Trux Handbook. Wireless sets and vehicles.

I post the following pages from a series of Trux Handbooks produced in the year 2000. I do not really need a reason or excuse but:

I recently obtained a copy of the Handbooks which I produced all those years ago. The originals were made in the days when cut and paste meant scissors and Prit Stick and have deteriorated to the point where they are beyond saving. The copies here then are a scan of a photocopy of a photocopy of my original. I hope that they are still legible and useful.

If more reasons or excuses are needed my memory was jogged by a new member, Joe from Canada, who is interested in Canadian signals. Finally when I looked at the series I posted on CMP vehicles I was amazed to see how many people have viewed and downloaded the pages since I last looked.

This series will be in several parts. Probably:
Canadian Lorry Command Vehicles.
Lorry Command Vehicles.
Armoured Command Vehicles.
Lorry Wireless HP Vehicles.
Multi Channel wireless links.
Wireless sets.

This will take some time.




Mike

 

Canadian Lorry Command Vehicles.



Mike

 

Lorry Command Vehicles.





Mike

 

Armoured Command Vehicles.



Mike.

 

Excellent stuff.

Thanks Mike


Lawrence

 

Lorry, Wireless HP.



Mike

 

Thanks for sharing Mike
Regards TED

 

More really good stuff.....many thanks, Mike.

Cheers,

Neil

 

Medium range wireless vehicles.



Mike.

Note: the drawing of wireless No26 in Body No7 refers to a vehicle in the next section, multi channel wireless sets.

 

Lawrence, Ted and Neil,

Thanks for your thanks.

Mike

 

Very good information, as always.
Most instructive for me.
Thanks Mike!

Aixman

 

Multi Channel Wireless Sets.



Mike

 

Wireless sets.



Mike

 

Ditto,



Mike

 

Double Ditto,



Mike.

That's All Folks.

I will try to add some better pictures and photos. Please feel free to add any you may have.

 

You must get some sleep, thanks for sharing all this great info
TED

 

All good stuff, Mike....thanks for posting.

Cheers,

Neil

 

A rather belated thanks to Mike for all this information.
Particularly the No26 Mk1* piece in the Multi-Channel Wireless section which has answered a question relating to an entry in Les Freathy's British Military Trucks book - Les shows 2 pictures of a radio bodied Austin K3 with the description "A batch of 40 was diverted to be built as GPO Wireless Transmitter Vans in 1942" but I had no idea what they were used for.
Thanks Mike for enlightening me.
Noel

 

I have a report by 5 Wireless Group Royal Signals of trials with the WS 26 in Holland, carried out Oct 1944. This report has quite a bit of info relating to attempts to improve the range of the system and suggested "mods".

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