covjohn

This was the first show we'd been to with our truck.

the organiser's were very helpful as we arrived late due to a breakdown the day before.

we thoroughly enjoyed it, I met one of the guys who i'd spoke to through the forum (nick) and spoke to many other great people while there. The effort that goes into these shows is amazing from the organiser's, staff, vehicle exhibitors, re-enactors,trade stalls etc.

a huge thanks from me and my son, we had a great time.

it was great to meet you nick, hopefully we'll get a few recovery vehicles together for a show and can show how they developed over the years.

fantastic pictures, thanks for sharing them.

thanks for the replys.

i'll get a copy of the book off ebay and take it from there.

Hi,

I've got a foden 6x6 recovery vehicle.

it had some sort of radio fitted and there is some cabling in the cab which I originally thought was part of the radio set up.

I've looked closer at it today and now see it is just heavy duty power connections- possibly for the onboard cooker arrangement.

there is an aerial base on the cab roof and something has been removed from the cab hump.

so maybe it did have a radio of sorts,not sure.

however there are speaker holes in the door panels so maybe an unofficial mod.

it would be nice to combine hobbies/work and fit a period radio set up in the cab.

possibly for use at shows etc.

does anyone know what may have been in there?

heavy duty power cables/holes in floor.

John

 

Some photos would be helpful working out what was there - also dates when the EKA was in service - I expect it would have been VHF and if it was Clansman (1976-2004) there was a rectangular 14" x 8" base plate the radio would have been a Clansman UK/VRC-353 (4m, 6m and with mods 10M FM @ 50W). This would usually have had a small ATU controller box (ARFAT) about 4" x 6" near the radio and a long 7-pin control cable from the ARFAT to the actual antenna tuner (TUUAM) in a box under the No31 mk 7 antenna base.

 

This is what it looked like:

 

http://www.g0ozs.org/clansman/rt353/photos/RT353FP.html

 

The manual (sort of) is at:

 

http://www.ferret-fv701.co.uk/radio/clansman_vrc353_description.pdf

 

Steve Slack M0SLK has documented the 10M FM mod

 

http://www.clansman-radio.co.uk/353-10m-mod.pdf

 

Regards

 

Iain

73 de G0OZS

replied in a new thread.

thanks.

Replied to your msg John, I think

some better pictures for you nick.

fantastic thread, thank you for sharing.

John

 

Some photos would be helpful working out what was there - also dates when the EKA was in service - I expect it would have been VHF and if it was Clansman (1976-2004) there was a rectangular 14" x 8" base plate the radio would have been a Clansman UK/VRC-353 (4m, 6m and with mods 10M FM @ 50W). This would usually have had a small ATU controller box (ARFAT) about 4" x 6" near the radio and a long 7-pin control cable from the ARFAT to the actual antenna tuner (TUUAM) in a box under the No31 mk 7 antenna base.

 

This is what it looked like:

 

http://www.g0ozs.org/clansman/rt353/photos/RT353FP.html

 

The manual (sort of) is at:

 

http://www.ferret-fv701.co.uk/radio/clansman_vrc353_description.pdf

 

Steve Slack M0SLK has documented the 10M FM mod

 

http://www.clansman-radio.co.uk/353-10m-mod.pdf

 

Regards

 

Iain

73 de G0OZS

thankyou for the reply,i will take some interior/aerial pictures.

regards

john.

Hi,

2E0UWK (M6UWK) based in Coventry.

might be able to combine hobbies here as I have a 6X6 Foden EKA which is FFR.(remains of aerial on rear and some loose cabling in cab).

came here to look for help with what leads do what and what equipment it might have had in it,and then read clives post's and feel a bit like I've not quite been paying attention:wow: those posts are amazing.

as a note,my dad Bob was G3UWK (G8ABE) and was silent key a few years ago and I inherited his equipment.

I got my foundation and intermediate and my son got his foundation.

it would be nice to operate from the truck at the odd show, even better if I could replicate the equipment.

bye for now.

john.

fantastic thread mate great work in sometimes difficult circumstances there, can't wait to see the finished paint job.

ex 32 KE 93

1985 FODEN 6X6 EKA recovery vehicle.

ex 32 KE 93

came out of withams MAR 14 to it's 1st owner.

oddly it's still exactly as released from withams now looking at the images.

there are a lot of these vehicles now in civilian hands.(6x6)

nearly all are modified from original to make them more civilian friendly. ie: beacons/new paint/modified electrics/equipment remounted onto new chassis etc.

I wonder how many actually remain, and whether some sort of register would be worth doing.(on a separate thread?)

ie: working vehicle, display vehicle, broken up, lost in service etc. old id no/new reg no etc.

it would be easier to find this information now rather then in 20 years time, i would think.

I know of a few near me but the owners don't know the military id numbers, although they are looking for them on the actual chassis mounted plate,my own one took a while to find the number by rubbing the paint off.

some came with the plates till attached which made it easier to id.

hi, my name is john and I am from Coventry.

I've recently, like many recovery companies purchased an ex army Foden 6x6 recovery vehicle.

It's original army no was 32 KE 93.

my interest in army vehicles was knocked up a gear when I was called out to recover 2 great guys from Edinburgh in a FW101 ambulance broken down near RUGBY on the way home from war and peace.