Wireless for the Warrior

[fat tony]

A site with a large amount of information on Military wireless communications history. The era seems to start in the early 20th century & continues on into the Cold War era.

http://www.wftw.nl/b-one-default.html

 

[Rule 303]

A site with a large amount of information on Military wireless communications history. The era seems to start in the early 20th century & continues on into the Cold War era.

http://www.wftw.nl/b-one-default.html

For anyone with an interest in old military radio sets like the WS No 18, No19, No 52, etc etc, this series of books is a must.

As one Australian collector once put it..."Worth every Pommie pound".

Author: Louis Meulstee.

 

[sail32]

I fixed a No. 19 set once, by pushing it off the tail gate of a 3/4 ton.

Tuning calls, netting calls, etc.

 

[points]

It's amazing the change in technology an a few decades. Back in the 60s we had these huge radios that would barely fit in the back of a 3/4t. Lots of dials and quite the procedure to fine tune. The back pack mobile radios were forever breaking down. The batteries were huge and didn't last long so we were constantly out of com.
Now, a cell phone the size of bussines card will do the trick.

 

[mdmaroon]

Anyone interested in this thread might like this article: http://dlhings.ca/sunarticle.pdf

I work for the modern day version of the same company (different name now) that Mr Hings worked for when he invented the walkie talkie that we all take for granted now.

Most of my co-workers are amazed when I tell them that the walkied talkie was invented by another employee long ago. (For example, when we're using them at work I may mention this...heheh)...