List of British Army radio sets
A List of British Army radio equipment.
Tactical systems
Infantrymen of The Loyal Edmonton Regiment operating a No. 18 wireless set outside Regimental Headquarters, Ortona, Italy, December 21, 1943
- W/T Set 120 Watt
- W/T Set "A"
- W/T Sets "C"
- No. 1 Wireless Set - Short range radio developed in 1933.
- Wireless Set No. 3
- Wireless Set No. 8 - Replaced by WS18.
- Wireless Set No. 9
- Wireless Set No. 10 - 8 channel multiplexed microwave transmitter/receiver.[1]
- Wireless Set No. 11 - Used by the likes of the Long Range Desert Group during WW2.
- Wireless Set No. 12 - Static or vehicle mounted transmitter station, range about 60 miles (~96.6 km).
- Wireless Set No. 17 - 2-valves, 44 – 61 MHz Used by Searchlight Units.
- Wireless Set No. 18 - Manpack set, used for "short range telephony and C/W working in forward areas", about 5 miles (8 km) maximum, Bn HQ to Company HQ, 6 – 9 MHz[2]
- Wireless Set No. 19 - Standard WW2 Tank set. Used in every theater of operation. HF, 2 – 8 MHz, AM or Morse Code.
- Wireless Set No. 21
- Wireless Set No. 22 - General purpose low power vehicle and ground station with facilities for man pack. Frequency range 2 – 8 MHz. MO control. RF output 1.5 W. R/T, CW. Range up to 20 miles (~ 32 kilometers). Used by Airborne troops [3] and antiaircraft units.[4]
- Wireless Set No. 31 - Manpack radio set[5] The US SCR-300 design adopted for British use.
- Wireless Set No. 33
- Wireless Set No. 37 - Short range lightweight transmitter/receiver for use by paratroops. Some components used in S-Phone.
- Wireless Set No. 38 - Manpack radio set, also produced as an AFV version for use in armoured vehicles to allow direct communication with infantry.
- Wireless Set No. 38 Mk. III - Late WWII infantry radio.[6]
- Wireless Set No. 42 - Experimental general purpose vehicle/manpack HF set, tropicalised, 10W, 1.6 – 12.8 MHz. Project abandoned after field trials.
- Wireless Set No. 46 - Manpack radio set, used by beach landing troops, waterproof, 1W output AM or MCW.
- Wireless Set No. 48 - US made version of WS18. Manpack HF AM or Morse Code.[7]
- Wireless Set No. 52 - Canadian made Remote Receiver.
- Wireless Set No. 58 - Canadian made version of WS18.[8]
- Wireless Set No. 62 - Short range vehicle mounted HF set, 1.6 – 10.0 MHz, CW & RT (AM) [9]
- Wireless Set No. 68 - Similar to No. 18 set, lower frequency range.
- Wireless Set No. 88 - VHF manpack set from 1947.
- Wireless Set No. 108
- Larkspur radio system
- Station Radio A13 - HF manpack transceiver.
- Station Radio A40 - Based on the Canadian C/PRC-26.
- Station Radio A41 - British copy of the US PRC-10. Replaced the WS No. 31 Set.
- Station Radio A42 - British copy of the US PRC-9.
- Station Radio B44 - Short range duplex AM set for artillery and anti-aircraft batteries.
- Station Radio B45
- Station Radio B47 - VHF transceiver, 38 to 56MHz
- Station Radio B48 - VHF transceiver, 26 to 38MHz
- Station Radio C12 - Interim HF AM/CW set designed by Pye.
- Station Radio C13 - AM, NB-PhM & CW. Forward area HF set used where VHF was not appropriate.
- Station Radio C42 - VHF transceiver, 36 to 60 MHz, for mobile communication in the forward battle area.
- Station Radio C45 - VHF transceiver, 23 to 38 MHz.
See also
- Army Communications and Information Systems (United Kingdom)
Notes
- ↑ http://histru.bournemouth.ac.uk/CHiDE/Oral_History_of_Defence_Electronics/ws10_how1.htm
- ↑ Working Instructions ZA 24949
- ↑ http://www.keithwatt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/museum/ws22.htm
- ↑ See, for example, Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, War Establishment III/171/2, dated 01.12.1943.
- ↑ http://www.vmars.org.uk/ws31.htm
- ↑ http://www.royalsignals.org.uk/photos/ws38mk3.htm
- ↑ http://www.qsl.net/g4bxd/us.htm
- ↑ http://www.qsl.net/g4bxd/us.htm
- ↑ http://www.duxfordradiosociety.org/restoration/equip/ws62mk2/ws62mk2.html