Wireless Set No.8

MILITARY U.K. (different makers for same model)

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  • Year
  • 1940/1940
  • Category
  • Military Transceiver (TRX)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 203292

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 8
  • Main principle
  • Transceiver; ZF/IF 465 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Short Wave (SW only)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Dry Batteries / 3 & 218 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • - For headphones or amp.
  • Material
  • Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Wireless Set No.8 - MILITARY U.K. different makers
  • Shape
  • Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 14 x 14 x 13 inch / 356 x 356 x 330 mm
  • Notes
  • Wireless set No. 8: Short range man-pack transceiver covering 6 - 9 MHz, AM (A3), pout 0,25 Watt telephony;
    powered by LT 3 V and HT 218 V dry batteries;
    used by British Army for short communications in forward areas between company and battalion HQ as fixed ground station or carried as man-pack on march;
    the set came in a steel cabinet with hinged covers on a Bergen type rucksack frame and is covered with a canvas hood. The transmitter section is found at top and the receiver at the bottom in the metal frame.
    The set was produced by Pye and Murphy, during 1940, they changed production from the heavy steel cabinet (49 lbs) to a lighweight version within two months, the latter set became the popular Wireless Set 18.
  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 49 lb (49 lb 0 oz) / 22.246 kg
  • Mentioned in
  • Wireless for the Warrior Vol. 1, L. Meulstee
  • Author
  • Model page created by Martin Bösch. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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