(Louis Meulstee's web site)
Can YOU help please?
Wireless for the Warrior Compendium 2 'Spark to Larkspur'
(Special sets, Receivers & Larkspur) is in preparation.
Compendium 2 "Spark to Larkspur" Can YOU help please?
From time to time, until the completion of work, I should like to ask your assistance in the preparation of WftW Compendium 2 in the form of scans or digital
photos, and other information. Please contact me on louis(at)wftw.nl if you think that you can contribute anything useful!
Revised: 12 July 2011
Transmitter-Receiver Radio A42 No. 1
I am looking for a reasonably good quality photograph of the front panel of Transmitter-Receiver Radio A42 No. 1.
This set resemble Transmitter-Receiver Radio A41 No. 1 (shown here), but with a different frequency range.
A good quality photo of this set has been taken by Roy of Milradio which I am allowed to use. Thank you Roy!
DF Station Transportable Adcock Nos. 1, 2 and 3
Transportable U-Adcock DF stations came in use from about 1943 onwards. The stations were a substitute to the static commercial Marconi Adcock stations
and intended for temporary use where portability and a rapid setup of a station was required.
There were three types of Army Adcock stations:
- No. 1 and No. 2 using Reception Set R106 DF No. 2 and Goniometer Unit No. 3
- No. 3 using Reception Set R206 Mk.5 and Goniometer Unit No. 4
I am looking for photographs of these stations and in particular to
Goniometer Unit No. 3 and Reception Set R106 DF No. 2
For the calibration of the goniometer a Test Oscillator was used. No information about this unit was found so far.
It is assumed that this unit was a simple battery operated oscillator operating within the frequency range of the DF station.
DF Station Transportable Adcock No. 1 (above)
Goniometer Unit No. 3 and Reception Set R106 DF No. 2 (left). Goniometer Unit No. 4 (right)
Welfare Receivers
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Receiver Broadcast type B No. 3
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Receiver Broadcast type C No. 2
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Receiver Broadcast type C No. 3
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Receiver Broadcast type C No. 4
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Receiver Broadcast type D No. 3
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Receiver Broadcast type BC4166
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It is intended to include Army Welfare receivers (also known as Naafi receivers, morale receivers and amenities receivers)
in WftW Compendium 2. This appears to be a difficult task as only very few official documents about this subject were found.
I am interested in any illustrations of the receivers which are marked RED in this list,
and particularly in photographs of any these receivers in use with the troops.
See also the illustrations and photos above of the Army Welfare receivers we know at present.
At present we know the existance of the following models:
| A Series, principally intended for Home Forces |
| - Receiver Broadcast type A produced by GEC and similar to type BC4141 |
| - Receiver Broadcast type A No. 1 produced by Bush Radio |
| - Receiver Broadcast type A No. 2 produced by Philco |
| B series, tropicalised and mostly issued overseas |
| - Receiver Broadcast type B No. 1 produced by Ferguson |
| - Receiver Broadcast type B No. 2 produced by GEC |
| - Receiver Broadcast type B No. 3 produced by Hale Electric Co Ltd (HECL) |
| C series, portable (dry) battery operated |
| - Receiver Broadcast type C No. 1 produced by Craftsman Radio as type CR2 |
| - Receiver Broadcast type C No. 2 produced by Decca, originally as type 133 |
| - Receiver Broadcast type C No. 3 produced by Hale Electric Co Ltd (HECL) |
| - Receiver Broadcast type C No. 4 produced by Hale Electric Co Ltd (HECL) |
| D Series |
| - Receiver Broadcast type D No. 1 produced by Richard Cooper |
| - Receiver Broadcast type D No. 2 produced by GEC |
| - Receiver Broadcast type D No. 3 produced by Bush originally as type AC71 |
| E Series |
| - Receiver Broadcast type E Nos. 1 to 3. No details are known |
| Various commercial |
| - Receiver Broadcast type BC4166 produced by GEC |
Wireless for the Warrior
