feb 99. Remember...zero beat often and carefully! Cheers...Dave |
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Name: Meir Ben-Dror, WF2U Website: WF2U Homepage Referred by: From a Friend From: Central Islip, NY, USA Time: 1999-02-26 15:59:06 Comments: Hello all, I'll be QRV Saturday, February 27 at 0500Z for Operation AH II-B. Hope propagation is good. Good luck to all participants and listeners. 73 de Meir, WF2U |
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Name: Asbjoern S. M(ike) Ursin, LA5MT Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Oslo, Norway Time: 1999-02-25 14:33:28 Comments: Hi, 19 Set enthousiasts. This to notify that I will be QRV on Atlantic Hop II Bravo on February 27. at 0500Z. May condx be with us this time. Good Luck. 73 de Mike. |
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Name: Ted Colling Website: Referred by: Lycos From: Burlington, Ontario Time: 1999-02-21 14:43:50 Comments: Hello. I recently purchased a Wireless Set (Canadian) #19-MKIII as an accessory to a Ferret armoured scout car. I was told that the set worked but it was not in a vehicle at the time so I did not check it. Now when I go to hook it up, I find that the leads from the power supply ( Supply Unit No. 2 RCA101988-88, ZA-10572, Made in Canada 1944, Northern Electric ) have no markings on them. I have a schematic for the radio itself but not the power supply. I have found one gentleman so far that says he has manuals for it but have not yet received a list of what he has. If anyone could provide me the pin-out of the power cable or a schematic of the power supply it would be very much appreciated. It is one of the Russian "Lend Lease" sets and is in excellent condition cosmetically and if it is in just as good condition physically, I do not want to damage it. Thanks for any help. Ted. |
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Name: David Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-02-18 19:47:27 Comments: Hi Bob; Atlantic Hop - II (BRAVO) is *** CANCELLED *** for the 20th of February. Propagation is terrible and predicted to get worse. With this and the ARRL, CW contest there seems little point in trying. The event for the 27th of February will proceed was advertised. Cheers ... Dave |
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Name: Meir Ben-Dror, WF2U Website: WF2U homepage Referred by: From a Friend From: Central Islip, NY Time: 1999-02-14 22:00:21 Comments: Hello Bob, Dave and all, Since Dave, VA3ORP is not getting my e-mail, here is the following: Operation AH II -Bravo log, 02/13/99 All times are Zulu. (Antenna: 1/4 wave 40 M ground plane.) 0430 Warming up 19 set 0448 Heard VE3RCS calling 19SN QNI on 7018.5KHz (RST 549 on ICOM 740, 339 on WS 19) 0452 VE3RCS DE WF2U KN (on ICOM, 120W) WF2U DE VE3RCS R GE MEIR = VERY WEAK SIGNAL = HOW COPY? VE3RCS DE WF2U = GE DAVE RST 549 VE3RCS DE WF2U KN 0455 WF2U DE VE3RCS NO COPY MEIR = AS 0456 19 SET NET QNI KN 0458 19 SET NET QND = QNN VE3RCS = QNZ _______________________________ = QNI DE VE3RCS KN 0500 19 SN EAST QNI KN VE3RCS Repeating 19 Set netting call until 0516 and nothing heard from any opSection 0516 VE3RCS DE WF2U KN WF2U DE VE3RCS KN VE3RCS DE WF2U = I WILL TRY TO CALL QNI OK? KN WF2U DE VE3RCS OK 19 SN EAST QNI DE WF2U KN Called 19 Set netting calls until 0524. Nothing heard, started to tune around and on 7020KHz heard IK0MOZ with heavy QRM but RST 46/79C as heard on the ICOM 740 - switched to the 19 set to call. 0521 IK0MOZ DE WF2U KN WF2U DE IK0MOZ R R UR RST 339 SERIAL C7156H C7156H WF2U DE IK0MOZ IK0MOZ DE WF2U R UR RST449C =SN C7156H QSL? MY MK3 PSU SN C82304 = IK0MOZ DE WF2U KN Nothing heard from IK0MOZ , kept calling him. 0545 ...............UR RST 559C QSB ...... MK3 SERIAL C7156H .......AGN RST? LA5MT DE IK0MOZ 0550 LA5MT DE IK0MOZ OK OK MIKE= OK MADE QSO WITH WF2U BUT NO SERIAL HI= 73 BEST................. 0552 IK0MOZ DE WF2U KN (No answer as far as I could hear) 0600 .........IK0MOZ R OK QSL ........... 449 QRM 0601 IK0MOZ DE WF2U KN 19 SN QNI DE IK0MOZ IK0MOZ DE WF2U KN tuned around and listened but no 19 set ops heard 0625 QRT Operation AH II -Bravo log, 02/13/99 All times are Zulu. 0430 Warming up 19 set 0448 Heard VE3RCS calling 19SN QNI on 7018.5KHz (RST 549 on ICOM 740, 339 on WS 19) 0452 VE3RCS DE WF2U KN (on ICOM, 120W) WF2U DE VE3RCS R GE MEIR = VERY WEAK SIGNAL = HOW COPY? VE3RCS DE WF2U = GE DAVE RST 549 VE3RCS DE WF2U KN 0455 WF2U DE VE3RCS NO COPY MEIR = AS 0456 19 SET NET QNI KN 0458 19 SET NET QND = QNN VE3RCS = QNZ _______________________________ = QNI DE VE3RCS KN 0500 19 SN EAST QNI KN VE3RCS Repeating 19 Set netting call until 0516 and nothing heard from any opSection 0516 VE3RCS DE WF2U KN WF2U DE VE3RCS KN VE3RCS DE WF2U = I WILL TRY TO CALL QNI OK? KN WF2U DE VE3RCS OK 19 SN EAST QNI DE WF2U KN Called 19 Set netting calls until 0524. Nothing heard, started to tune around and on 7020KHz heard IK0MOZ with heavy QRM but RST 46/79C as heard on the ICOM 740 - switched to the 19 set to call. 0521 IK0MOZ DE WF2U KN WF2U DE IK0MOZ R R UR RST 339 SERIAL C7156H C7156H WF2U DE IK0MOZ IK0MOZ DE WF2U R UR RST449C =SN C7156H QSL? MY MK3 PSU SN C82304 = IK0MOZ DE WF2U KN Nothing heard from IK0MOZ , kept calling him. 0545 ...............UR RST 559C QSB ...... MK3 SERIAL C7156H .......AGN RST? LA5MT DE IK0MOZ 0550 LA5MT DE IK0MOZ OK OK MIKE= OK MADE QSO WITH WF2U BUT NO SERIAL HI= 73 BEST................. 0552 IK0MOZ DE WF2U KN (No answer as far as I could hear) 0600 .........IK0MOZ R OK QSL ........... 449 QRM 0601 IK0MOZ DE WF2U KN 19 SN QNI DE IK0MOZ IK0MOZ DE WF2U KN tuned around and listened but no 19 set ops heard 0625 QRT |
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Name: David Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-02-12 20:08:52 Comments: Hi Bob; Looks like we will be fighting propagation again tonight! The solar flux has shot up very quickly to 188 and the geomagnetic field is at minor storm levels (A=22, K=2). WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN ON FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING? In any case, I will be on 7.020 MHz (+/- QRM) at 0500Z, 13 Feb. Never know...maybe we will be lucky tonight! 73 es CUL de Dave |
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Name: David Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-02-10 10:43:25 Comments: Hi Bob; Just a note to let everyone know that Amendment 1 to the Operation Order for ATLANTIC HOP - II (BRAVO) has been issued. It went by email to everyone on the normal "Operating Section" list. If anyone else needs a copy, they can drop me an email. Cheers...Dave |
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Name: Meir Ben-Dror, WF2U Website: WF2U homepage Referred by: From a Friend From: Central Islip, NY USA Time: 1999-02-09 23:32:35 Comments: Hello all, Just to notify the 19 Set group that I'll be QRV at 0500Z on 7020KHz, Saturday, February 13 for Atlantic Hop II - B. 73 de WF2U |
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Name: Asbj�rn S. M(ike) Ursin, LA5MT Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Oslo, Norway Time: 1999-02-09 06:36:11 Comments: Hi, 19 set enthousiasts. This is just a note to tell you I will be QRV on Atlantic - Hop II Bravo at 0500Z February 13. Good Luck. 73 de LA5MT, Mike |
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Name: Meir Ben-Dror, WF2U Website: WF2U homepage Referred by: From a Friend From: Central Islip, NY (Long Island) Time: 1999-02-07 17:11:27 Comments: Hello Dave, VA3ORP and all, This is my log summary from Operation Atlantic Hop II - B, Feb. 6, 1999. (Dave, please check your e-mail again for my message). I didn't get to go on the air until 0520Z becauuse I had to make the 250 ft coax run to the groundplane from the house - I didn't use the shelter this time. Doesn't everyone solder connectors on coax at midnight? I heard you briefly and very weak (just your call, I didn't hear anything else). I started to call - after you disappeared (about 0538Z) 19SN , etc.. a few times with my Icom 740 (120W on the power meter...) and IK0MOZ called me back with the unmistakable 19 set sound. I called back and nothing heard after that. We kept chasing each other in this fashion for 35 minutes (he'd call, I called back, disappeared; I'd call, he called back, I answer, KN and nothing heard from him again). Then I got on the new MkIII anyway just to get an idea how conditions are as received by the 19 set and I called 19SN again on the 19 set - it puts out almost 25W in CW. I heard IK0MOZ answering my call. I answered to acknowledge and again, nothing heard from him. We repeated a few call sequences back and forth and except for the initial call-answer on both ends, we didn't get anywhere. Then, at 0620 I heard him on the 19 Set calling 19SN, I answered and obviously he didn't hear me any more. I listened until 0630Z and pulled the PSU switch. I think propagation wasn't great since the Europeans I heard weren't very strong but there was a lot of activity on the band. I did't realize the solar flux was so low, which is encouraging, we should be really successful with the full exchange, provided propagation is better. I agree with Mario, IK0MOZ. Iit's better to have an NCS to occupy the frequency with high power and use 7020 for starting frequency so the outstations can at least get a clue about conditions and can zero beat their sets on the NCS.. The Radio Netherland bit was very well done - I listened to it last night. Mario, if you're reading this, we'll succeed eventually! Thanks for the patience chasing my signal for almost an hour... Great effort! Will try next Friday. Better luck then! 73 de Meir, WF2U |
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Name: Paul Bodifee Website: Signals Collection '40-'45 Referred by: Yahoo! From: Holland Time: 1999-02-04 09:38:34 Comments: Hi 19 set enthousiasts, great pages, very interesting. If you like to see more allied radio equipment vistit my homepage ! |
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Name: Meir Ben-Dror, WF2U Website: WF2U webpages Referred by: From a Friend From: Central Islip, NY Time: 1999-02-04 09:22:49 Comments: Hello all, I'll be operational with my newly acquired MkIII at 0500Z, Feb. 6(Atlantic Hop 2-B.)This should provide me with improved receiver performance over the MkII I was using previously. May propagation be with us.... Best luck and 73, Meir WF2U |
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Name: David Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-02-03 23:51:48 Comments: Greetings...Just a note to let everyone know that I will be operating in Atlantic Hop - II (BRAVO) at 0500Z on 6 February 1999. Cheers |
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Name: David Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-01-31 17:25:53 Comments: Hi Bob; Just a quick update on Atlantic Hop - II. It looks like there will be an Atlantic Hop - II BRAVO with a different format than the first attempts. We are so close now that nobody wants to give up! There will be a follow-up report about the attempt broadcast on Radio Netherlands "Media Network" program. Should be on Thursday 4 Feb 99 at 19:30 EST (freq 6.165 MHz). Anyone who wants more details about the events can contact me by email. Cheers for now..Dave |
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Name: Tony Beckett - ZR1TT - (JF96fa) Website: - Referred by: From a Friend From: Cape Town, South Africa. Time: 1999-01-31 06:51:37 Comments: Hi Bob & the collector group... GREAT STUFF ! - I am here for the 1'st time opn my pal's machine. Things look better than last year - Keep-it-up - ;-) Collection of Man-Pack sets is still growing @ home here... I hope to get onto the i-net soon, then I'll visit more often - Perhaps with comments on operating an all in 50MHz band. C-U-Later - 73, de TONY, ZR1TT... |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-01-30 13:00:59 Comments: Hi Bob; We had some success last night. LA5MT, Mike, in Oslo and I got a far as exchanging serial numbers one way before the propagation gave out. Distance was 5,712 Km. A quick report was sent out to all on the "19 Set Group Bulletin" list. Cheers...Dave |
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Name: asbjoern S. M(ike) Ursin, LA5MT Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Oslo, Norway Time: 1999-01-25 12:08:32 Comments: I see in my previous entry that an error has sneaked into the text. VE3NRC should read VE3RCS. Wordprocessing can be demanding on the operator. I am sorry. 73 de Mike, LA5MT |
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Name: Asbjorn S. M(ike) Ursin, LA5MT Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Oslo, Norway Time: 1999-01-25 10:30:32 Comments: The atlantic-hop II event is finished. Unfortunately we did not succeed to make a #ws19 contact cross the Atlantic. Propagation was against us. However it was an interesting experience. Getting up at 0500Z in the morning was hard business. I managed to work Mario - IK0MOZ - saturday morning january 9. The net control station west VE3NRC i copied once that morning. Next saturday morning - january 16 - i could copy VE3NRC quite well for approx. 30 minutes. But not able to make a qso. And finally now on the 23rd I could copy VE3NRC with weak but good signals. I used a #ws19 mkII. It worked nicely when given a warmup of 30 minutes. The audible noise from the powersupply though was terrible. Staying in the same room for allmost two hours cannot be described - it must be experienced. However this was great fun. I sincerely hope there will be an atlantic - hop III. Then I think I will try another antenna. The vertical was a dissapointment. Maybe I will try an elevated Delta Loop. 73 for now. de Mike - LA5MT. |
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Name: Meir, WF2U Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Central Islip, NY Time: 1999-01-25 10:18:30 Comments: Hello All, Just a quick general conditions report on the third night of Operation Atlantic Hop II. Due to the approach of a storm to the Midatlantic region, the static level was extremely high (at times, it reached S-9 on my monitoring recever S-meter!) It was already sleeting and windy in my location at the time of the operation. The Section West stations came in weak (expected due to skip...) and Section East stations came in with sporadic strong bursts - with very rapid fading to the point of disappearing altogether under the noise. Scanning the band around the 19 Set Net frequency, some European stations were heard (unrelated to this net) and to check propagation, I answered 2 stations' CQ calls with my 19 Set, both stations heard me and we exchanged reports. As to contacts with Section East 19 Sets: I think IK0MOZ called me back but he disappeared under crashes of static. (They should have designed those 19 Sets with noise limiters.....!) Submitted operation log to VA3ORP, so I won't give more details here. 73 and we're going to keep trying! P.S. Courtesy of "Duck", WB5BNQ, I have a copy of a WW2 joint US-British signals operations training booklet from The Signal Corps School in Fort Monmouth, NJ on prosigns and Q-codes used in joint US-British radio operations. Will send a copy to Dave, VA3ORP. |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-01-22 11:43:12 Comments: Greetings; Tonight is the final attempt in the ATLANTIC HOP-II series. Propagation is unusual with Solar Flux at about 185, A Index at about 12 and K Index at about 3. There is a potential for Polar Cap Absorption which will work against us. There is also the potential for increased absorption on daylight paths (which may reduce local QRM for eastern stations). The MUF/OWF is up slightly. Hard to predict the overall impact of these factors. I am even more convinced that propagation prediction is more "black art" than "science"! Both control stations will be on air tonight. Procedures and timings will be per the original Operation Order. There may be additional 19 Set stations participating tonight. OpSects are encouraged to work ANY 19 Set station on the opposite side of the Atlantic. Good Luck to all....Dave |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-01-15 23:16:23 Comments: Hi Bob; Just a note to advise everyone that we will proceed with night 2 of ATLANTIC HOP - II as planned. We have solar flux = 143, A = 15 and K = 2. That might be good enough. We will NOT invoke the Electronic Warfare Plan (Annex C) of the Op Order. Must run and warm up the 19 Set. Cheers...Dave |
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Name: andyS Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Birstall,England Time: 1999-01-15 16:20:44 Comments: Will be on station sat 0500, 73`s Good luck AndyS G4XKC |
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Name: David H. Lippman Website: World War II Plus 55 Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Newark, NJ and Christchurch, NZ Time: 1999-01-14 12:53:55 Comments: Very impressive web page. You might want to check out my small contribution to WW2 history at the above URL. It's a day-by-day history of WW2. Comments and criticism are welcome at [email protected] Links are welcome at [email protected] Best, DHL |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-01-13 12:43:12 Comments: Hi Bob; I just sent out the Summary of the Log Book extracts received after the first night of AH-II. The best 19 Set to 19 Set QSO was between IK0MOZ and LA5MT (2,007 Km). We also had 19 Set transmissions received on a 19 Set at a distance of 9,894 Km (IK0MOZ to K1BOT). If anyone wants a copy of the Summary they can drop me an email. I see that the Operation Order is on the webpage but that the formatting is all removed. If anyone wants a clean copy they can drop me an email. Cheers for now...Dave |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-01-10 23:54:41 Comments: Hi Bob; Report Number 1 on ATLANTIC HOP was sent out to all participants tonight (Sunday 10 Jan). If anyone was missed, drop me an email and I will send a copy. Try again on Fri/Sat. By-the-way, Mario IK0MOZ and Mike LA5MT were successful over a distance of approximately 2000 Km. Not bad for a 55 year old radio with 15 watts output! Cheers for now...Dave (for Meir...I got your email, don't know what the problem was. with the server...D) |
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Name: Meir, WF2U Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Central Islip, NY Time: 1999-01-10 19:04:05 Comments: Submitted the AH-II log yesterday by e-mail to Dave, VA3ORP. Dave, mail sent to you comes back with an error message from your e-mail provider. I wonder whether you receive my mail. Too bad condition were bad the first night of AH-II but heard PA0PCR and IK0MOZ with their 19 sets on my monitoring receiver, .I also heard them on my 19 set sporadically but conditions were too bad to attempt to transmit with the 19 set. Congratulations Mario and Louis! Great effort! Better luck next weekend, hope for better propagation. A new full size 40M ground plane was erected in my QTH, and will be operational for the second AH-II night.... (how come antenna work is alway done in below freezing temperatures?) Best regards, Meir, WF2U (chirp chirp). |
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Name: David Newkirk Website: David Newkirk: Welcome Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Montclair, New Jersey, USA Time: 1999-01-10 09:21:12 Comments: I heard about the 19 on this past week's Radio Netherlands "Media Network" and especially enjoyed the clip of the 19's distinctive sound. (Well, it's not that distinctive if compared with ham CW transmitters up through somewhere in the 1950s! :-D) What really surprises me in reading this site's 19 manual is that its design embodied the heterodyne transception approach most commercial shortwave transceivers use today -- an approach used (in ham radio) only by a few experimenters until equipment embodying it was made available in commercial gear *years* after it had first been suggested in ham-radio print. Thanks *very* much for making this 19 resource available. 73, Dave Newkirk, W9VES [email protected] |
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Name: keith richards Website: Referred by: AOL From: exeter devon uk Time: 1999-01-10 05:52:59 Comments: hello- can any one tell me where I can buy a 19 net complete if possible prferable here in the UK. best regards Keith Richards |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-01-09 21:28:06 Comments: HI Bob...Just a short report on the first evening of "Atlantic Hop - II". We were not successful in establishing trans-Atlantic communications using 19 sets alone. Propagation took a turn for the worse and was so bad that even the Net Control Stations failed to establish a firm link. There was some success between Mario IK0MOZ and Mike LA5MT as they worked 19 set to 19 set (approximately 2000 Km). IK0MOZ's signal was heard (weak with QSB). Hopefully the next attempt will be more successful. Cheers for now ... Dave |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-01-08 21:05:07 Comments: Hi Bob; This is my final bulletin before the first sked of ATLANTIC HOP - II (three hours from now). We will proceed per the OpOrder. Propagation continues to worsen with yesterday's solar flux = 116, A index = 14. The K index at 00Z on 9 Jan was = 2. I will be avaialble for a "hot wash up" on 7.060 MHz LSB tomorrow (Saturday) at 1000 hrs EST. Good luck to all....Dave |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-01-08 13:57:03 Comments: Hi Bob: Just a quick update on the 9 Jan 99 edition of ATLANTIC HOP - II. Both Net Control Stations have confirmed they are fully operational with lots of power and good antennae. GB2GM will not be on with a 19 Set for this attempt (technical problems with the set). Propagation has changed somewhat with solar flux down 30 points to about 115. We should still be between the MUF and OWF. Still looks like a go for tonight. (date/time now is 08 1855Z Jan 99). Cheers..Dave |
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Name: Robert Nevins Website: Doctor Nevins Referred by: Net Search From: Fairfield, CT Time: 1999-01-04 13:18:51 Comments: I have been challenged by two good friends, Namely Vic W1NU, and Joe W1GDZ to find your web page as they are active Set 19 users. I work them almost nightly on 75 cw . They will be happ to get a hard copy from me. Thanks for interesting info. Bob ( Doc). |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-01-02 11:14:45 Comments: Hi Bob; Further to a message I left a few days ago, here are the details on the two interviews concerning "Atlantic Hop - II'. The first one will be on Radio Canada International's "Mailbag" program Sunday 3 January 1999 at 9 pm EST on 6155, 9535, 9755, 9780, 11865 KHz. Check their website for transmissions to areas other than Eastern North America (http://www.rcinet.ca/en/program/horaire/sw_hor.htm). The second broadcast will be on Radio Netherlands Worldwide's "Media Network" program Thursday 7 January 1999 at 7:30 pm EST on 6165 & 9845. Details on the program can be found on RNWs website (http://www.rnw.nl/en/prog_medianw.html). Details on broadcasts to areas other than Eastern North America can be found at http://www.rnw.nl/distrib/en/html/thursday.html.. Cheers for now...Dave |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1999-01-02 11:02:52 Comments: Hi Bob; Just a reminder of the voice net on Sunday 3 Jan 98. We will start at 2000Z on 3760 KHz. I anticipate that propagation will be much better on 40 M (current forcast is for SF=170, A=5, K=2). If we QSY it will likely be at 2010Z and we will be going to 7060 KHz. Hope to get lots of the regulars checking in as this will be the last voice net before we start "Atlantic Hop - II". Propagation for that event still looks good with the following forcasts: 9 Jan - SF=146, A=4, K=1; 16 Jan - SF=145, A=9, K=2; 23 Jan - SF=156, A=4, K=1. Cheers for now...Dave |
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Name: Michael Crick Website: Ham University Home Page Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Bellevue, WA USA Time: 1998-12-29 22:10:50 Comments: I appreciated visiting your interesting site. Have you tried this useful program for learning Morse Code? It also has all the FCC exams so you can quiz yourself before taking the test. 
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1998-12-29 19:00:53 Comments: Hi Bob: Just some info for you and the rest of the 19 Set Group. I was interviewed by Jonathan Marks at Radio Netherlands about the upcoming ATLANTIC HOP - II exercise. The interview will be broadcast on the "Media Network" program at 0030Z on 8 Jan (for North American listeners that is 7:30 pm on Thursday 7 Jan 99 - 6165/9845 KHz). Their web site has some details (http://www.rnw.nl/en/prog_medianw.html). On a different subject - thanks for the article on radiation hazards from front panels of vintage sets. I found up to 14 mR/hr coming from the power switch of the Supply Unit No. 2 (Cdn). I sent a more detailed report via email. Maybe it could be added to the website. Cheers for now...Dave |
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Name: Davan Winch Website: WW2 Display Team Referred by: From a Friend From: Essex, England Time: 1998-12-29 16:18:46 Comments: Nice site - could do with more smaller pages, rather than a few long ones, but thats a minor niggle! Makes me realise what a bargain we got with ours!! (I won't tell you the price - I hate to see grown men cry). |
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Name: Peter Vatcher Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Chibougamau P.Q. Canada Time: 1998-12-29 13:48:35 Comments: Hello there my 19 set fanatics; As I have previously owned nos.19 sets (2-3) I hve got the bug again. If anyone has one for sale let me know. I have the original set-up book.Will also give you info if any have been found in Quebec. A fine day to all and good luck.What a fine idea. |
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Name: Roger Fell Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Madison, Ohio Time: 1998-12-27 10:28:59 Comments: I'm amazed to find this web-site! I thought I was the only one with any interest in this equipment. My early days in ham-radio (ZL2TAB) began with a Wireless Set #19. This set is long history. Recently found another #19. Nostalgia gave me no choice but to buy! This one has both English and Russian nomenclature on the front panel. I am curious about its history and I expect to find some answers as I investigate this web-site further. -Roger KE8ML |
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Name: Brian Milroy VE7 LTC Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Campbell River BC Time: 1998-12-22 15:15:13 Comments: As Signals Officer for the IV Princess Louise Dragoon Guards in Ottawa , in 1960/61 I remember having 19 sets in our Ferret Scout cars, as well as our Staghound Armoured cars. They were replaced by C42 sets in late 1961. Regards...Brian Milroy, Lt.Col. Ret'd, VE7LTC..CHEERS ! |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1998-12-22 11:30:02 Comments: Hi Bob; Just a few observations on doing 19 set alignments. I took my own Mk III and the one on display in the museum and gave them a full alignment. Have an honest 15 watts output and dial accuracy is within 1/4 division. The sensitivity is much better than I thought. I could easily copy a signal at 0.5 microvolts! The IF bandwidth is another story. I initially peaked them and found that I had a very wide "double peak". I got rid of that but still ended up with -3 dB points 7 KHz wide and -60 dB points at 47 KHz wide. Fine for BBC World Service but lousy for receiving CW! The next time I have it into the shop I will do IF alignment by using a sweep generator. Hopefully I can get them a bit narrower. Cheers for now...Dave |
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Name: Mike Phillipps Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: NY Time: 1998-12-18 22:42:05 Comments: That John Meshna of Lynn you mention. He was my uncle. Pretty neat to see his name on the web. He died in 1983. |
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Name: Dave Lawrence. VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, ONtario Time: 1998-12-15 22:13:22 Comments: HI Bob; Just an update on ATLANTIC HOP - II. The Operation Order went out today at about 1 pm and I have had 12 confirmations back already (9 hours later!). The propagation forcast looks great at the moment. Tomorrow I am taking my Mk III into the museum to do a proper alignment on it - particularly the receiver. I have a 1 KW amplifier here now so with that and the R-7 vertical I think the Net Control Station on this side should be heard okay! I love it when a plan comes together...Cheers Dave |
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Name: Bruce Baillie VA3BBW Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Toronto,Ontario Time: 1998-12-12 19:47:10 Comments: Thank-you for the great site.Enjoyed reading about the 19 set. I will visit often. Regards, Bruce Baillie |
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Name: John W. Greig Website: Home Referred by: From a Friend From: Victoria B.C. Time: 1998-12-08 18:14:25 Comments: I AM LOOKING FOR THE FOLLOWING: ONE ANTENNA ONE POWER CABLE ONE OPERATOR MANUEL ONE SERVICE MANUEL ONE RECTERFIER TUBE OZ4A ONE EXTRA BOX OF TUBE'S FOR A NO:19 MK:3 WIRELESS SET RCA 1945 SERVIABLE EXCELLANT SHAPE. VARIMETER C 93642 SUPPLY UNIT NO:2 C 92922 MAIN UNIT C 92733 |
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Name: ken whowell Website: Ken's MuttPage Referred by: From a Friend From: England - UK Time: 1998-12-06 09:38:30 Comments: On behalf of a friend.....(Mike Beckett).... does anyone have any photos or info re: the Dodge WC42 Radio Panel van with No 19 set(s) installed? Any information most welcome. Thanks... Ken |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1998-12-05 12:09:11 Comments: Hi Bob: All going well for "ATLANTIC HOP - II" (trans-Atlantic 19 Set to 19 Set attempt in Jan 99). As of today we have 36 participants! On a different subject, the C&E Museum is starting a project to put the WWII war diaries on CDs. I have looked at the one for "1st Canadian Air Support Signals Unit - Feb 44 to Sep 45". The CD uses Adobe Acrobat and has scanned copies of the actual war diary pages. In addition, there are Part II Orders (personnel movements), Slidex codes, some Operation Orders and some Standing Orders. The diaries themselves are good and clear but some of the Part II orders are very faint (as are the originals). The text search capability is not great due to the variations in quality and type face. That may improve as the optical character recognition software improves. The great thing is that the basic information will be preserved and in a format that is accessable by modern means. The Curator is looking for sources of funds to complete the entire project. Anyone out there with $20,000? Cheers for now. Remember the voice net this Sunday - 2000Z on 3.760 MHz....chirp chirp |
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Name: Tim Kanciruk Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Barrie, Ontario Time: 1998-11-27 21:16:37 Comments: Hello, could anyone supply me with a copy of a schamatic for a "wireless set no. 48 mark I*", I recently aquired this "back-pak" style set, which appears to be complete, with a rather unusual code key, I don't think the set has ever seen daylight, nice shape. Many Thanks! |
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Name: David Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1998-11-27 17:06:48 Comments: Hi Bob...Just a few notes to keep you up to date. I've had some success with the W.S. No. 29 "B" Set. I moved channel 5 down to 235 MHz (so it can still work an unmodified 19 Set) and I moved channel 4 down to 223.5 MHz. This is an easy adjustment. Next I will tinker with the 19 Sets "B" Set to get it down to 223.5 MHz. After that I will be going after another endorsement for my "Vintage Operators Award". On another subject, I have gone through the Guest Book and will be sending a Warning Order to all the folks who have left notes. The Warning Order will be about the 19 Set to 19 Set trans-Atlantic attempt that we will be trying in January. The propagation numbers look good and, with a few 19 Sets on each side of the Atlantic, we might just do it this time. More to follow...Cheers for now...de Dave, VA3ORP...chirp chirp P.S. We are now using the weekly morse training net to conduct a General Service Knowledge (GSK) quiz (much like a game of Trivial Pursuit - in CW!) It is working very well and all of the participants are getting some good practice in CW net procedures. Look forward to hearing your "...BDB.." in there. Got your antenna back up yet?...Cheers...Dave |
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Name: JOHN W. GREIG Website: HOME Referred by: From a Friend From: Victoria B.C. Time: 1998-11-26 14:06:00 Comments: I have a NO:19 MK:3 Supply Unit c 92922 - Wireless c 92783 - Variometer C 93642. I need a power cable and a Antenna to see if the radio works. I hope there is some one to help me to get it going. THANK YOU J.W.GREIG |
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Name: Adam Farson AB4OJ/VA3OJ Website: AB4OJ's Home Page Referred by: From a Friend From: Boca Raton, FL/Toronto, ON Time: 1998-11-23 13:13:26 Comments: My first encounter with the WS 19 was in our CCF Signals unit at high school in South Africa, in 1951. In later years, I knew several hams who had acquired WS 19's and were using them portable on 80m AM, in conjunction with public service events such as bike races - the kind of activity in which 2m FM is used nowadays. I never owned a 19 set myself; however, my amateur radio career began in mid-1962 when I found a WS 62 in perfect working order at a surplus dealer's in Pretoria, South Africa. The set cost me the equivalent of $5.00, and the dealer threw in a British Army microphone and headset with the famous 5-pin rubber plugs. The WS 62 gave me the incentive to apply for an amateur licence, which I obtained in November 1962 with the call ZS1ZG (later changed to ZS6XT). I operated with it on 80m CW, until BCI complaints from my fellow-students at the college residence caused me to take it off the air. The BCI was caused by the second harmonic of the sidestep oscillator at 920 kHz beating with a popular medium-wave broadcast station at 917 kHz. A series trap connected across the aerial and earth terminals reduced, but did not eliminate the problem. No doubt, the WS 19 has a similar spur. I then concentrated on 20m CW; my station consisted of a completely rebuilt ARC-5 transmitter and an R.A.F. R-1155B receiver. Today, I run modern radio gear. The WS 19 and its relatives awaken fond memories, but I must admit to not really being a collector. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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Name: Tim Kanciruk VE3-ZTK Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Barrie, Ontario Time: 1998-11-22 16:01:06 Comments: Well, I thought I was the only 19C nut on the planet! Its amazing what you can find on the Internet! My wife and I purchased and rebuilt a 19 C Mk II several years ago and it was a real prize. A gentleman who lived next door to us was associated with the Base Borden military museum and recomended that we donate it to display, which we did. ever since then I have wanted to aquire another working set. The only remaining piece I have of this set is the manual. We came across your web site quite by accident, (wow)! |
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Name: URSIN, Asbjoern Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Oslo, Norway Time: 1998-11-19 10:32:10 Comments: Nice site. Interesting info on the WS19. I have got two WS19 MKII including most of the acessories. Both sets are operational. One of them has both english and russian labels on the front panel. On saturday mornings I fire up a WS19 on the antique radionet here in Norway. If sunspots and QRM permitting why not listen in on 3510 kHz at 0930 HRS local time. My call is LA5MT. |
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Name: Rich Heller Website: World War II Memoirs-3rd Infantry Division Referred by: Viewing another Guestbook From: Hanover Park, IL Time: 1998-11-12 21:14:56 Comments: Read your comments on the Audie Murphy Website in their guestbook. It's amazing the varied interests you find on the Internet. My website is a memorial to my father and his experiences in World War II as a combat photographer. Your site is very interesting even to someone like me, altho I love classic machinery. |
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Name: Leo Kool Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Bonaire Neth. Ant. Time: 1998-11-02 14:55:33 Comments: Radio Ham: PA0LOK in the Netherlands, PJ4LK on Bonaire one of the Netherlands Antilles |
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Name: Robert Ball Website: Shelf Books On-Line Catalogue Referred by: Lycos From: Halifax, United Kingdom Time: 1998-10-28 17:43:32 Comments: I too am a user/lover of the No 19 set. I have a British Mark III set in working order, although I am using it with a Canadian Bi-Lingual (Russian) PSU. Would love to hear any related info through my e-mail address above. I also have a 22 set although it is not in operation as yet. |
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Name: Steve Mackenzie Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Vancouver, BC Time: 1998-10-25 16:34:20 Comments: Hello, Great site! I have a British #19 Set - not Canadian. What is the scoop on these? I have some accessories but not all - therefore will be seeking accessories. My interest is British Airborne Forces of WWII - can anyone help me in finding an original #22 Set? All for now. Steve Mackenzie |
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Name: Edwin Hume Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 1998-10-23 08:35:07 Comments: A good series of articles I will return on a regular basis. I live on the Isle of Wight but travel to the southen counties of the UK on a regular basis. If any of you need sets checked out on transported please e mail me. 73's edwin |
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Name: Meir, WF2U Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Central Islip, NY, US. Time: 1998-10-22 15:18:23 Comments: Hi Bob and Dave and the rest of the WS19 fans, Good news in my "wireless room" : I just added a nice WS52 receiver to my inventory! (Anyone out there with a WS52 transmitter that is surplus to his needs?) Will make a nice auxiliary receiver next to the WS19 when the conditions are less than optimum for our weekly 19 set net.... Along the same lines, my R107 reception set is still lonely - it's looking for it's mate, the WS#12 transmitter.... Keep 'em running, chirp chirp..... I hope Dave ORP is having a great time in the U.K. 73 de WF2U |
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Name: JOHN MARN Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: COTTAM ONT Time: 1998-10-19 23:08:00 Comments: I GOT YOUR SITE FROM ODXA MAGAZINE COLUME BY BOB CHANDLER. DO YOU WHERE I COULD GET IMFO ON RADIO EQUIP USED IN MOSQUITO BOMBERS (WW2) MY HAM CALL IS VA3JSM ,AND I MAY GET INTO 19 SETS ,TAKES ME BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL. |
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Name: Roland Haley Website: Roland Haley's Place Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Innerkip, Ontario Canada Time: 1998-10-14 16:04:54 Comments: Hi Bob, a little cool to be working in the garden today so I thought I would do some surfing. Took a quick trip up to the Muskokas thanksgiving weekend to Andrew's cottage but had to get back for the dogs. Your site is growing and I just followed one of your links to England. Pity I didn't find it before I made my trip over there this year. |
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Name: Louis Meulstee PA0PCR Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: The Netherlands Time: 1998-10-12 09:38:42 Comments: This message was originally posted as a private note. However, since there is nothing apparently confidential in it, and because I would like everyone to be aware of Mr. Meulstee's excellent and very interesting works on military radios, I am re-posting it here. The Wireless Set No. 19 site is honoured to have Louis sign the guestbook!! (--Bob VE3BDB) Name: Louis Meulstee PA0PCR Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: The Netherlands Time: 1998-08-29 14:41:17 Comments: Read my two books on British Army Signals: 'Wireless for the Warrrior' Volume 1 Wireless Sets No. 1-88 Volume 2 Standard Sets of WWII Volume three (Reception Sets) in progress Best wishes, Louis |
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Name: Steve Bell Website: Pinewood Miniature Railway Referred by: Net Search From: Southern England Time: 1998-10-10 07:59:50 Comments: Hi, It brings back memories to see a picture of the old 19 set. Although I was never in the military, I bought one from Army surplus when I was in my teens - that was over 30 years ago now! Some day, I may write up the whole story and submit it to you. Suffice it to say it was my first, (and totally illegal!) experience of transmitting radio. Somewhere I have a picture of my teenage bedroom - yes, I was a nerd even in those days! :) I'll have to scan it and send it to you. I've registered with Mind-it so I'll keep watching to see what's new. Thanks for the memories! Steve Bell. |
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Name: Gordon H. Roberts VE3HA Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Oro Station Time: 1998-10-07 10:04:24 Comments: Name: Gordon H Roberts Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Oro Station, Ontario Time: 1998-09-30 19:39:01 Comments: Hi : I am an amateur radio Operator VE3HA, and also am a civilian instructor with the Army Cadet Corp in Barrie. We have resurected an old Canadian Bren Gun Carrier to running order and have a #19 Set Mk 111 that we would like to operate in it. We just want it to operate on IC Only. Our problem is we cannot get it to work on IC, but it does come on and receive OK. Do you know anybody in the Barrie, Orillia area that would be willing to advise us or help us to get it operational. Also if we pull the finals out of it , would it make it inoperable for anyone to transmit on the freq, but still let us use it for IC between the driver and crew. We have all the parts and pieces and spare part kits, and two complete #19 sets to work with. I hope I am not being a bother but we are stumped, and we are both World War 11 and Korean War veterans that have operated these sets 50 years ago, but the old memory aren't so good anymore. Thanking you in advance , I am sinceraly, Gord Roberts (1-705-487-1777) RR # 1 Comp 212 ORO STATION, Ontario L0L2E0 |
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Name: Gordon H Roberts Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Oro Station, Ontario Time: 1998-09-30 19:39:01 Comments: Hi : I am an amateur radio Operator VE3HA, and also am a civilian instructor with the Army Cadet Corp in Barrie. We have resurected an old Canadian Bren Gun Carrier to running order and have a #19 Set Mk 111 that we would like to operate in it. We just want it to operate on IC Only. Our problem is we cannot get it to work on IC, but it does come on and receive OK. Do you know anybody in the Barrie, Orillia area that would be willing to advise us or help us to get it operational. Also if we pull the finals out of it , would it make it inoperable for anyone to transmit on the freq, but still let us use it for IC between the driver and crew. We have all the parts and pieces and spare part kits, and two complete #19 sets to work with. I hope I am not being a bother but we are stumped, and we are both World War 11 and Korean War veterans that have operated these sets 50 years ago, but the old memory aren't so good anymore. Thanking you in advance , I am sinceraly, Gord Roberts (1-705-487-1777) RR # 1 Comp 212 ORO STATION, Ontario L0L2E0 |
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Name: David Challis Website: Referred by: Net Search From: New Zealand Time: 1998-09-24 02:34:50 Comments: Hey, neat page!! My Ham call is ZL2DJC. Have three New Zealand ZC1's. A Mark I, all ready to roll, a Mark II, and an experimental Mark II. Am a member of SPAM NZ, and just love them old radios!!! Take care will pass your web address onto the secretary of SPAM!! I'll be back for a better look later. 73's David Challis - ZL2DJC |
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Name: robert e sardeman Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: arnhem the netherlands Time: 1998-09-07 15:25:52 Comments: could anyone share his experience with the sg 230 smarttuner on the 19 set with me? thank you. |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kingston, Ontario, CANADA Time: 1998-09-06 14:35:43 Comments: Hi Bob...Just thought I'd leave a few notes about the Communications and Electronics Reunion that is being held in Kingston this weekend (4-7 Sep 98). The display that we had yesterday (5 Sep) was very well received. Not only was the VE3RCS station on the air, but we had a display infront of the Headquarters of the Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics. The display consisted of a WWII bell tent, two dispatch rider motorcycles (WWI Triumph & WWII Norton), horse mounted DR in WWI uniform, signal flags, signal lamp, 5" heliograph, W.S. No. 19 Mk II, W.S. No. 48, Tel "L" field telephone, UC-6 switchboard, C-42 VHF set and a CPRC-26 manpack. We were successful in passing a message from Mr. John Fitsell (100 year old Regimental Signaller in 19th Bn C.E.F. during WWI) to the Commandant of the School of Communications and Electronics. The message went from Lindsay,Ontario to Kingston by the amateur radio packet system, from the museum to the parade square via horse mounted DR, from the parade square to the display area via flags, lamp and heliograph, from there back to the museum entrance via C-42 and CPRC-26. From there to the VE3RCS operating position via D Mk V field telephone. Then via W.S. No. 19 Mk III to W.S. No. 48 Mk I* back at the display area and finally was delivered to the Commandant in a brief ceremony on the parade square via two WWII uniformed signallers on a WWII Norton motorcycle. The entire exercise took 1 1/2 hours. It really was great fun! Thanks for your assistance with the project, Bob. More to follow when the pictures are developed. Cheers...Dave |
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Name: FRANK A. MOORE VA3 CGJ Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: OSHAWA ONT. Time: 1998-09-05 20:16:15 Comments: Found out from Jerry Proc. Also signing for Al Cronin, VE3 RIH Frank |
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Name: Louis Meulstee PA0PCR Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: The Netherlands Time: 1998-08-29 14:41:17 Comments: Read my two books on British Army Signals: 'Wireless for the Warrrior' Volume 1 Wireless Sets No. 1-88 Volume 2 Standard Sets of WWII Volume three (Reception Sets) in progress Best wishes, Louis |
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Name: Josep L�pez S�nchez Website: microcontrollers Referred by: Yahoo! From: Spain Time: 1998-08-09 17:20:07 Comments: your home page is very good |
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Name: Bob Schaffer Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Easton, Pa. USA Time: 1998-08-07 16:31:11 Comments: Hi Gang, I see there are power supply unit numbers (1),(2), and (3). What is the difference between them, can I put a power supply number(1) in place of a number (3), will it work the radio properly? Any correct answer will be appreciated. Bob |
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Name: Terry Sanford Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Torbay, Newfoundland, Canada. Time: 1998-08-05 18:58:21 Comments: Owned a 19 set back in the 1950s. Nostalgic reading about it here, in 1998! Mine had Russian Markings. Also I recall it had a funny double cap (Triode? It prob. wasn't a double triode?) tube for UHF; I never realised it was that high a frequency! I can't recall the CV# for that valve. The tank version of the 19 had those big heavy rubber 'snatch plugs' for headset and mikes; in case you had to jump out in a hurry! PS# 1. There was another set (later?) called, I think, a 22. It looked it little like the 19, but simpler (without the UHF?). The 19 had a variometer for matching to the antenna. It was circular in shape.PS#2 I have two #38 (British infantry) battery operated sets, circa 1940s, complete with tubes and the collapsible short versions of the whip antennae. I was wondering what to do with them? Also got British throat mike/mikes somwhere, for the 38s! I believe the 38 set has a 'reflex' circuit; where one tube amplifies at RF 'AND' Audio frequencies! |
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Name: W. van Snippenberg Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: The Netherlands Time: 1998-07-29 10:02:14 Comments: I was owner of a 19 set for more then 40 years. Last year I sold it to a museum here in The Netherlands. If any body is interrested I have still parts for sale, including handbook, wavemeter, cables, headphone sets and so on, I can send you a complete list. Best regards Wim van Snippenberg |
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Name: Charlie Mackenzie Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: Scotland Time: 1998-07-24 19:11:11 Comments: Nice site, but could do witout the "Brave heart" musac, the film was bad enough. Regards, Chaz |
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Name: Bob Website: The Wireless Set No. 19 Referred by: From a Friend From: Orillia, Ontario, CANADA Time: 1998-07-24 14:56:00 Comments: Greetings all!! I apologize for not being more active here in updating and upkeeping this site. I am about to leave for a holiday in Europe, specifically Breda, The Netherlands, as well as France, etc., but when I return I will attempt to give the site the attention it deserves. Thanks to everyone for you email, your visits and particularly for leaving your public comments here! It is much appreciated....by everyone! Have a great summer!!! 73. Bob VE3BDB, Wireless Set No. 19 Webmaster. |
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Name: SERGE CARRIERE VE2TVI Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: MONT ST-HILAIRE QUEBEC CANADA Time: 1998-07-21 19:44:20 Comments: HI... Very interesting, I have two 19 sets in working condition I use them for receiving only but plan to try some QSO'S on saturday mornings Thanks to run this site... Serge, VE2TVI |
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Name: Raphael BAUDUIN Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: France Time: 1998-07-21 06:04:44 Comments: Thanks for your site. Very interesting! I have bought my first 19 set last week in England. I first just wanted one to put in my Canadian Universal carrier I am restoring ( ww2 light armoured tracked vehicle) but now I would like to make it work. It is complete with power unit, variator and control boxes but I paid it much more than the prices you give. I am now looking for a technical manual to study the schematics and see if there are some things to look at before trying to turn power on (capacitors, ...). I will tell you soon the references of my set for your inventory. Thanks again for your site. Raphael |
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Name: Major James Body Website: British Army Homepage Referred by: Yahoo! From: Blandford Camp, Dorset DT11 8RH UK Time: 1998-07-16 15:32:05 Comments: Surfing from the HQ of the Royal Signals Amateur Radio Society (RSARS) in Blandford, Dorset. RSARS Home Page is at www.rsars.org.uk I am a serving officer working as a member of the Army CIS Engineering Group at Blandford and started of in radio with a WS19 (and HPA) at the age of 13. James Body |
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Name: Ludwig Combrinck Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Pretoria, South Africa Time: 1998-07-15 05:50:52 Comments: Great page ! It's nice to see that there are still people with a sense of preservation . I have a type 22, but don't have much info on it, it is probably the younger brother of the type 19. Cheers Ludwig Combrinck ZS6WLC |
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Name: Yousef Hamad Al-Shaibani Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Dubai, UAE Time: 1998-07-14 01:32:02 Comments: Very good site |
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Name: Tim Sammons N6CC Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: San Ramon CA Time: 1998-07-12 20:08:14 Comments: Neat site! I've been running SCR 284, GRC-9, GRC-109, ARC 5 gear tec. Try the West Coast Military Radio Net on 3975 +/- On Sat 2130 PSDT and 0930 PDST Sundays..Lots of old rigs show up, including 2 '19"s.. 73..Tim |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1998-06-28 21:53:19 Comments: Hi Bob...Just a quick update on Field Day - it was great! We had four 19 Sets on the air. The longest QSO was between Alan (VE3RIH) and Vic (W1NU)...approx 460 miles. Prop was so good that Chris, (VE3CBK) and I worked each other on AM...75 miles! An initial report was sent to a number of folks (via email). If anyone else wants to know what we did, they can drop me a line and I will add them to the Distribution List. 73 es cul de Dave...chirp chirp |
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Name: David Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1998-06-24 08:52:58 Comments: Hi Bob...I've had a good response to the note on the Field Day activities. There will be folks listening for us in BC (VE7TNN), Arizona, and Italy (IK0MOZ). I just checked the prop forcast and it still looks good. Only potential problem now is local thunderstorm activity. Hoping for the best...Cheers...Dave |
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Name: Gunde Frostrup Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Hagensborg, B.C., Canada Time: 1998-06-23 19:33:51 Comments: Managed to scrounge a source for 19 set manuals: "[email protected]". That source will probably get anyone interested into the right area at least! (They aren't cheap), but at least someone still cares,Hi! Gunde VE7TNN |
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Name: David M. Graham Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Tyler Texas Time: 1998-06-22 18:59:48 Comments: Nice page will try to check into nets as soon as I get my antenna back up Dave (WA0KKI) |
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Name: Peter Vatcher Website: Referred by: Advertisment/Brochure From: Canada/Quebec/Chibougamau Time: 1998-06-21 12:28:02 Comments: I would like contacts with anyone selling a 19 set, or an 11-55-a with powersupply, and any other millitary recievers. Thankyou, Goodluck, I read about you fellows in: The Canadian Amateur. HORAY! From:ve2pjv |
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Name: Jim Condon Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Wallingford, CT Time: 1998-06-17 16:30:22 Comments: Hi. very interesting Site you have..will be back often. Also have been here before..Best of 73. Jim |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1998-06-17 11:15:18 Comments: Hi Bob...I have prepared and distributed the Operations Order for Field Day '98. The intent is to make 19 set to 19 set contacts under something like "operational" conditions. I have sent the details to all of the regular folks. If anyone else wants to join in, the op order is available from me via email ([email protected]). 73 es cul de Dave...chirp chirp |
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Name: Harvey D Winters Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Masstown Nova Scotia Time: 1998-06-14 10:16:16 Comments: Great page of info for old Signallers. How well I remember the 19 Set.Korea 1953-1954 HDW CD (Sgt Retired) |
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Name: bob byrne Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Abbotsford, BC Time: 1998-06-09 00:57:13 Comments: Hi guys, found you via RAC site. Interesting to read about the 19 again. Last operated one in '62 with an Engineer milita squadron. Know Dave VA3ORP from Air Command days in the 'Peg. I'll come back sometime when I can spend more time. 73, Bob VE7EZI |
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Name: andy Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: England Time: 1998-06-08 13:17:16 Comments: Well done on a good site. Me (G4XKC) 1st contact with full licence was using 19 set on 40m back in 83. I have used 19 sets as SWL for years,nice to see other interested users - I will monitor the site. I have some limited spares available?? AndyS G4XKC |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1998-06-08 12:13:56 Comments: Hi Bob...I'm not sure if I mentioned it in previous correspondence but I have been using the original 19 Set alignment instructions to sort out some problems with my Mk III. They are GREAT! Not only did they lead me through the transmitter alignment but when I still had no output, I tried the resistance tests. That quickly led to the plate resistor which shold be 47 ohms. In fact it was marked as 27K ohms and actually measured 82K ohms! It looked like a proper modification and Alan, VE3RIH, suggested that it might have been done to allow cadets to use 19 sets in a drill hall (very limited range, no danger of rf burns from the antenna). Anyway, the instructions are wonderful...all 250 pagesof them. Available from the C&E Museum for $25 plus $5 shipping and handling. Must run. 73 es cul de Dave...88 to Bev |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1998-06-08 12:06:06 Comments: Hi Bob...Just a quick note about the D-Day activities with Alan, VE3RIH and Tom Ve3TWG. We got together at the Ontario Military Vehicle Collectors Association meeting at the museum in Oshawa. Alan was set-up in the back of the 15 CWT with a Mk III and I had my Mk III mounted in my Saturn. I was using only 8 feet of antenna on the car and, because of the long lead wire to the antenna base, the tuning was not quite correct. (will fix it for next time). Anyway, we got 1 mile away on AM and then switched to CW (I can drive and send CW but have trouble driving and receiving - I get the characters okay but forget what the words are - talk about a short memory!). We also worked from the 19 Set to the 48 set on AM but only got about 100 M before signals were too weak to copy. Most of the problem is due to poor antenna ground planes and poor modulation. I am going to build the equivalent to control box # 10 (?) so that I can use the intercom amplifier to boost the modulation. It is really easy and requires NO modification to the set. We had a good day...played with 19 sets, drank some beer, told some lies. Next year we go for DISTANCE! 73 es cul de Dave |
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Name: bill maylor ve5wam Website: Referred by: Advertisment/Brochure From: neilburg, sk Time: 1998-06-05 18:12:28 Comments: didn't see any mention of the key with straps attached to enable the op to strap it to his leg. |
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Name: Rod Diery Website: Canadian Military Pattern vehicles Referred by: Net Search From: Kulin, Western Australia Time: 1998-06-03 06:38:10 Comments: Very interesting site. I have just acquired a junk No 19 set which I will tidy up and use as an accessory for a Chevrolet C15 wireless truck which I am restoring. However the set has me intrigued so I am looking for a working set here in Australia. I shall need one eventually for a Rover light armoured car which is a long term restoration project. |
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Name: David Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1998-06-01 00:14:45 Comments: Hi Bob...We tried the field day "dry run" tonight with some success. The propagation was not too bad but the noise level was up between S5 and S7 at my QTH. Normally I can run the RF gain wide open here so you can see the effect of the electrical storm. It was pretty wide spread and lingered well after the rain and thunder had passed by me. I was able to work VE3RIH (marginally) with modern equipment and could just barely hear his 19 Set. Considering the noise level, this was not too bad. Solar flux was around 95 with A index of 6 and a K index of 1. If we get a repeat of that for field day, minus the electrical storm, we should be okay. We might even plan for a slightly later time slot. Details to follow. 73 es cul de Dave...sk |
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Name: Darrel Emerson Website: Radio astronomy and amateur radio Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Great Britain originally, now Tucson, AZ Time: 1998-05-31 17:51:16 Comments: Really enjoyed the 19-set pages. I used to use a 19 set in the "combined cadet force" group at my Grammar School in the UK. 73, Darrel, aa7fv & g3sys |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1998-05-25 11:42:05 Comments: Hi Bob...Just a reminder to everyone who might want to join in on the Field Day activity. There will be a practice session exactly one solar rotatation prior to Field Day (ie practice session on 31 May 98). I will take Net Control on 3703 KHz at 1900 EDST (2300Z). I will likely use modern equipment but all out stations should be using 19 Sets exclusively. After check-ins we will get stations to pass the standard "Vintage Operators Award" exchange (callsign, name, QTH, signal report, equipment type, equipment serial number). Anyone who needs our "CW Net Procedures" summary should contact me directly (I will send it via email). Take care es cul de Dave...dit dit |
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Name: Richard Hankins Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: England Time: 1998-05-23 08:33:57 Comments: Just couldn't resist responding to Dave Lawrence's comment on 16/3/98 concerning lack of interest in other WWII sets - other than the WS19. I back up Dave's request for pages covering other sets. There may not be much interest in Canada, but here in the UK, the WS19 is seen as just one of many. Listening on the Saturday AM net on 3625KHz, you can hear any of WS52, WS53, C11, C12, C13, A13, ART-13, ET4336, T1154, ZC-1, WS22, WS62, plus the odd WS19. My personal view is that the WS19 is an excellent starting point for understanding what HF comms equipment was like in WWII. But if you stop there you have a pretty limited grasp of the field. IMO, the WS29 and WS42 are technically superior to the WS19, and should be more widely known. The C12 should also be mentioned as the replacement for the WS19, with much better performance, but of course later in date. The level of interest, I suspect, is largely governed by how easy it is to actually obtain a sample. WS19 is relatively common, and this I think accounts for its popularity, rather than any particular merit vs other sets. But don't take this is a criticism - great website - keep up the good work! |
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Name: John McCarty Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: Time: 1998-05-22 16:12:32 Comments: I have a w.s.19 mk II that I'm trying to restore. Light modes have been done, and I'm evaluating them as I go. But the one problem I'm having is the drive tuning is ~1MC higher than it should be (ie: when the main tuning is at 4MC, the drive reads about 5MC) I suspect some type of mixing problem, but it doesnt jump out at me. Having the dial 1MC off is not bad at 4MC, put I really cant peak the set at 7MC. Any help would be appreciated. Tnx + 73 John McCarty n9hrt |
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Name: Cpl Dan Ruetch Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Presently posted in Virginia Time: 1998-05-21 18:40:12 Comments: Interesting site. |
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Name: Jan de Groot Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Pitt Meadows B.C. Time: 1998-05-20 11:02:03 Comments: Found on Packet Radio. |
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Name: Mike Heltborg Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Washougal, Wa Time: 1998-05-17 13:04:21 Comments: Hi Bob, Ilike your new site, sharp...I frist used a MK19#3 set as a novice...At that time you had to be crystaled controled so moded the xmtr and had many 80 and 40 meter contacts... I bougth that set complete from Fair Radio with all acc, for 47.95 I think!....This was in 1967... I found a MK#2 set and dymotor supply about a year ago, look like they were never used..... I need the 12pin cable and control box to get this set up and running! I collect Military Radios and use they on AM out here in the NW US... Lots of dymotors running.... 73 and I would interested in other pages on other military gear, US and Canada... 73 Mike WA7NPA |
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Name: Marc Montgomery Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Terrebonne, Quebec Time: 1998-05-14 02:13:55 Comments: Two interests: shortwave (I guess working at Radio Canada International), and Cdn military history. I now have two Mk111 sets but they're only barely working. I would like to get them complete and working up to spec. Several parts needed to complete and eventually mount in a Cdn CMP (for the uniniated,-- the unique and completely Cdn line off WW2 trucks) |
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Name: Peter K.Hodgson VA3PKH Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Belleville Ontario Time: 1998-05-13 10:42:07 Comments: Hi, Just stopped by to look at the pages, I had a 19set in England when I was in high school (1958) My dad G3EGH worked mobile with it from a Reliant three wheeler (as seen on Mr. Bean). I shared the rear seat with the 19 set and a dynomotor type of gadget that converted the 12v to run the set. After dad gave up on the mobile use he disabled the Transmiter and gave it to me as a receiver. The only thing I can remember is that it was green, not blue grey like some units, and that it was in almost new condition when dad bought it. We emigrated to Canada in 1965 and my family and I moved to Belleville in 1998 so I could work for The Belleville Transit Commission. Sidney Sillitoe was Chairman of the Transit Commission many years ago.Thanks for many happy memories on your pages. If I ever get my code speed up maybe there is a 19 set in my future, as well as my past. |
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Name: mike kelly Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: ottawa Time: 1998-05-08 09:14:12 Comments: popped in from ve2dm's pages. especially enjoyed seeing photos of 19 set again. mk |
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Name: Marty Meinert N3VWD Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Pittsburgh, PA Time: 1998-04-29 01:25:01 Comments: I have a 19 MK II (ser# 2937). As a kid, I removed some of the TX circuit for a PWR supply. What did I know back then? Still works!! |
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Name: Harold Lang Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 1998-04-26 20:04:56 Comments: Congratulations on a great long overdue web site. I have been collecting #19 sets for almost five years. One is to be installed in my 1942 Canadian Contract 505 Willys MB, and another is intended for my M38 CDN. When you complete the first set, it seems only natural you start collecting sets two & three. I still have a few requirements, and have a few spares for sale or trade. |
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Name: Bob Schaffer Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Easton, Pa. USA Time: 1998-04-26 17:28:45 Comments: Hi Gang, I have a MK II #19 set that has no RF output, the reciever section works fine. I checked the tubes and they test good, now I need a schematic to get to the cause of the problem. I appreciate any/all help given. 73's, Bob KA3JAV |
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Name: Keith Yates - G3XGW Website: Referred by: Net Search From: England Time: 1998-04-12 16:56:48 Comments: Great! I first owned a 19 set when I was 14 and regret that I heavily modified and eventually got rid of it. Maybe one day......! |
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Name: Chris Clotworthy Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Belfast, UK Time: 1998-04-09 05:25:02 Comments: I hadn't looked at the site for a couple of months, and was encouraged to see how many people had left messages. Nice to see enthusiasm for the WS29. I'm trying to build up a working station here, and have the A set, B set, PSU, carrier, ATU, A antenna base & rods, key, spares box, some leads and a B dipole, but would love to get hold of the special headsets, control boxes, a power lead and 12-pin leads (like the 19 set ones but waterproof!). I'd love to hear of any other users, or specific military usage of the set, as it seems to have been short-lived in production (also anyone know total numbers produced?). I'd certainly support a WS29 section here, and could supply info for it if necessary. Chris Clotworthy GI7TEU |
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Name: Carola Rossellit Website: Referred by: Net Search From: St-Laurent (Montreal), Quebec, Canada Time: 1998-04-07 03:32:24 Comments: Have been looking for a site that deals with this topic. Have always wanted to learn how to operation a short wave radio. My fascination has never lessened, and I am still very much interested. If anyone knows of how to go about it and naturally get a radio, let me know. Will definitelly be back. Carola |
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Name: Keith Radford Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: England Time: 1998-04-06 15:12:20 Comments: COPIED FROM PRIVATE MESSAGE: (There is no apparent reason for this message to be private and, since it contains info of obvious interest to all, I have reposted it here. - Bob) Name: Keith Radford Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Nr Cambridge, England Time: 1998-04-04 08:32:07 Comments: My MkIII 19 set arrived in 1963 as a christmas present - cost 65 shillings (around 3 pounds sterling). My dad hid it behind his wardrobe so that I wouldn't find it before the great day - but I did!! I gleaned it was built 1959 and was an ex- REME set and in first class condition with front panel grey and the "indicator" holes for the front dials actually coloured around. Assumed the set was not used in tanks - it was too nice looking! Home brew power pack; 160m; T8 note - loved it to bits, but it died on me as the MKIIs seemed to - let me explain. About 1966 local Territorial Army bought 12 old MKIIs from London to use for practice (they weren't flush with funds). Asked me to get as many working as possible (had dynamotors as well). Got six working on HF, but they all eventually died - Low drive for some reason. Many happy memories; good luck with the page. Keith |
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Name: John Moffat Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Ottawa Time: 1998-04-06 15:07:44 Comments: COPIED FROM PRIVATE MESSAGE> (As this message contains no private information and is of interest to all, I have reposted it here. - Bob) Name: John Moffat Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Ottawa Time: 1998-03-20 16:57:31 Comments: Have known Reed VE1NU for years and years (high school days). Worked him couple of years ago on 11 Nov. Don't own any vintage military gear - just an old Drake receiver and Heathkit DX-40 and Johnson Viking VFO. Reed sent me here. |
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Name: Phil Hutchings Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Australia Time: 1998-04-06 14:48:31 Comments: COPIED FROM "PRIVATE" MESSAGE (There is no apparent need for this message to be "private" and as it contains interesting info, I brought it here for all to see. -- Bob) Name: Phil Hutchings Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Australia Time: 1998-04-06 07:38:07 Comments: Fascinating!! I'm Phil, VK4CPH. I'm now 42 yrs old. When I was about 14 and living in NZ, my father ZL1AHW was keen to get me involved in ham radio. He bought me a No 19 set from Army disposals. He put together a power supply, and it worked well on 80m SSB. I don't know what happened to that set, as my father passed away a few years later and I had left home to go to university. Any way, that was a long time ago. Your page bought back some happy memories. 73's from Phil |
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Name: Phil Hutchings Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Australia Time: 1998-04-06 07:38:07 Comments: Fascinating!! I'm Phil, VK4CPH. I'm now 42 yrs old. When I was about 14 and living in NZ, my father ZL1AHW was keen to get me involved in ham radio. He bought me a No 19 set from Army disposals. He put together a power supply, and it worked well on 80m SSB. I don't know what happened to that set, as my father passed away a few years later and I had left home to go to university. Any way, that was a long time ago. Your page bought back some happy memories. 73's from Phil |
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Name: Keith Radford Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Nr Cambridge, England Time: 1998-04-04 08:32:07 Comments: My MkIII 19 set arrived in 1963 as a christmas present - cost 65 shillings (around 3 pounds sterling). My dad hid it behind his wardrobe so that I wouldn't find it before the great day - but I did!! I gleaned it was built 1959 and was an ex- REME set and in first class condition with front panel grey and the "indicator" holes for the front dials actually coloured around. Assumed the set was not used in tanks - it was too nice looking! Home brew power pack; 160m; T8 note - loved it to bits, but it died on me as the MKIIs seemed to - let me explain. About 1966 local Territorial Army bought 12 old MKIIs from London to use for practice (they weren't flush with funds). Asked me to get as many working as possible (had dynamotors as well). Got six working on HF, but they all eventually died - Low drive for some reason. Many happy memories; good luck with the page. Keith |
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Name: John Moffat Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Ottawa Time: 1998-03-20 16:57:31 Comments: Have known Reed VE1NU for years and years (high school days). Worked him couple of years ago on 11 Nov. Don't own any vintage military gear - just an old Drake receiver and Heathkit DX-40 and Johnson Viking VFO. Reed sent me here. |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1998-03-16 10:17:50 Comments: Hi Bob...The page seems to be working well with the new company. I noticed the comment by Tom, WA4MRR about having sections/pages/? for people interested in other sets. That idea has considerable merit. Is it technically possible? While there are lots of folks interested in 19 sets there seem to be very few interested in the other WWII sets. With the 19 Set Web Site as a clearing house, we might be surprised at how many other folks we hook up with (that was certainly the case with the 19 sets!) Possibly each "area" could have an Introduction with a photo of the set and a short technical & operational description. That could be followed by comments from actual users. For example, for each contact I made with the WS 48 and CPRC 26 I kept detailed notes of the technical problems, antennae used, signal strengths, etc. That sort of info might be helpful to someone else that is trying to get a set back on the air. Your thoughts??? 73 de Dave, VA3ORP |
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Name: Dave Cowie Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: New Zealand Time: 1998-03-05 00:17:48 Comments: Great page. I have 3 19 sets of MKII & MkIII models in my vintage radio collection.will make contact again later Dave Cowie ZL1LH Auckland New Zealand |
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Name: Steve Edwards G4GPY Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Time: 1998-03-04 18:10:43 Comments: comments: Interest: WANT a working 19 set (12 Feb 98) |
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Name: Gunde Frostrup VE7TNN Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Hagensborg, B.C., Canada Time: 1998-03-04 18:03:47 Comments: ��comments: ������� Would like a Service manual/schematic for the WS 19 MK III; Transciever and p.s. Buy,manuals or Photocopies,-- what have you? Thanks; VE7TNN�� Interest: ������� WANT 19 set information, manuals or publications (original message received 02 Feb 98) |
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Name: Tony Grogan WA4MRR Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: 107, Markham Road, TRYON.N.C. 28782.USA Time: 1998-03-04 17:51:54 Comments: comments: Will Publish later. Would like to have added a category on W.S. No.29 which was to be the replacement for the W.S. No.19 Interest: Have two or more 19s that DO work (original message received 05 Feb 98) >>WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS OF OTHERS??? IS THERE ENOUGH INTEREST IN THE 29 SET??-Bob<< |
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Name: Doug Campbell VA3DC Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Orillia Time: 1998-03-04 17:43:23 Comments: Like the site...Nice job Bought my first Mk II for $20.00 from Hercules in T.O. Used it while I was in Army Cadets in High School and used the ultramodern MkIII. Worked great mobile around the Kitchener-Waterloo area under the trolley wires. Once you got out from under the wires the range went way down. Used to wow the roller skating waitresses at the A&W when the first car in relayed the orders for the rest of the crew. Now you know how old I really am.HI HI 73 Doug VA3DC (original message received 06 Feb 98) |
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Name: Bjorn/ SM5UR/W6 Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: California Time: 1998-03-04 17:41:15 Comments: Hi WS19 fans. In expectation of a WS19 presentation and demo with two units, we thought one must use both "A" and "B" sets for full authenticity. Just modified my "B" set for 220 MHz as follows: Forget B set coil squeezing or addition or a fixed cap. over the coil. Add a small air variable capacitor (0.5 to 3 pF) in parallel with the B set tuning coil in the shielded compartment. I used a Johnson tubular ceramic (air dielectric) cap. Set the tuning dial to mid-range, #5, and tune the new cap. for a 220 MHz reading in� transmit mode, on a loosely coupled ferquency meter. Replacement of the compartment lid will not shift the freq. much. The original range of my set was 227.4 to 243.9 MHz. The new range is 212 to 227 MHz. Easy, eventhough I thought it was just to pad the circuit with a fixed cap. The US band is 220 to 225 MHz and AM is OK. Will give you more details after trial with two sets to check the modulation. We are currently using WS19s on 80M AM and have presistent QSOs over 250 miles within our net. Hope we can meet on 40M soon. Until then, 73s. Bjorn/ SM5UR/W6. (original message received 14 Jan 98) |
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Name: Dana Warburton K1BOT Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Time: 1998-03-04 17:15:41 Comments: Hi Bob; Well, I made the trip, 1474 miles total. I will write a trip report of the hazards of Set19 quests. My car has 130,000 + miles on it, rained for 900 miles, even all the way across the desert- very unusual. My wipers quit on the car and I did 750 miles in the rain without them. 100 miles of dense fog, many car crashes held up progress. It will be an epic trip report. The Set19 is in near new condition, I can't beleive it :-). Dynamotor power supply and that crazy rack included. So now I need a schematic, have to build a a/c power supply, get the connecting cables and control box. Inside the back paper tag says it was fungus protected on May 1944! More to follow. Regards; Dana�� aka� K1BOT� ~< 325 (original message received 11 Jan 98) |
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Name: Dick Bays N7RVZ Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Albany Oregon USA Time: 1998-03-04 15:51:24 Comments: comments: I have a Mk 3, in clean, (other than paint flaking on spare valve box), will check on serial numbers, made in Philidelpha, don't know maker?� I would like to get it running, antennas and batteries are only know missing parts, all others on platform/frame.� (I have owned for 15+ years) Interest: Have 19 set that does NOT work (originally received 09 Jan 98) |
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Name: Dana Warburton Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Phoenix, Arizona Time: 1998-03-04 14:14:11 Comments: Hi; Just stubled accross the site via rec.radio.shortwave. I can't reply from the web page, site restrictions, so here goes: In 1957 I obtained a ham license, KN1BOT in Newton Mass. USA. I got a "Wireless Set Series 19 MK II" and I remember it was made by National. That data plate seems burned into my memory :=). I made a wood board power supply for it and was on 80 meters CW. I was 13 years old at the time, but I also remember lying awake late at night, phones on, tuning the band with the aid of the "glow in the dark" panel markings. I got the set from John H. Meshna's surplus operation at 19 Alerton St. Lynn Mass. I also got a BC683 tank receiver from him, and still have that unit working. Boy, how do I remember this stuff more than 40 years later :=). I do not have the Set 19 today. I also tuned the 230 mc. receiver forever, but never heard anything :=). That was truly a glow in the dark radio :=). Thanks for the page and effort, I will try and hear your net, but 80 at that time is hard ! Regards; Dana�� aka� K1BOT� in Phoenix Az. USA (message originally received 30 Dec 97) |
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Name: D.T.van.den.Berg PA2DTA Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Time: 1998-03-04 14:00:44 Comments: dr om just spend some time reading 19set pages: very nice, i could almost smell anti-fungus-laquer and dynamotorbearing grease! I own a very nice MKIII myself among other ex army gear. Keep on, hpe cuagn, 73 de Dick,PA2DTA (original message received 11 Dec 97) |
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Name: James Murray (Jim) Website: Referred by: From LinkExchange From: Edmonton, Alberta Time: 1998-02-27 11:08:10 Comments: The No. 19 set is a great conversation piece for anyone's musuem. |
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Name: Jim Stoneback Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Alexandria, VA, USA Time: 1998-02-22 18:27:23 Comments: Just took a quick look while cooking dinner. Will drop back in again soon for a more careful perusal. 73 Jim, K4AXF |
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Name: GLORIA ROBERTO Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Time: 1998-02-22 16:51:38 Comments: its good |
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Name: Gerald Heitman Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Parry Sound Time: 1998-02-20 21:27:22 Comments: Hi Bob just thought I would send you a quick note. Excellant site. I will send you a updated list of all my 19 set equipment .do you want me to include all my parts radios? Also just aqquired a CWS # 29 B Set and a Supply Unit I am looking for a A Set, manuals cables etc. 73 Gerald VA3GAH |
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Name: Herman van Rees Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: The Netherlands Time: 1998-02-20 15:31:08 Comments: nice site, greetings from Holland PA0VRE |
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Name: VA3JFX John Maynard Website: VA3JFX Johnny's Web Site Referred by: From www.GuestWorld.com From: London, Ontario Time: 1998-02-20 03:00:55 Comments: Excellent site guys, i really like the old radios :o) Keep up the great work... 73' de va3jfx John Maynard 
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Name: Tony Chappelle Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: London, England Time: 1998-02-11 18:30:06 Comments: Thanks a milliion for a great site - just my cup of tea UK Ham operator call sign G0OVR (Old Valve Radio) Member Military Wireless Amateur Radio Society No.55 |
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Name: Pete Oesterle Ve3hoh/w3 Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Time: 1998-02-09 23:05:38 Comments: Great to see the 19 set alive and well again! This was my first hf radio. Got one back in 1972. Wish I still had it. Heard your net on the air once about 4 months ago. Hope to check in one day. Hope to get to Orillia and see Bob's radios sometime. Both my parents live there. ( 3 doors west of Ve3juq(sk)) Nice web site too. Keep up the good work!!! 73 Pete |
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Name: Alex Haylett Website: Referred by: From LinkExchange From: The Netherlands Time: 1998-02-09 10:32:43 Comments: Hi, Having been an owner of a numbers of MKIII's when I was 15 years old (many years ago...) it was a nice reminder to look inside the set. It brought back many happy memories especially of my first (illegal) QSO on 6.6MHz. Keep up the good work - I'll be back to view later 73's Alex PA3FZN |
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Name: Bob Schaffer KA3JAV Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Easton, Pa. Time: 1998-02-08 12:20:45 Comments: Hi Gang, Glad to find others who have a MKII #19 rig, there for a while I thought I had a classified rig, ha-ha. I could find very little info on this rig, not even from the National Archives in Washington, D.C., thanks to you, that has changed. Great job on all of the info about this rig. 73's, Bob KA3JAV |
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Name: Michael Crestohl Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Cambridge Vermont Time: 1998-01-31 05:28:01 Comments: I had one of these horrors back in 1967. TVI'd every set in the neighborhood! Operated it for five days then bought a JOHNSON RANGER. Swore I'd never have another one again! Never did! Nice page! 73, Michael Crestohl, W1RC [email protected] |
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Name: Gerald Heitman Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Parry Sound Time: 1998-01-26 15:54:24 Comments: Hi Bob always check out your site as you know I am a 19 set collector and collector of any Canadian Wireless Set. Great site very well done keep up the good work. Will up date my inventory soon as I have added more equipment. Just aqquired a CWS #29 B set and Supply Unit Both In Excellant Shape I was told they are operational. Looking for a 29 A set and all cables and acessories and a manual.. Bye for now Gerald Heitman Collector Canadian Wireless Sets |
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Name: Dave Johnson Website: Referred by: From LinkExchange From: Houston Texas Time: 1998-01-24 12:50:59 Comments: Lots of interesting info, thanks, look forward to future stories, info, etc. My WS-19 not operational yet. Ham call W5FZ. 73. dave |
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Name: Conard Murray WS4S Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Cookeville, TN Time: 1998-01-23 17:12:29 Comments: I have a ratty looking #19 Mk. II mfg. by Zenith. It was given to me by a local CB'er. I got it on the air without much difficulty ... almost got fried by the B+ on the CW key though. I worked several stations with it on 80 and 40 CW. The locals thought it sounded pretty good on phone too. I will have to dig it out of the pile and try it again! 73 de Conard, WS4S |
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Name: David Topham GM3WKB Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Burnmouth, Scotland Time: 1998-01-22 16:35:17 Comments: Amongst 4 tons of other things I have 4 19 sets in my collection (1x MkII, 3 x Mk III from various makers, UK, US & Canadian. In this Scottish fishing village, pop. 11 we have the most 19 sets in town! Looking for an RF Amp & its special inductor. Great page. I mret one of the original WS19 design team, Charles Boville and he told of trips out into the countryside with the prototype in an Austin 7. Some people decry the design, but for its speed to production and lean use of scarce materials it is revolutionary. Did you know that some were made by Pye in the '60s for a middle east country. Reportedly They had transistor invertor power supplies.Would be fun to find one. Also, RACAL have been accused of making late version WS19's in the 1970s. 73 David GM3WKB |
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Name: Tony Grogan Website: South Carolina Signal Corps Mus. (inc.) Referred by: Word of Mouth From: TRYON. N.Carolina. USA Time: 1998-01-18 17:34:19 Comments: THE SOUTH CAROLINA SIGNAL CORPS MUS HAS ABOUT 350 MIL RADIOS FROM WW1 TO PRESENT. IT IS NOW A PUBLIC CORP. DEDICATED TO EDUCATING THE PUBLIC. A RECENT MOVE FROM S.CAROLINA WILL CURTAIL PUBLIC ACCESS FOR A YEAR BUT CAN ACCOMODATE SERIOUS COLLECTORS WHO ARE PASSING THRU! HAVE ABOUT 4 COMPLETE 19 SETS..OPERATED FIRST AS AN ARMY CADET IN ENGLAND IN THE 50'S..WAS A (CADET) SIGNALLER..BADGED R.SIGNALS TO "D" COY.10TH BATT. ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGT. ( LATER SERVED IN R.WARKS TILL DISBANDMENT.) LOTSA ON AIR TIME WITH 18, 38'S, 46, ZC1'S ETC.ETC. IN LATE 1950..WAS "PIRATE" IN ENGLAND ON "J-BAND"..( ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE?) . USING 3.1 MC/S, WORKED ALL OVER U.K. AND "LOW COUNTRIES"..SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES..COURSE "FAIRS..FAIR"..USED L/W ANTENNA. I HAVE USED "B" SET FROM A ROOF MOUNTED AERIAL ( ON A FORD "POPULAR" AUTO) FROM THE "LICKEY HILLS" ( NEAR BIRMINGHAM-UK) TO NORTHFIELD ( NEAR BIRMINGHAM ). LOS DIST..?..'BOUT 3.5 MILES. WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH SPACE...SEE '3CBK IS DOING HIS USUAL EXCELLENT JOB OF FACTUAL REPORTI |
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Name: Gunde Frostrup Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Hagensborg, B.C. Time: 1998-01-18 14:04:55 Comments: My interest in the old '19 set' has been re-kindled after stumbling on your site,and after reading abt. the equipment in Dec.'94 CQ. Used to own a COMPLETE 19 Set MKII (Mint) as a kid,45 yrs ago, all that's left now is the tx/rx case and three knobs! I'd love to buy a complete working MKII set (with Russian lettering), but I guess I can dream on. Very interesting site you have here, and I'll monitor your freq. all the best '73 Gunde VE7TNN |
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Name: Brian Jeffrey, VE3BCJ Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Carp ON Time: 1998-01-14 14:03:29 Comments: Looking to buy a #19 set. |
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Name: Martin Swift Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Time: 1998-01-12 13:15:28 Comments: Hello All, Some years ago I took a camping holiday, touring Holland, with my YL (now XYL !). One of the sites we stayed on was just outside Arnhem on the banks of the Rhine, in an area called Oosterbeek. The site was situated about 1km from the Hartenstein hotel used as the allied HQ during the WWII Arnhem operation, (now a museum and well worth a visit...the signals display in the basement is particularly evocative...JPG available), and just inside the perimeter set up to safely evacuate the remaining airborne troops across the river, following the decision to withdraw. What attracted my interest though on this site was a long-wire HF antenna, which ran across the site from a tall tree, and then disappeared into a locked brick outbuilding. We spent a couple of days mooching around Arnhem and Nijmegen, absorbing history and culture, and then, on the Saturday morning, found that the building had been unlocked. So I wandered across to find out where the wire went and to see what was attached to the end of it (as you do!). I was greeted at the door by a Dutch Sea Cadet instructor, who seemed pleased to have a foreign visitor, (I was an British Air Cadet radio instructor at the time) and he showed me round. The unit had an amateur station, PI1ZWR if I remember correctly, and, in their radio room, on the end of the long wire was... you've guessed it... a WS 19. Whether the set had been left there in 1944, or was a more recent acquisition, I don't know, but also in the building was a 'museum' of .303 clips, webbing, pouches, tin helmets, mess tins and the like, all of which had been found in the area by the cadets. Perhaps this WS 19 is still there...anyone going camping in Holland this summer? 73, Martin G4NCE |
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Name: Kal Jamieson Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Washago Time: 1998-01-11 19:47:49 Comments: A message from the past. This is Bill Jamieson signing on. |
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Name: Dick Baysny Website: none Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Albany, Oregon Time: 1998-01-09 18:37:27 Comments: Looking through the ham radio listings....I actually visited the Kingston Museum, before the relocation, when I was back in Kingston in winter of '95. (I Installed a radiation-cancer treatment machine at the Hospital.) Thanks for the web site, I will check on my serial numbers and inventory. I am looking for a Mk 3 Op Manual, I do have a copy of manual in the display in the BC Provincial Museum in Victoria, (but it is not a MK 3 manual.) Dick |
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Name: mike kelly Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: neerim south , vic, australia Time: 1998-01-09 08:31:17 Comments: hello fellow mil radio collectors de mike.not much activity here except for clem vk3cyd who has a british mk 111 on air on 80mx. the annual military vehicle rally at corowa is coming up soon.i wonder if anyone will find any more 19 sets in the local antique shop as happened last year.the lucky person vk5aq had a big grin on his face after a mad drive to grab it. we are very envious here, of the setup you have in canada with the sets on air ect.A linkup is possible to ve from here as i have worked a few U.s. hams with a 1945 Aust. 122 set on 40mx. Thanks for providing a great web site for mil radio nuts. My 1940 chev. CMP No.11 cab 8 cwt wireless truck is coming along nicely , would like to hear from anyone who has an interest in restoring CMP's and other trucks. bye de mike |
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Name: mike kelly Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: neerim south , vic, australia Time: 1998-01-09 08:22:00 Comments: hello fellow mil radio collectors de mike.not much activity here except for clem vk3cyd who has a british mk 111 on air on 80mx. the annual military vehicle rally at corowa is coming up soon.i wonder if anyone will find any more 19 sets in the local antique shop as happened last year.the lucky person vk5aq had a big grin on his face after a mad drive to grab it. we are very envious here, of the setup you have in canada with the sets on air ect.A linkup is possible to ve from here as i have worked a few U.s. hams with a 1945 Aust. 122 set on 40mx. Thanks for providing a great web site for mil radio nuts. My 1940 chev. CMP No.11 cab 8 cwt wireless truck is coming along nicely , would like to hear from anyone who has an interest in restoring CMP's and other trucks. bye de mike |
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Name: Ed Greeley Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: Mobile, AL, USA Time: 1998-01-09 01:16:24 Comments: Just a "wee correction" to the #19 set history: mention is made of men flying in a "... B-19 Liberator ..." The Liberator was designated as the B-24. The B-19, actually XB-19, was a one-off developmental A/C built by Douglas and never saw active service or production. It was Douglas' concept of a "bigger and better" B-17. Otherwise, very nice and interesting site! Wish I had bought one of the #19 sets when they could be had "new in the box" for $40.00 - $50.00. 73 Ed |
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Name: John Stumm Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Bakersfield CA Time: 1998-01-07 14:16:21 Comments: Hi Bob, I'm putting my 19 set up for sale. I regret parting with it but, not being a ham, I think it would be better suited for someone who is. I do collect old radios though, (mostly SW's) so I will consider trades or cash (using the fair market guide lines herein) It was a real coup and bargin when I found it and I'm sure someone would enjoy getting their hands on it like I did. It works great! P.S. Inventory is itemized in the middle of the general news pages. (8-20-97) If e-mail isn't fast enough for you, my # is 805-392-2614. |
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Name: jason green Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Hahira ga. Time: 1998-01-07 00:35:28 Comments: very good page, I collect and display US WW2 era radios with my newly acquired M-29 Weasel and a few of my other vehicles. Keep up the good work and if you come across any radio that was in US service during WW2, I'm interested, also I collect flame throwers, mortars, and military shotguns. Thanks and happy hunting jason the austringer green |
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Name: James (Jim) G. Nelson VA3GN Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Ingleside, Ontario Time: 1998-01-05 22:02:45 Comments: The WS #19 was one of the equipments that I learned on my Group 1 radio course at the RCEME School in 1949. After obtaining my Trade Group 1, I was posted to 202 Base Workshop in Montreal where I worked on the beast. Also worked on the WS #29, but that's another story. Will try and catch up with you on the 75 meter net 73 Jim VA3GN Also [email protected] |
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Name: David CHallis Website: Referred by: Net Search From: New Zealand Time: 1998-01-05 14:36:15 Comments: Hi, nice page.... A friend of mind had lost his link to the WS19 set, so I went looking... and found you. I'm SPAM member 120 (Society for the Preservation of Amplitude Modulation) and currently historian for the New Zealand Wireless Set ZC1, of which I have two, one being an experimental model. There was a comparison done between the two (ZC1 v WS19), would anyone know where this can be obtained? Right, back for a read and check out the links. Thank you... David .. ZL2TQM |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Kingston, Ontario, CANADA Time: 1998-01-01 13:53:06 Comments: Hi Bob...Just a reminder about the monthly net this Monday (4 Jan) at 2000Z on 3760 KHz. I will also be up on 14,165 KHz at 1900Z to try and work Bjorn in California. Maybe we will generate some interest beyond Ontario/New York. 73 es cul de Dave...chirp chirp |
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Name: Gerald Heitman Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Parry Sound,Ontario Time: 1997-12-31 19:23:39 Comments: Great Site glad to finally have access to it. Will pass on details of my 19 sets to you to update later. If I can be of any help wilth the site let me know. Congratulations! BOB Gerald VA3GAH Collector Canadian Wireless Sets |
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Name: Ron K9WFY Website: Ron K9WFY's Home Page Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Aurora, IL Time: 1997-12-28 19:12:01 Comments: Great looking page. Came here via the Amateur Radio Webring.  |
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Name: Bjorn Forsberg Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: San Fracisco CA Time: 1997-12-28 15:56:29 Comments: We are a group of 30 - 40 Military Radio collectors who restore and operate mostly WWII equipment.Glad to see a quality WS19 site as we are using WS19 (two so far) on our weekly 80M AM net (every Sat. 21.30 PST, 3980 +/_ kHz, AM). Wonder if you have a 40M WS19 net. as it is hard for us in CA. to reach Canada during daytime. Pls advise. I will have a talk on WS19 at our annual meet in St. Louis Obispo (between LA and SF) in April 1998, so I am interested in background material (have the basics). We can also offer info & documentation on other WWII sets and manpacks from Sweden, Russia, Japan etc. 73's. Bjorn Forsberg SM5UR/W6 |
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Name: R J Bond Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Shilo (Brandon), MB Time: 1997-12-28 09:25:58 Comments: When I joined the RCCS in 63, the 19's were just on the way out. However, for a few years there after we were trained on the 'big brother' 52 sets. I still remember the Russian Cyrillic markings on the dials. Then, suddenly a few years later the AN/GRC 106's came into service. Now, with spare parts becoming an issue, their days of active service are about to end. Soon to be issued are the TCCIS deliverables. Keep up the memories and the good works. Cheers and 73 de bob, VE4BJZ |
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Name: Fframk West Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Woodcrest,Ca Time: 1997-12-26 10:40:04 Comments: Great Info Enjoyed the visit |
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Name: Graham Warrington Website: AM radio ! Referred by: NewsGroups From: Stanley NB Time: 1997-12-26 10:24:32 Comments: Like the 19 set... Have had a couple in the past, and would like to get another !! A fun radio to play with . |
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Name: Yves A. (Al) Feder Website: Boatanchor Radio at W1UX Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Killingworth, CT Time: 1997-12-26 05:50:22 Comments: Beautiful page and links. This is what radio's about! Terrific history information on the Set 19. Verrrrrrrry interesting! 73 Al W1UX |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Kingston, Ontario, CANADA Time: 1997-12-24 11:21:12 Comments: Hi Bob...Just a quick update on the trans-Atlantic 19 Set/19 Set attempts. The first attempt on 13 Dec was nil heard either side (prop was good - SF=89, A=2, K=0). On 20 Dec we heard some stations in the area (Sicily and Czechoslovakia) but did not work Mario (IK0MOZ). Apparently there was an electrical storm in Rome at the time. Prop was good (SF=90, A=2, K=0). We will try again on the 27th. This may be better as the Italian collectors have their "Winter Rendez-vouz By Radio" from 00:00Z to 23:59Z on the 27th. That may bring out a few more stations. On CW they should be around 3575 KHz, 7032 KHz, 10112 KHz and 14068 KHz. We will keep to our previously arranged sked of 0500 to 0600 Z. Third time lucky? (hope so!). 73 es cul de Dave...chirp chirp...sk |
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Name: Judy Website: Hadfield Elementary School Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: WI Time: 1997-12-22 06:15:00 Comments: Just wanted to stop by and say, Hi! |
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Name: Kenneth Warren Website: none Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Portland Oregon USA Time: 1997-12-17 17:31:42 Comments: Very nice site, wish there were more like it. |
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Name: SM2BYW JIMMY Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: sweden Time: 1997-12-14 16:19:37 Comments: nice to read ! interesting lines for an old surplus man. good luck to you all. jimmy |
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Name: J A Kurtis Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Toronto Time: 1997-12-12 19:21:14 Comments: Surfed your site and recalled working 19 sets in the Central Tech highschool student militia signal corp many years ago. Thanks for the memory !!! |
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Name: Greg Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Time: 1997-12-11 14:33:07 Comments: I listened to HF during the 50's and with junk radio/TV parts I built anything I could from articles in "Radio TV Experimenter". At high school (QECVI, Kingston, Ontario) we Army Cadets used a couple of 19 sets on "Operations". Since Dad had been a wireless operator during the war, he taught me the Code and peaked my interest with stories of the 9, 11 and 19 sets. So, it was in the cards - I got the Ham Licence, VE3GIH, and bought my first 19, a Mk II, in 1966 when I was 19 (that number again). I think it cost me $15. Within months of that event, I was GIVEN ($0.00) a complete 19 High Power - everything! It was about 600 pounds of equipment: Sender/Receiver (Canadian) Mk III with Supply Unit Rectifier, an Amplifier Unit (813 and a huge roller coil), the Amplifier power supply unit (two 1000 volt DC vibrator supplies in series), Frame, Calibrator, Case - Spare Valves, Case - Spare Parts, Control Unit, Headsets, cables, etc, and it worked ! Over the next 10 years I gave the Amplifier Unit to the Signals museum in Kingston (less roller coil), sold/traded the rest at the Ottawa ham-fests, and even got out of ham radio. But I'm back, 20 years later - VE3CFG and I'm delighted to see how much interest there is in a radio that you couldn't give away in the 70's. The "sound" of the A Set receiver and the dynamotor whine have never been forgotten. I saw a Variometer in someones junk bin a few months ago, and I still have a bag of 807's and 6K8's (I think). Hmmm.... Greg |
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Name: Bob Greenwood Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Port Perry Ontario Time: 1997-12-06 20:34:00 Comments: > Date: Thursday, December 04, 1997 01:32 AM > > Bob : I just picked up one more No19 set for my colection.Please add it to my inventory list. This set looks like it will work.I haven't had time to play with it yet.The other sets I have are working and complete.I still am looking for external goodies eg. areal base No9 canvas cover. Would like to get my hands on a complete installation kit for a ground truck station .NEVER HAPPEN!!. I only have pictures. Well that's it.. Bob may be some time next year we can got to gether and you can fire up one of my sets on the TX side to see what happens. > Bob Greenwood . > PS. Keep up the good work ,finding lots of interesting info on your web pages |
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Name: Tony Wilson VE3XNT Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Smiths Falls, ON Time: 1997-12-04 22:38:00 Comments: Not really word of mouth - more like Word of Internet Link! from the Pioneer ARC web site. I'm ex Brit Royal Sigs, trained on 19 and other radios in the 40's during my National Service time. Now work as a volunteer at the Canadian War Museum, mainly on the Technical Equipment collection - including the 19 sets. Will try to get one on the air for a cw (or even an AM) qso as soon as I can get a decent antenna location. 73 de Tony, VE3XNT |
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Name: Meir Ben-Dror Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: central Islip, NY, USA Time: 1997-12-03 22:24:00 Comments: Just wanted the 19 Set gang know that now I'm the proud owner of a second 19 Set, complete with the control unit and all the cables I've been looking for for so long.. No more clip leads for the headset and power! Looking forward to the December SSB net and the weekly CW nets, I'll use the new set. I acquired a WWII vintage RCAF transmitter labeled "AT-12 SET" The panel and case are similar in color and lettering and in general style to the RCAF AR-2/ AR-6 receivers and covers the same HF range. The transmitter is without the modulator/power supply, which is a separate unit. The tube lineup is: 1625 VFO, 1625 buffer/multiplier, 2 814's in parallel output, 12H6 RF output meter rectifier. Would anyone have any info/schematics/manual on this TX so I can put it on the air? Has anyone seen the mod/ps unit for sale anywhere? Any info would be greatly appreciated. 73's and may we find and preserve many gray/black/olive drab boatanchors.... Meir, WF2U |
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Name: Edward Selma EA3BTL Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Catalonia (Spain, Europe) Time: 1997-12-03 15:25:00 Comments: >>TRANSFERRED FROM PRIVATE MAIL SECTION AS NO NEED TO BE PRIVATE & IT'S INTERESTING TO ALL!! DID ANYONE ELSE KNOW SPAIN USED THE 19 SET?<< Time: 1997-11-03 08:15:00 Comments: From I was in the spanish National (military) Service, where I was using and taking care of about 10 WS-19, Mk-II and Mk-III, I promised myself that I should get one. This was by 1965. Five years after, a surplus company sold me one of this. I'm still keeping it, awaiting to be retired to "revamp" it and being operative (I am EA3BTL, almost QRT) with mains supply. Greetings for this pages! I hope to keep in contact with you. My other e-mail is : [email protected] Edward Selma, EA3BTL |
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Name: Rob, VE3YE Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Cumberland (nr. Ottawa) Time: 1997-11-30 01:23:00 Comments: Great looking site, Bob! and I really like the music...it's nice to listen to something while browsing as page. The graphics and badges and animations are great also...Nice job! 73, Rob |
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Name: " RAG" Ragnar Otterstad OZ8RO Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: DK 3460 Birkerod,Denmark Time: 1997-11-30 01:03:00 Comments: Have various accessories, i.e. control boxes, connectors, etc. Has also W.S.18 and WS22 for sale Interest: Have two or more 19s that do NOT work >>CUT AND PASTE FROM INVENTORY GUEST BOOK BY VE3BDB<< ------------------------------------------------------------ Server protocol: HTTP/1.0 Remote host: 209.19.91.30 |
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Name: Edward Selma EA3BTL Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Falset (Catalonia), Spain Time: 1997-11-30 00:54:00 Comments: comments: Interest: Have 19 set that does NOT work ------------------------------------------------------------ Server protocol: HTTP/1.0 >>CUT AND PASTe FROM 19 SET INVENTORY GUEST BOOK BY VE3BDB<< |
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Name: Steve G4GPY Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: UK Time: 1997-11-29 23:11:00 Comments: Hi, I just thoght I'd let you in on a little story concerning the WS #19 Set. I first saw an advertisment for a 19 set when I was 13 years old back in 1961. I worked on weekends and saved the �4.16.9 I needed for the set and a further 10 shillings for the train fare to London. A schoolfriend helped me carry it back to the train station and we looked after it carefully for the 50 or so miles back to my home town Sheerness in Kent on the south east coast of England. That 19 set was working within half an hour of getting home! It was my first real introduction to short wave radio and I went on to gain my full radio amateurs licence some time later. I could wax lyrical about the 19 set for many hours, what fun I had back in 1961. Alas the set has long since gone but the memory remains. 73's Steve, G4GPY |
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Name: marc montgomery Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: montreal canada Time: 1997-11-29 22:47:00 Comments: hi, just happened on your site. great stuff. sorry but don't have serial # handily available as two radios are at a different location than where I am now. Have 2 Mk 111's, I guess in fair to good condition with one variometer (broken "plastic" window though). With the two PSU's, I should be able to get one complete serviceable. Have several needs: MK 3 manual, antennae, canvas, variometer mount, bakelite watch mount, watch, brush guards and lots more- --- including advice!!! Very new at this. Hope to have a complete good working model available to use in restored WW2 Chev type 13 truck. will write again with ser #. << |
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Name: John Mackesy VK3XAO Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Mt. Evelyn, Australia Time: 1997-11-29 22:12:00 Comments: Bob, As it happens, I know Tony Bell (VK5UA) and have spoken to VK3CZ. As I'm fairly seriously into military/airborne electronics this shouldn't come as a surprise. A bit about me... my father and brother were both in the Canadian Army for many years (my brother retired recently), we lived in places like Chilliwack BC, Petawawa Ont., Germany etc. I knew about the 19 Set (the bug bit early) and had a chance to speak on it at an Open Day. I guess it must have been the VHF set. One day sometime in 1960 (we were based at Petawawa) this HUGE aircraft flew over and landed at our small airfield (home to AOP L19s). I'd never seen a large aircraft before, so I drove over to the field (on my newly minted driver's license) for a better look. That was it! I was hooked on aircraft engines as well as radio. About a month later, the Air Force recruiting officer came by my school. So, when I was old enough, I joined up and spent the '60s as an Aero Engine Technician playing around with Canadair Argus. These were a flying electronics warehouse, thus catering to both interests. About 1970, I decided I was really a tropical flower, and made the move to Australia. (There was a job in Viet Nam, but I decided against it). As you'll appreciate, there are PR problems accompanying (operational) aircraft engine collections in suburbia, so I chose to pursue my aviation radio interests. This (basically) entails restoring/operating avionics to the same standard and configuration as their aircraft installation. Some of my collection: Collins Airborne HF Transceivers 618T (ARC-94), 618S (ARC-38), Bendix MN26 Radio Compass, Bendix SCR269G Automatic Radio Compass (now sold), Collins ARN-14 VHF comms xcvr, Collins 51X2 VHF comms xcvr, Collins ARC-27 UHF Transceiver, ALR-3 Radar Warning Xcvr, Bendix ARN-6 ADF, Lear ADF 14 ADF, Marconi AD7092 ADF (very strange device!). Some of the non-airborne stuff: HP312A (used as comms xcvr), HP 606A, URM-25F, Test Sets for 618S & T, Singer SSB12b RF Spectrum Analyzer (its days are numbered), Singer SSB100 RF Spectum Analyzer (replaces previous) and all the test gear a serious electronics/computer person needs to do the job. Home is a leafy hollow 40 Km from downtown Melbourne, called Mt. Evelyn. We're 1400' above MSL (the good news) in the Dandenong Ranges (the most bushfire-prone area on Earth, the bad news). Our garden had a number of 100' tall gum trees; after one of the neighbour's trees fell on his house, partly demolishing it, we looked at them in a new light. Now they're all gone - we sleep much better now. I'm married to an Australian, have a dog and 2 cats (1 is 18 years old!) and drive around in a Mini Moke. You don't see many of THEM in Canada! 73's ---------- >>>CUT AND PASTE BY VE3BDB<<< > Date: Friday, 21 November 1997 9:43 > |
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Name: Bob Greenwood Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Port Perry, ON CA Time: 1997-11-29 22:06:00 Comments: > > Subject: No 29 B Set > Date: Tuesday, November 25, 1997 10:58 PM > > HI Bob : I found lots of No 19 parts including over 100 spare tubes.If > anybody needs parts let me know.I found a CDN No 29 B SET Ser.C-00934 > ZA/CAN 2065 year 1946 If anyone has info please pass it on to me > thanks Bob Greenwood --- >>>CUT AND PASTE BY VE3BDB<<< |
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Name: Brian Moore GI8DGB Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Northern Ireland Time: 1997-11-29 21:29:00 Comments: >>CUT AND PASTE BY VE3BDB<< Sent: Thursday, November 27, 1997 10:14 PM To: Mailer@EPO (Bob Cooke) {[email protected]}; COOKEB Subject: 19 set Hi there Bob, Just a quick note to say I like your Web site for the 19 set great stuff!. Having recently acquired a complete outfit ( minus the Variometer unfortunately) I was very pleased to find your most informative site. My set is a Mk 3 with the PSU which uses twin rotary transformers instead of the single 3 brush type. When you press the PTT switch a relay brings in the second rotary for transmission. I also got the Amplifier No2 Mk3 which has two 807s and a monster rotary transformer in it. I wonder what the output power is ? The original headphone & mike, dogbone connector all included for a price of 45 UK pounds. I think this equates to about 100 Canadian dollars. Not bad but a long way off the 5 pounds I used to pay for them in the late 50s when I was a kid. There seemed to be hundreds of the things around then, some with the Russian on the front and some Canadian models. I would like the circuits if you ever find time to put them on your site as I don,t have any and seem difficult to find over here. We have an military net over here, Saturday mornings 9.30 UTC 3.62 Mhz. All using good old A.M. Most use 19 sets, 52 sets and the Collins TCS12. Great to chat to a fellow enthusiast and maybe hear from you again. Brian GI8DGB ( N. Ireland) |
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Name: Matt Dorn Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: FT Lewis, Wa Time: 1997-11-28 11:01:00 Comments: I'm looking for a complete No.19 set any suggestions? I'm a WW2 reenactor, that is part of a growing 1st Can Para Bn unit and I'm working on putting together the Signals section-anyone out there with some information?-Matt |
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Name: Rod Adkins Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: UK Time: 1997-11-27 18:58:00 Comments: 19 set was my first SWL RX in UK; I heavily modified it, used an RF26 convertor for hf bands. Later used R107 and 52 sets. First licensed as G3STE Currently VE3INE, living in San Diego, operating as /W6 Rod Adkins |
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Name: Augusto E. Yipmantin Website: OA4CVT's HOME PAGE Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: PERU Time: 1997-11-25 18:46:00 Comments: 73 de OA4CVT. Good WEB Page. Pls. visit my web page, I have a link to Peruvian's Radio Club. |
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Name: John Mackesy VK3XAO Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: Mt. Evelyn, Victoria, Australia Time: 1997-11-20 17:13:00 Comments: Great idea! I've talked on a 19 set at an Army open day some time in the late '50s (I was just a kid, but the habit was developing). Keep up the good work. |
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Name: Bob Greenwood Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Port Perry Ont. Time: 1997-11-13 20:01:00 Comments: Great site to visit lots of 19 set info .I will return and would like to get more info on 19 set's |
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Name: Martin Smyth Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Boston,Lincs,England Time: 1997-11-13 09:19:00 Comments: I had a 19 set in 1976, with variometer. I put mains PSU in place of VHF set. I've had an 18 set, two different 38 sets and a 12 set. Sold all in 1978 when I joined The Royal Corps of Signals. Joined as an apprentice and was last to work on C42 valve set in training. Left Signals in 1989. Now working for Ericsson. Restore valve radios as a hobby. Looking for another 19 set to buy. |
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Name: Don VE3GST Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Time: 1997-11-12 21:28:00 Comments: [This message is converted from WPS-PLUS to ASCII] Hi Bob One of these days I will get the machine at home set up so I can access the net from there. Stuck on Packet and through the EPO system for the time being. I acquired another 19 set on my most recent trip to Thunder Bay. This one is a Mk III and is complete with lots of bits. This radio appears to have been adapted for small vehicle/ portable use. It is on a wood carrier just large enough for the radio and P.S., the control box sat somewhere else on the end of it's cable. A set and B set antenna mounts as well as the variometer and calibrator live on the power supply. Got the cables and B set whip but no A set rods. There are a number of accessories including a case, spare valves and spare fuse box, complete and an original key. Manuals are with it as well but no watch, darn it. There is also a set of mobile mounts which allow the radio to be removed from it's vehicle very easily. these appear unused. Also has the brush guards but no canvas that I could find, yet. The original flyer from Hercules Sales, I think, was tucked into the manual along with a receipt for $39.95. The set has had very little modification and should be made original with very little effort. Amazing what you can find tucked away in attics, barns, basements etc. Will pass along the list of S.N.'s and accessories when I have the radio on the bench and can read everything. 73 for now de VE3GST Don >>CUT AND PASTE BY VE3BDB....DON..PLEASE INDICATE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE BODY OF YOUR MESSAGE. THAT GOV'T FIREWALL MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO READ. THANKS<< |
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Name: Bob Cooke VE3BDB Website: 19 SET Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Orillia Time: 1997-11-11 22:25:00 Comments: WE DID IT!! Reed, VE1NU, and I, had a successful two-way, 19 to 19, on 40 meters today, Nov 11 (Remembrance Day). Although QRM was heavy, we were able to exchange sig reports and 19 Set Model and serial numbers. Steve, VE3WIT, was also here at my QTH and actually sent one of the calls to Reed, his first time with a 19 set!! I thank Reed for the opportunity and hope to do it again, soon. Reed, now you must try contact on Monday night's 80M net!! 73 Bob. |
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Name: Steve Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Moonstone Time: 1997-11-09 21:34:00 Comments: Like the change of background on on page-1. Clouds are nice! I note that when I try to use several HOT keys on page-1 there is a problem. When I clicked on these lightly underlined keys: The 19 Set -- A History Italy and the 19 Set Connection Fair Prices for 19 Sets & Accessories Net Report Events Involving the 19 Set General 19 Set News Guestbook . . . I was sent to the "Webspawner Page Machine". Keep up the good work. I hope to give you a hand bringing more of the Manual pages to this site. Steve ve3wit |
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Name: Bry Carling G3XLQ Website: Bry's Ham Radio and Hockey Pages Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Maryland these days! Time: 1997-11-09 09:32:00 Comments: GREAT TO SEE A WS19 page! I have prepared a great set of articles about CCF RADIO in the UK. It includes WS19 pictures and others... Take a look at: http://www.mnsinc.com/bry/ham/ccfradio.htm ENJOY! 73 de AF4K |
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Name: Edward Selma Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Catalonia (Spain, Europe) Time: 1997-11-03 08:15:00 Comments: From I was in the spanish National (military) Service, where I was using and taking care of about 10 WS-19, Mk-II and Mk-III, I promised myself that I should get one. This was by 1965. Five years after, a surplus company sold me one of this. I'm still keeping it, awaiting to be retired to "revamp" it and being operative (I am EA3BTL, almost QRT) with mains supply. Greetings for this pages! I hope to keep in contact with you. My other e-mail is : [email protected] Edward Selma, EA3BTL |
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Name: Reed Park Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Dieppe, New Brunswick Time: 1997-10-23 19:03:00 Comments: Greetings all #19 set users and interested people. Once again, VE1NU will be on the air with a #19 and for those brave enough to try a 2-way CW contact, I will issue a color certificate and a QSL card. Date - November 11th Time - Anytime after 1600 Zulu Freq - 40 meters (approx 7.050 mHz) I will be using an ICOM-730 to tune around listening for anyone calling us. The # 19 will be the tx/rx unit. Last year we worked 12 stations, DX was Ottawa Ontario VE3HJI and VE3NJ. We will remain on the air until either the # 19 quits or the operators do. Sorry, CW is not my favorite mode, so please, please, please. Keep the CW under 10 wpm. Regards to all Reed - VE1NU |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Kingston, Ontario Time: 1997-10-23 14:03:00 Comments: Hi Bob...Finally got back onto the page. It is looking great! This may be the way to find other folks who want to participate in the "around the world" attempt. (actually what I need is a guy with a 19 Set in Hawaii!). Must run...73 to you es 88 to Bev...de VA3ORP...sk |
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Name: Jim Delehant Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Guilford Ct.USA Time: 1997-10-22 11:21:00 Comments: I was looking for accessories for my ww2 US radio and stumbled across your sight.Fell in love.I want to buy a complete set.Can you point me in the right direction. thanks Jim >>VE3BDB replies: Best advise I can give you Jim is to check the hamfests and fleamarkets, as well as sale lists on packet, etc. You might also consider putting out a "want" on packet and elsewhere. Also, you can read the WANT area of the 19 Set World Inventory (page 2 of the 19 set site) as well as other messages posted right here in this guest book. There ARE 19s out there sitting in basements and garages, collecting dust, rusting and being lived in by mice. Trick is to find them. Good luck! << |
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Name: Chris Clotworthy GI7TEU Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Belfast, UK Time: 1997-10-20 08:12:00 Comments: I've been collecting for about 10 years now, and have amassed a fair collection of WWII (or thereabouts) radio kit, including WS17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 29, 38, 46, 58, 62, 68, and would like to make contact with any other owners of WS29 (Can), or with anyone who had service experience of this set. I already know of 3 other sets in the UK, two in Holland, 1 in the US and 2 in Canada. I am looking for the following items, as I'm trying to make up a complete vehicle-style installation: Control Units C101 & C102 Junction Distribution C103 Remote Control Unit C101 Any Series 150 leads (like the standard 19 set 12-pin lead, but with a screw locking ring for waterproofing) Power input lead C2E or similar (90-deg Cannon plug with 2 large pins and 1 small) B set antenna base B set antenna upper section Headsets (either standard or commander's type with the white snatch plug) WS 29 Spare valve case Antenna Matching Unit (the manual pi-match box, not the 'variometer' style!) I can personally follow up leads in the Ottawa/Toronto/Montreal area as I'll be over in Canada on business in November or December. There are other items that I'm looking for other sets, with some swaps available - contact me via email for details. Enjoying the site - will try and contribute in the next month or two with an article or some jpegs, 73 de Chris GI7TEU |
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Name: Kim Jacobsen Website: OZ8KIM Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Denmark Time: 1997-10-19 12:48:00 Comments: Very many and good infos. |
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Name: Dave Riley VE3DRX Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: KITCHENER ONTARIO Time: 1997-10-17 10:30:00 Comments: A friend of mine in Kitchener has 2 19 sets complete and working and also he may have a few tubes and is considering selling them ..so i thought i would send this bulletin to the club to see if anyone was interested and if there is any inquiries on the radios he would like to be contacted at his home telephone# 519-894-1982 his name is Rick Weber..he is not a ham operator, i think he used th m at war time? thank's to listing this reply..ve3drx Dave riley.. |
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Name: Jerry Proc VE3FAB Website: HMCS Haida Referred by: Word of Mouth From: HMCS HAIDA Naval Museum, Toronto Time: 1997-10-17 10:20:00 Comments: Hello Bob, Tonight I received a call from someone who wants to buy a 19 set. His name is: Joe Ingram (416) 225-7543 Willowdale Ontario If you know of anyone who has a 19 set to sell, please have them contact Joe DIRECTLY. Regards, Jerry Proc |
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Name: Matt Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Time: 1997-10-17 10:01:00 Comments: Bob, I talked to Dave Lawrence and he gave me your website(Great site), I'm looking for a working or non woprking No.19 set for our commo section (We are doing1 Can Para Bn), would prefer the type for jeep mounted (I'm really not the Commo section cdr-just the Quartermast)-Thanks Matt Matt [email protected] |
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Name: Martin Swift G5NCE Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Birmingham, England Time: 1997-10-17 10:35:00 Comments: Bob, Great to find your 19 set pages after only a few days on the 'net. I've had a ascination for the WS19 for 30 years now, having owned and repaired and passed on quite a few during that tim . My association with the WS19 is not of a military nature, but goes back to about 1968 when I was 14 years o d and managed to aquire a 19 set from a local radio amateur. After modification, that set was used on the Briti h Air Training Corps (Air Cadets) HF radio network (4925kHz) under the callsign VQ5X54. We found that th mod level was low, and modified it such that the mic permanently fed the IC amp, with the o/p of the amp feedi g the A set mic i/p via a potential divider. A bit nasty I know, but I was only 14/15 at the time and ju t starting to cut my teeth in the radio world. I used that set for about three years, almost every Sunday mo ning, on the ATC net, until I got too old for the Air Cadets, and that particular well worn 19 set was turne into a SW Rx and sold. Shortly after leaving school, I became a professional in radio comms engineeri g, I've been been working for the UK Emergency Services now for 23 years, and have in recent years taken a n w interest in collecting and preserving WWII radio and electronics eqpt, as well as some contemporary PMR e uipment. My present collection includes a number of 19 sets, as detailed in a previous ail to you, plus one buried under a mass of other kit, and which is not immediately accessible. Also, a nu ber 12Tx, 17, 18, 22, 31, 38, B44, 46, 52Rx, 52Tx, 62, 76, 88, R107, R109, T1154 (on loan to local air museu ), R1155(RAF), ZC1, MCR1 and Mk128 (clandestine eqpt), an American Eureka beacon and an RAF 1941 Marconi HF DF Rx type R1273, which I believe is unique. I've also got a WWII Canadian 24' telescopic mast and a lar e Canadian mobile (HF?) antenna base somewhere in my garage! Most of this equipment is serviceable and in goo condition. I also used to own an RCA ET4336 HF high power Tx and it's associated speech amplifier, this was ust too BIG and had to go, so it was donated to the RAF Museum. A bit of a mistake as it has gone into store, a d will probably not see the light of day for many years. Until a few years ago, I also collected British A my 'Larkspur' series eqpt (C11, C42, R210 etc)as well, but it was becoming too common and easy to obtain, so t at was sold to make room for more earlier gear! Is Larkspur available in Canada? I will be a regular visitor to your WS19 pages Bob, and I look forward to seei g the information there grow and broaden as more people find you. I'll attempt to get some written info scanned and see if you are interested in seeing it. My interest in collecting the 19 set and it's ancilliaries has b en renewed! Thanks... All the best from Birmingham, England Martin Swift - G4NCE. (>>Cut & paste by VE3BDB<<) |
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Name: Clem Jarvis VK3CYD Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Melbourne Australia Time: 1997-10-07 00:49:00 Comments: Greetings, Great to see the site going from strength to strength. Personally I'm after a #19 power supply box to rebuild as a mains powered unit. If anyone near Melbourne has one that they will part with let me know. Clem VK3CYD |
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Name: Martin Swift Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Birmingham, ENGLAND Time: 1997-09-28 20:44:00 Comments: Had some WS19 correspondence with Chris Bisaillion from the Whiskeytown Wireless Collection a few years ago. Just got onto the Internet this week and vy interested to find your pages. Hi Chris...did you receive the info ref use of the WS19 in Auster aircraft for Air-Ground comms? From an ad in a 1967 Practical Wireless magazine...19 sets Mk III, less B section, 807, Tx made u/s...35/- (English shillings...now �1.75p) Fair condx, as above but less meter and relay...10/- (50 pence) Breaking 19 sets, various bits and prices. Johns Radio were selling 19 MkIII's for As New, �4 10/-...�4.50p and Grade 2, �2 10/- (�2.50p) I'm also told that they were available at our local (now sadly closed) government surplus dealer, A H Thacker and Sons, piled from floor to ceiling, for similar prices, and on Wednesbury market for 10 shillings (50p) as scrap. |
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Name: John Docherty Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: wetherby, west yorkshire, U.K. Time: 1997-09-13 05:52:00 Comments: Very pleased to find such fantastic interest in the 19 Set. unfortunately there does not seem to be the same interest in the U.K. !! |
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Name: jerry sky VE3FKS Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Beaverton Ont. Lake Simcoe Time: 1997-09-08 02:31:00 Comments: Just dragged my 19 set MKIII out of storage. I fired it up tonight and the receiver works. I have not tried the transmitter yet for I am unsure of how exactly that is done. The headphones are fantastic. Took one apart,built like battleship. The little speakers are about 45 ohms dc. I sure have a lot to learn about this set. 73 jerry |
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Name: Dave Lawrence , VA3ORP Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: C&E Museum, Kingston Ontario Time: 1997-09-04 12:14:00 Comments: Hi Bob...Finally got into the page after an absence of several weeks. I will have an update on "things" after the monthly voice net on Sunday 7 Sep 97. Noted a few items on the page that need correcting. The date of "Reunion 98" is 4 - 7 Sep 98. Also, the very nice picture of the cap badge is NOT the Canadian Army Signals Cap Badge. It is the Communications and Electronics Branch cap badge. The one that the Canadian Army had was actually the cap badge of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. (of course, being of the light blue persuasion, you might not be familiar with the finer points...hi hi). Page looks good. More articles to come in the next few weeks. 73 es cul de Dave, VA3ORP at VE3RCS...sk |
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Name: Wally Harwood VE7HEW Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Hudson's Hope B C Time: 1997-09-01 17:36:00 Comments: Have 19 set - looking for connectors, control boxes and variometer. |
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Name: Reed Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Dieppe, New Brunswick Time: 1997-08-30 09:57:00 Comments: Hello again. It is always a pleasure getting a notice when you change or add things to your site. It just keeps getting better and better. I have not been able to check in on the on-air nets yet, but I have tried, conditions (or no net) have been my excuse. Hopefully the first Sunday of Sept. will proove to be good for propagation. Regards Reed |
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Name: Doug Irmill Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: CNE Toronto Time: 1997-08-27 19:23:00 Comments: Hello, heard about your site at the CNE. Nice. I don't have a 19 Set but I enjoy reading about them. |
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Name: John C. Stumm Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Bakersfield CA. Time: 1997-08-20 05:48:00 Comments: Bob, in addition to the pertinent info already relayed on the major component. I also have, new, in boxes, contrl units #'s 1 and 2, Junction Distr. box #3with connector, 2 ea 60 ft. jumper lead assem, 1ea dust cover, 2ea magnavox B-9 headsets, 1ea Zenith headset (PC 76338C), 1ea Aerial Feeder Assem #4 (PC 7649), 1ea complete case of spare valves , (every other one with a little felt covr) 1 Snubber Bracket assem. # SD111R605, Cable set including: 1ea connector #5 (6") power unit to WS; 1ea connector #50K 12pt (146"); 1ea connector 4pt #204C (49") and 1ea connector 12pt #50F (8") 1ea pkg of misc small spares, order # 1244-Phila-44 containing approx 3 doz items including: connector pitails, Key and ?, screws, pilot lights, fuses bruhes, and fuse holder knobs, among other things. All obtained for a only $160! (I guess that was a good deal) Oh yeah, also hav the mounting assem for the wireless & its power supply. It is only long enoug to support those 2 items though. I'm thinking that, with the long connector cbles, that the control box(es) were meant to be remotely mounted?..... 73's Interest: WANT 19 set information, manuals or publications >>>(CUT & PASTE BY VE3BDB) {{Note to all: Please use THIS guest book area for comments and inventory of any equipment EXCEPT the 19 itself, PSUs and Variometers. See "New Criteria" at top of page two, in red. Thanks...Bob}} - |
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Name: John C. Stumm Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Sycamore/Kern River Cogeneration Companys Time: 1997-08-20 05:40:00 Comments: [email protected] W/S 19 set, Mk II RCA #11835 looks to be unused much of it in unopened boxes. Complete set, many spares. Looking for antenna and cables, info, manuals - copies ok Interest: WANT 19 set information, manuals or publications (>>>>CUT AND PASTE BY VE3BDB) |
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Name: Mike Kelly VK3CZ Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Neerim South Victoria 3831 Time: 1997-08-19 17:38:00 Comments: At school at moment, dont have numbers on hand.have 5 19s 3 aussie built. 2 canadian. none working at present but all complete.Am restoring a 1940 Chevrolet Wireless truck CMP cab 11 8cwt 4X2 built May 1940. Am fabricating rear body from plans.Looking for info on Wireless set no.9 as fitted to these vehicles.Also have 2nd vehicle for spares. have 5 no. 11 sets 4 aussie built 1 EK cole built 1940. most radios I have are Aust. pattern ie. 109, 108, FS6, 208, AT21,ATR4A, >>>>> (CUT & PASTE BY VE3BDB) |
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Name: YVANTHOMAS Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: BELGIUM EUROPE Time: 1997-08-16 09:04:00 Comments: I am also a collector of WWII radio's. I have several 19's to trade or for sale. Pse contact via e-mail ( compuserve ) 73's Yvan ( on1aty ) |
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Name: Mike WA7NPA Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Washougal, Wa USA Time: 1997-08-16 09:06:00 Comments: Hello Eveybody...I just got a new old stock Mark-19 #2 set and the matching power supply... I have the cable from the PS to the Radio, but I need the Power input connector or cable and the connector or cable( the 12 pin on the radio) that goes to the control box... Iwant to put this radio on the air, as I run alot of AM, and mostly Military radios... Any help with these connectors sure would be great! My E-Mail address is [email protected] Thanks Mike WA7NPA |
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Name: Bill Griffith Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Holland Landing, Ontario Time: 1997-08-15 18:46:00 Comments: I have a W/S No.19 Mk II in good condx, w/ SUR-1, and some (unfortunately) "hacked" Mk.III's. Also have a number of spare valves (esp.6K7's, but no 807's). |
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Name: Richard Loken Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Athabasca Alberta Time: 1997-08-13 15:14:00 Comments: I have a No 19 Mk III built by Northern Electric in Montreal which I got in 1968 when I was 17. My dad recommended it, he was a radio operator for an artillary regiment in Holland and Germany and drove a Major around in a jeep when not operating the 19 set. My set is abused terribly, I tore out the VHF radio and built a AC supply then rewired the set to supply audio to a speaker in the power supply and I rewired the relay to take 12V ac and added a CW monitor and a S/R switch. I had no repect and tore apart all unwanted accessories and threw away the key and headset because the looked funny. Later my parents moved and lost all other parts except the set, the manual, and the AC supply. I recently opened the supply and found to my surprise that I had done pretty good work but I had no respect for history! - Richard Loken VE6BSV |
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Name: MikeHeltborg Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Washougal,WA..USA Time: 1997-08-10 17:37:00 Comments: I.used.mark-19.#3set.as.novice.in.1969...Been.looking.for.one.for.about.4.years,andjust.found.a.mark19#2.set.and.supply.that.isnew...don't.think.that.it.ever.saw.service....Talked.with.Chis.VE3CBK.and.he.sent.me.a.copy.of.the.manual.for.the.radio....Thanks.Great.web.site |
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Name: Gerald VA3GAH @ VE3PSP (packet) Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Parry Sound, Ontario Canada Time: 1997-08-06 16:07:00 Comments: From: VA3GAH@VE3PSP.#CON.ON.CAN.NA To : VE3BDB@VE3FJB.#CON.ON.CAN.NOAM VA3GAH/TPK 1.82 Msg #:204 Date:05-08-97 Time:20:43Z Hi Bob Gerald here in Parry Sound as I am not hooked up to the internet yet I was wondering if you post messages on the 19 set site. I have been going through my own collection of 19 set accessories and have filled 3 large boxes of extra's that I will be taking to the Hamfest in Brantford August 16 at the Burford Fair Grounds. As the boxes are now packed all will be sold on a first come bases. Some of the accessories include "B"mounts,headsets,power cables, control boxes,variometer mounts,2 complete spare valve kits,"B"rods microphones,working Mark II and III power supplies etc,etc. I am sure some of the other collectors would be interested in what I am taking. I am also looking for a few accessories for my C42 radio to finnish it off. Hope to see you there. 73 Collector Canadian Wireless Sets] --- End of messsage #701432 to VE3BDB from VA3GAH --- (SOUNDS LIKE A TRIP TO THE BRANTFORD HAMFEST COULD BE WORTHWHILE! I WILL ALSO BE THERE, AT THE R.A.C. TABLE.--Bob) |
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Name: Clem Jarvis VK3CYD Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Victoria, Australia Time: 1997-08-03 23:17:00 Comments: Great to find you! I run an English MK 3 and soon an RF amp to suit on 80M. Hope the No 19 concept takes off in Australia too and we have more of these, (and other surplus gear), on the air here. Good Luck to all.... |
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Name: Reed Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Dieppe, New Brunswick Time: 1997-08-03 17:45:00 Comments: Well, I finally remembered about the monthly net, even put up an 80 meter dipole 2 weeks ago so I would be ready. 2000 Z came and went, and not a signal did I hear on 3760 +/- so I will try again next month. I had just finished a daily sked on 40 with VE3HJI in Ottawa, so I knew at least there was some 40 propagation going on. Better luck next time, hope you did better than I. 7 3 Reed |
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Name: Jean Paul Taillebois ve3jpt Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Oshawa Ontario Time: 1997-08-02 10:55:00 Comments: Hi, Just a word to say how great it was to meet with the gang at the Oshawa due last week end. hope to connect with you on the next net with my 19 set. 73 |
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Name: Peter (Jeep) Rogers Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Pitt Meadows. BC Time: 1997-08-01 23:39:00 Comments: Just looking at the picture at the top of the 19 set page brought back memories I trained on 19 set MkII's and III's, 18 and 48 sets in 1944, my regt was the Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Fortunately, for me my training, in a specialist regt, took a long time and the war was over by the time I finished my training, I eventually became Sigs Instructor (Sgt) was 2 I/C signal platoon, CO's driver/Op. We got more than the 1000yds out of our Mk III's often as far as 20 miles, certainly 10 miles mobile to mobile, I even worked Germany out of London UK although to boost the signal I used the Amplifier on a long wire. Moved to BC immediately after leaving the regt 1956 (10 days after) Licences obtained DL2VJ, G3KUR and VE7AHX since 57. Like your Homepage. |
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Name: Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Kingston, Ontario Canada Time: 1997-07-24 14:33:00 Comments: Hi Bob...Just checking out the page. I sent you packet mail ref your last msg. I like the idea of another on-air event. How about saturday 16 Aug (VE-Day + 1 + 52 years!). Could run it just like the Field Day show. We'll talk. 73 de Dave |
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Name: Reed Park Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Dieppe, New Brunswick Time: 1997-07-19 09:54:00 Comments: This site just keeps getting better and better. I think the red and blue colors look great. It's always nice to read about the experiences of others with their #19 sets, even from events from a long time ago. Seeing how many people are interested in the #19 now, is amazing. I see there are people from litterly "all over the world". The radio sure has left its mark on us. May I be brave enough to say "it can be called the DC-3 of radios"? Keep up the great work, and I promise one of these Sundays to check in to the net. Regards Reed VE1NU |
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Name: Mike VK3CZ Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Australia Time: 1997-07-17 15:44:00 Comments: From: VK3CZ@VK3KSD.#MEL.VIC.AUS.OC To : VE3BDB@VE3FJB.#CON.ON.CAN.NOAM Hello Bob, Name is MIke and I been collecting mil radio gear about 14 years. I have just seen the 19 set WW bulletin and had to reply. I have been in contact with DAve VA3ORP via snail mail, he sent me a nice letter and also great photos of what you blokes get up to. I have sent him packet mail but dont know if he rceived it. Yes, we are very green with envy at ur ability to organise things over there, here quite a few are collecting stuff, but no organised clubs yet. The prices are variable here for old army radios. A few months back , my friend VK5AQ Andrew found a very clean 19 set mk11 in a Antiqu shop for $50. It was a 1952 re-build of a British pattern set.I have 5 19 sets three of which are the locally made AWA 1943 version. These use local made valves like; 6U7G etc. The little bits that go with the sets are very hard to find. A few years back a locxal disposals store has new 19 set morse keys . some Canadian made and U.S. made as well. complete with the straps to tie around your leg. I am also restoring a 1940 Chevrolet Canadian built radio truck. It is a 1940 CMP number 11 cab 8cwt 4X2, made in Oshawa, bodt built by W.D. Beath of Toronto, The original body is missing so I am fabricating a copy from plans. Not much Canadian built radio here except for 19 sets . I have one with the russian script .Also a mk111 Can power supply with the vibrater Ok hope you get this ok, I was able to connect to canada on paket to ryeham direct last year, but the system is very clogged up and slow now. bye for now de Mike VK3CZ @ VK3KSD --- End of messsage #696892 to VE3BDB from VK3CZ --- |
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Name: Bill Dickson ZL2DJ Website: Referred by: Advertisment/Brochure From: New Plymouth New Zealand Time: 1997-07-09 08:06:00 Comments: I came across the site mentioned on Amateur radio Packet and as I have a friend with a 19 set dropped in to see what info was hear that i could pass on as he is not on internet. 73......Bill. |
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Name: Karl Langer ZR1AAP Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Cape Town, South Africa Time: 1997-07-08 13:50:00 Comments: Comments: I have: W.S.Nr.19 ( Canadian ) MK III, serial Nr. C - 66726 RCA with powersupply unit Nr. 1, MK II (not matching with set ) W.S.Nr.19 ( British ) MK III, serial Nr.48860 with powersupply unit Nr.1, MK II and microphone,headphones,morsekey,vehicle aerial base, variometer (not complete ),case spare valves,crystal calibrator Marconi CMC 110585 serial 8051 Interest: WANT 19 set accessories (This is a cut and paste by VE3BDB. Thanks for the message, Karl. Your inventory info will be added to Page 2.) |