The Wireless Set No. 19 Photo Gallery
Page Twenty-Five

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Dave Lawrence, VA3ORP, sends four photos of a POW radio.

'Dave writes: I was in the C&E Museum today (October 2002) and got a few pictures of the replica POW receiver that I made for the Dieppe display. All of the parts were either from my junkbox or "stolen" from the Museum (with the Curator's permission!).
I used a number of commercial parts because of what I was able to learn from POWs. They suggested that anyone who had some technical skills would often be used in a prison workshop.

This was a golden opportunity to gather the necessary bits and pieces. The vacuum tube would be the toughest item to get and would cost around 600 cigarettes.
The set, the earphone and the tube would be stored in different locations so that if there was a search, they would be less likely to loose all of the parts at once.

NONE of the POWs that I spoke to had actually seen the radio when they were in the camps. There were only a VERY few people who knew where it was hidden.
Information from the broadcasts would be transcribed by two "radio operators" and this information would then be distributed throughout the camp by word-of-mouth'.


Flip to Gallery 26 for the other two photos.




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