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Re: RSGB makes it to El Reg

lucifer@eternal-flames.gov wrote:

>On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:52:41 +0000, Spike <Aero.Spike@S&T.invalid>
>wrote:
>
>>Brian Reay wrote:
>>
>>> "EA1/G1LVN" <gareth.paley@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:a6972204-866c-4505-9a08-3a578ac17235@c3g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>>>We are talking G3A's here. Everyone was at it then. The US CB band has
>>>>it's roots in the popularity of  yapping away on the
"liberated"19
>>>>sets (tank band) by de-mobbed signallers.
>>>
>>>G3s are / were UK callsigns.
>>>
>>>The WS19 was a British set, although some were built in Canada (inc some
>>>with Russian dials). I doubt many got to the US until much later.
>>
>>Britain didn't have the industrial capacity to produce the WS19, so it
>>gave the contract to Northern Telecom of Canada. In order to meet the
>>demand, they had to sub out the work to several US firms: Zenith, RCA
>>and Philco. About 2 million were made.
>
>There's an interesting article here:
>http://www.k9ya.org/w9cbt/images/K9YA%20Telegraph%20WS19.pdf
>
>suggesting some where supplied and used by the Americans.

Yes, I'm sure I remember seeing 19 sets and ancilliaries that had the
familiar orange/red Signal Corps inspector's stamps on them,
suggesting they'd been 'taken on' by the US forces.

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Aero Spike
Not a member of the RSGB for 50 years 1959 - 2009

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