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As a young fellow I had two No. 11 sets, which is a tank transceiver not unlike the 19 set, although not identical either.

Both were put in working condition with the help of my father, Harry Dulmage. Dad was a Wireless Mechanic instructor at No 1 Wireless School in St. Hubert, Quebec, during the war. In fact I think he was the youngest instructor ever.

When i bought the first 11 set it wouldn't work. He told me ,"If that was a No. 19 set I would check this and then that." Sure enough, 10 minutes later it sprang to life. After the war he got his engineering degree at U of T. (He is a Prince Edward County, Ontario, boy).

He was given the job of making Mobile FM radio practical at GE Canada. After succeeding at that he was hired by Collins Radio of Canada, on Burmonsey Road, Scarborough, Ontario, where he was project engineer on the development of the radio for the AVRO Arrow jet aircraft. The cancellation of that aircraft stung him deeply but he stayed around to develop what is known as the Gas Can radio for the Voodoo jet aircraft.

Dad is still alive and recently gave me a bunch of his old stuff, including a German Spy radio-locating receiver (there is an identical unit in the Military Communications and Electronics Museum at Kingston, Ontario), a HP signal generator and an old but good pixel tube frequency counter. He is responsible for my ham radio interest, although he is really an aircraft radio guy at heart.

My Amateur Radio call sign is VE3LYX. I am now into the real old Glowbug-style stuff.

BTW there is a complete -- and reportedly it works -- No. 19 set for sale at the Grafton Twin Windmills antique store. I have looked at it twice myself. That store is just east of the Big Apple place just south of the Highway 401 (in eastern Ontario).

Original hand-written message from November 11, 1918, concerning end of WW I, as copied by a signaller with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Europe. To see it and related information, click on the next three links.

Our thanks to Fred, VE3GCP, and Group Member David Wilson, VE3BBN, for bringing this to our attention.

Hello, A couple of year ago, I drew the WS-19 HPU's frame. Its could be
useful for some one else. You could put it on your site as information

Thank you

Denis VE2DSH
Denis Chouinard Eng.