VK2DYM'S MILITARY RADIO AND RADAR INFORMATION SITE. |
SIGNALS POCKET BOOK
This booklet gives the list of radio equipment in service with the Australian Army in 1944.
TABLE OF ARMY WIRELESS SETS.
WIRELESS SET |
FREQUENCY Mc. |
POWER OUTPUT |
CURRENT HP |
CURRENT LP |
No. 109 MkII** |
2.5 - 5 |
5 watts |
Receive 4.9a. |
|
No. 11 (Aust) |
4.2 - 7.5 |
HP 4 watts |
Receive 2.9a. |
Receive 2.9a. |
No. 208 |
2.5 - 3.5 |
0.5 watts |
Receive 8.5 ma. HT |
Receive 250 ma. LT |
No. 108 MkIII |
2.5 - 3.5 |
0.4 watts |
Receive 10ma. HT |
Receive 250ma. LT |
No. 22 (Aust) |
2 - 8 |
CW 10 watts |
Send CW 5.8 a. |
|
Teleradio 3B |
3 - 12 |
CW 10 watts |
Receive 3.3a. (6v) |
|
Teleradio 3BZ |
3 - 12 |
CW 10 watts |
Receive 3.3a. (6v) |
|
No. 133 |
1.47 - 12
or |
HP LP |
Standby (fil. on) 345 watts |
310 watts |
No. 19 MkII |
A set 2.1 - 8
B set 230 - 250 |
CW 6 watts R/T 0.2 watts |
7a. - 11.4a. depending on mode |
|
No. 19 MkII |
A set 2 - 8
B set 225 - 245 |
CW 6 watts R/T 0.2 watts |
8 - 12a.depending on mode |
|
Reception Set |
1.2 - 20 |
aux. for No. 22 |
110, 220, 240, or 260v 35 watts or |
|
TABLE OF TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT.
DESCRIPTION |
REFERENCE |
DIMENSIONS |
WEIGHT |
Fullerphone MkIV |
DC Telegraph Instrument |
12" x 7" x 7" |
14 pounds |
Telephone D MkV |
Speech and Morse Instrument |
10" x 5" x 6" |
11 pounds |
Telephone F MkI |
Speech only |
12" x 7" x 8" |
17¼ pounds |
Telephone Inf. No.1 (Aust) |
Normally used with assault wire - |
7½" x 5" x 10" |
5 pounds |
Telephone L (Aust) |
For buzzer or magneto circuits |
16" x 6" x 4½" |
15 pounds |
Box, Terminal, |
Terminal box for 10 pairs |
17" x 5½" x 3¾" |
34 pounds |
Frame, D and P MkI* |
10 wire unit to protect apparatus |
8¼" x 12½" x 11¼" |
19 pounds |
Superposing Unit |
Superposes on 1 line |
16" x 5½" x 4½" |
15 pounds |
Switchboard 10 line UC |
|
22½" x 16" x 16" |
47½ pounds |
Switch, Telephone, |
6 Telephone plus 6 Line terminals |
6⅜" x 6" x 5⅞" |
7½ pounds |
Test Set, Portable No.2 |
Test dry cells and lines |
8¼" x 7¾" x 6" |
9 pounds |
1" (one inch) = 25.4mm 1 pound = 0.454 kg
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