Wireless Set No.9

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

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  • Année
  • 1939–1941
  • Catégorie
  • Émetteur-récepteur militaire
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 203293

 Spécifications techniques

  • No. de tubes
  • 11
  • Principe général
  • Transceiver (poste récepteur/émetteur combiné); FI/IF 420 kHz
  • Gammes d'ondes
  • OC uniquement
  • Tension / type courant
  • Accumulateur (par exemple pour autoradios ou radio) / 12 Volt
  • Haut-parleur
  • - Pour casque ou amplificateur BF
  • Matière
  • Boitier métallique
  • De Radiomuseum.org
  • Modèle: Wireless Set No.9 - MILITARY U.K. different makers
  • Forme
  • Gros appareil industriel ou militaire (> 20 kg)
  • Dimensions (LHP)
  • 41 x 16 x 12 inch / 1041 x 406 x 305 mm
  • Remarques
  • Wireless set No. 9: Medium range transceiver covering 1,875 - 5 MHz, AM (A3), MCW (A2) and CW (A1), pout 5 Watt telephony, 10 Watt CW;
    powered by 12 V 125 Ah accumulator for heaters and rotary transformer for 1100 V HT and anode converter for 200 V for transmitter ans receiver; six foot rod antenna;
    used by British Army for medium range communications between armoured fighting vehicles and on trucks for Division signals.
    The Wireless Set No. 9 consists of a receiver unit, a supply unit in the middle and a transmitter unit at the right. The set is equipped with to identical master oscillator and antenna tuning circuits for a red and blue channel which can be changed by a two position frequency change switch (also referred as "flick mechanism"). Only early models also feature crystal controlled operation.
    The set replaced the less successful W.S. 2 and 7, has been produced in a first batch of 50 and another 200 sets in 1937 by Standard Telephones and Cables, until 1941, a total of about 400 sets have been made.
    The set has seen very much use as AFC set in the Western Desert campaign in 1940/1941; it has been replaced by Wireless Set 12 as ground station and vehicle station and by the popular Wireless Set 19 as AFV / tank set.
  • Littérature
  • Wireless for the Warrior Vol. 1, L. Meulstee
  • Auteur
  • Modèle crée par Martin Bösch. Voir les propositions de modification pour les contributeurs supplémentaires.

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