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The third Volume in the Wireless for the Warrior series, entitled ‘Reception Sets’, is devoted to receivers (also known as Reception Sets) used in the British Army over the period 1932 to the 1960s. The contents of this Volume is principally concentrated on the R100 to R508 series, but many other receivers with different nomenclatures are covered.
Volume 3 consists of eight main chapters, each dealing with a distinct group of receivers (in total more than 70 receivers), introductory and general information pages and a number of appendixes. It features 230 photographs, 470 line drawings and 220 data tables in A4 hardback format.
The chapters are: Army Reception Sets, Reception Sets Adopted from other Arms, Special Receivers, Direction Finding Receivers, Army Broadcast Reception Sets, Commonwealth Army Reception Sets, Commercial Receivers Adopted by the Army, Army Welfare Reception Sets. In the Appendixes are covered: Condensed Data of Equipment, Army Valve Designations and Equivalents, Headphones in use in the British Army. A large number of related equipment and wireless sets are mentioned in Volume 3 including specialists’ vehicles and installation layout.
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