ferret Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Hi, Can anybody identify this piece of webbing. Same as 37 pattern but never seen one before. A friend of mine has quite a few of them. Thanks Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XWDV8 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 The ZA numbers are for radio. the bag looks like its for a radio mast and kit Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Hi, Can anybody identify this piece of webbing. Same as 37 pattern but never seen one before. A friend of mine has quite a few of them. Thanks Chris ZA.0437 Bags, Aerial Gear, No.2 Mk.II Used to contain the Aerials, Vertical, 34-ft, Steel ZA.11519, but it goes back a long way before that (to Wireless Sets No.1 and 11, etc. as a general kitbag for aerials and earth matting. (The Mk.I bag had leather ends.) For the 34-ft aerial, it has 10 x Aerial Rods 'D' (3-ft long by 1-in diameter), a base spike, Insulator W/T 'B', a peg bag and 12 "Antenna Rods 'A' pegs", two stayplates with four permanently attached guys, a reamer for cleaning mud out of the threads, an adapter to fit on the top and take up to 16-ft of aerial Rods 'F', an 8oz. ball-peen hammer and some spare chain link insulators. With this kit you can make an "up to 34-ft" vertical aerial, or two 12-ft masts to support a horizontal wire aerial. Later on the 14-ft whip antenna was supplied instead of a case of 'F' rods and it became a 32-ft aerial. Somewhat fragile and fiddly to erect, used with most radio trucks before and during WW2, replaced by the 27-ft telescopic mast (based on the Canadian 20-ft and 34-ft masts) in the Larkspur era. Hope this is some help, Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XWDV8 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 wow thats a spot on reply..mystery webbing no more. as for the 27-ft telescopic mast Larkspur era..if you did not lock the rings with the locking tool, mast would slam down on your hand as you push the mast up !:yawn::yawn: Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 It's listed in the kit for a Wireless set 62 when carried in a Jeep in 1945. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferret Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Wow! thanks for the comprehensive reply's. Anybody need one for their radio truck or Jeep?? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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