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Chris Suslowicz

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    Signals (Wireless and Line), mostly.
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    Dinosaur Herder (recently retired)

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  1. Breaking down the NATO Stock Number a bit... 5965 = 5965 is a Federal Supply Class that contains components such as headsets, microphones, handsets, and speakers that are used for aviation purposes. 99 - is the code for UK categorised items. (i.e. we own that entry.) 330 2287 - is the specific item within that class. LHS appears to have a 3.5mm audio jack fitted (which is very odd for the military), RHS looks like a Clansman multiway connector with a cover fitted - maybe for a microphone or the connecting cable... is there a connecting cable in the pack with the headset? They're obviously for a noisy environment, but not _that_ noisy... maybe helicopter passengers rather than flight deck crew (which had extremely large hard-shell earpieces with liquid-filled seals to keep jet noise out). :-) It's 16 years old, but might be worth asking Selex if they have any information that would help. (The £300 price tag is typical for MoD kit - it covers all the costs of the design, build, transport and storage, etc.) Best regards, Chris.
  2. A quick rummage on t'Internet finds a possible hit and photograph of an eBay lot (long expired), apparently made by Davies Communications - who now appear to be part of SELEX. That's not much help, but the photo (assuming Google is not lying through it's Artificial Stupidity teeth - it can no longer be trusted, I'm afraid) shows something with twin jack plugs for aircraft use (Like the David Clarke pilot headsets) in Olive Drab. Have you got a photo of the beast (or are all the boxes still sealed)?
  3. I may have some 3-pin connectors - what are the body and pin diameters? (They were made in several power ratings, but being brass are targeted by the scrappers.) Chris (Wishing it would stop BLOODY RAINING.)
  4. Looks very much like the connectors used for the tent lighting kit I've got, but with a screened cable to keep electrical noise out of the nightscope and inverter whine from the nightscope out of the 432. Cable will be male to female so that the scope can be inserted/removed in an existing cable run. Chris.
  5. I have one off the later steel-clad version, with cables intact, and it looks like all the screw holes will line up with your brass plate. Will post it later today (I hope). I can't find the Chatterton's Compound (used as a sealant, but maybe the existing cables will do - they look like they're from a 12V 22AH. Best regards, Chris. (Still trying to complete the retirement paperwork!)
  6. I've got some drums (free-standing reels actually) of co-ax and Lightweight Quad that were backloaded into a skip from a great height, then left out in the rain for months. They're bent and rusted to the point I'm not sure where to begin - some of the folding handles are immovable. (I only bought them for the contents, though some might be repairable.)
  7. Ah, they're a cunning "sandwich" construction and the outer layer is basically armouring of the joint. The actual joints are waterproof and very strong if properly made. (Far better than the old "Self-Soldering Sleeve type which were time consuming, messy, required manually insulating after the cleanup, and couldn't be posted because... firework composition. Bound-In joints were even less fun and very hard on the fingers as I discovered in the Cadet Force, decades ago.) I've not seen the Hellerman jointing sleeves for sale anywhere, but then I haven't been looking - I think I have a couple of boxes of them tucked away somewhere, but no D10 to use them on! Best regards, Chris.
  8. Looks a bit used to this gnome. (Or badly stored.) I have a couple of them, the original red handled ones and the later "low observability" version like that one. Did they ever issue the carrier in DPM, I wonder? (I have the dark green cotton webbing version, and a lightweight synthetic one with the same NSN, but nothing more recent than that.) Chris.
  9. The jointing sleeves and a Hellerman tool are so much easier than doing bound-in or soldered joints - assuming you can get the crimp sleeves, of course. :-)> Best regards, Chris. (Recently discovered the Belt, Linesman was discontinued around 2011. End of an era.) :-(>
  10. Thinking about it, the Intercom is probably always going to be required, so cabling for that may be incorporated into the standard vehicle harness. (Other possibilities are the ECC (Emergency Crew Communication) for Commander to Driver which originally used a "Power Microphone" and used the vehicle battery and a transformer rather than an amplifier to feed the intercom circuit - the big grey Tannoy or Truvox microphones with the 3-pin connector.) Chris.
  11. Hi Ron, They will be the same as the post-WW2 steel cased ones and the latter had to fit the same trays. :-) (I can run a ruler over a steel one if you like - I don't have any of the wooden ones.) Best regards, Chris. (G8KGS)
  12. That's the "Split Drum" that clips onto a vehicle and can be used for rewinding the cable into the more portable "Dispenser Pack" which are currently being listed as 'new', so it might be worth getting both items. There used to be mountains of D10 available, but it seems to have been collected up by now - I don't think the scrap value is very high because it's 4 tinned copper and 3 tinned hard steel cores, so difficult to recycle. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276262038438 for dispenser packs. Best regards, Chris. (G8KGS)
  13. I've since discovered that I bought a binder full of CVR(T) documentation[1] from a friend who was moving house and downsizing... this included User Handbooks for various vehicles, CES lists for ancillaries, and does include the Spartan. A quick browse tells me the radio fit (Clansman) is VRC-353, PRC-352, Intercom, plus CBF (Commander's Box (Fixed)), and I think the CES for the radio fit lists all the cabling, trays, etc. If this is any use to you I can run it through the scanner. (It does not appear to have actual layout diagrams for the radio install, for that you probably do need the EMER Comm Inst for the particular setup, but Dom Blanchard may be able to provide whatever that turned into (AESP something_or_other).) Best regards, Chris. [1] There are several boxes of manuals, including binders for CVR(T), CVR(W), Chieftain Mks 1 to 15 (I think), Saracen & FV432 plus other non-radio related stuff (Radar and Fire Control Equipment) Tentage, Bridging, Armour Training, and Lord knows what else!
  14. Oh, I'm sure it will fit either mast, but I only bought it for the collection of aerial bits (not having a vehicle to put it on). What I really wanted was the one for the Racal 27-ft mast (MA683) on a Lightweight landy, but got outbid in that auction. Chris.
  15. If it's any help I paid £50 for one on Fleabay in November 2023, thinking it was Racal rather than Clarke. Item details Clansman Clark Mast / Racal Mast Landrover Clamp £50.00 Unit price £50.00 Item number: 375035758818 Returns not accepted. Best regards, Chris.
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