rnixartillery Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Hi Folks, Bit of an odd one this, I normally spend my time restoring Artillery but recently put together a mock up of a forward Artillery observation post.I picked the 'wooden jeep 'up several weeks ago with the remains of a 62 set and a 1945 dated manual with fitting instuctions. The jeep fittings were also made to be removed and used on mule packs which carried the radio,batteries,charger and all the ancilleries.I am still short of a few bits but its very close. The jeep is very similar to those used by the artillery towards the end of the war and into the 1950's as forward observation posts who's role would be to radio co-ordinates back to artillery batteries.It makes a good display although its in with the yank stuff. If anyone has a spare war time aeriel base ,I would be interested. :cool2: Rob...........................rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewroberts.1953 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 God, that makes me feel very old! I repaired these at base workshops, and even updated them with transistorised power units in place of the rotary transformer. I will have a bit of a look in the loft, may have a base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 God, that makes me feel very old! I repaired these at base workshops, and even updated them with transistorised power units in place of the rotary transformer. I will have a bit of a look in the loft, may have a base. Hello Andrew Thats kind of you ,Thanks :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewroberts.1953 Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Had a quick look, but can't find one to hand. I will have a better look as soon as I can, so you may be lucky yet. I do remember the base that was fitted to the 62 set, being fitted to the carriers as well. As we had to take some off, to keep 62 sets repaired. The 62 set was flown in Austers, for air spotters. The radio was fitted face up on the cockpit floor, between the pilot and observer. A fixed wire antenna was fitted to the underside of the plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Had a quick look, but can't find one to hand. I will have a better look as soon as I can, so you may be lucky yet. I do remember the base that was fitted to the 62 set, being fitted to the carriers as well. As we had to take some off, to keep 62 sets repaired.The 62 set was flown in Austers, for air spotters. The radio was fitted face up on the cockpit floor, between the pilot and observer. A fixed wire antenna was fitted to the underside of the plane. There is a WS62 mounted in an Auster in the Museum of Army Flying at Middle Wallop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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