(Louis Meulstee’s web site)
The pages were added over the years primarily because I have an interest in the subjects.
When available, additions and updates will be made.
H.A.C. Short-Wave Products kits.
In most of the leading British radio magazines, notably Practical Wireless and the
Short Wave Magazine, 'H.A.C.' Short-Wave Products ('H.A.C.' = Hear All Continents)
advertised up to the early 1980s with simple shortwave receiver kits.
Fullerphone.
In this section is posted the history, technical description and operational use
of the Fullerphone, a unique and not very commonly known DC Morse line telegraph
set. Explained is how this simple, but ingenious little set solved the problems of
overhearing and enabled communication through long and leaky field lines.
Radio and Television in boy's books (Dutch language!).
In children's books in the period 1920 to the 1960s, the main subject was often radio
and television. In this section are front cover illustrations and descriptions of
a selection of Dutch boy's books which had one thing in common: they were thrilling
and still most enjoyable to read!
Dutch PTT.
Mobilofoon, Semafoon, and the fixed radio station Kootwijk Radio are the topics of
a triptych with illustrated short historical stories about three radio-related departments
of the Dutch PTT (now KPN) up to the 1990s.
Gibson Girl.
The evolution of Air-Sea rescue transmitters with many pictures, circuit diagrams
and technical data in three parts from World War 2 to the 1980s.
The ‘Other Topics’ pages below have no direct connection with the main topic of the
site: the technical history and development of British Army radio communication.
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‘Lamps, Operator’ WftW Pamphlet No. 2 (Previously ‘An overview’.)
Small operator lamps were issued with most British (and Commonwealth) Army vehicle
and ground radio stations, normally powered directly from a socket fitted on the
front panel of the set. This overview shows the presently known versions and variations.
Please note that it is also available as a PDF on the download page.
‘Mystery Set SSF Mk.II’
Quite a number of years ago an SSF Mk.II transmitter-receiver was donated to the
Amateur Radio Museum ’Jan Corver’, located in Budel, The Netherlands. At that time
nobody could identify the set and its function, and up to the present day it remains
to be a mystery.
(Will be moved to the ‘Various’ series along with the ‘Edac’).
’Key and Plug Assemblies’ (Previously ‘An overview …’)
Key and Plug Assemblies were essential parts of most British (and Commonwealth) Army
wireless sets and stations. This overview shows the currently known types and versions
of these Morse key assemblies, spanning the period from the late 1930s until the
1950s when the Larkspur range of equipment started coming into service.
Mystery Set ‘EDAC’
An ‘EDAC’, a partly transistorised miniature shortwave transceiver, was found in
Australia. So far nothing had been found relating to its background.
Was it a modernised version of the SSD Mk.II?
(In preparation and expected late 2024 in the ‘Various’ series).
