Japanese "boatanchor"

[Simon Buxton]

Hue

Thanks for the further info on this rig. I wonder if you or anyone on
the list can get their hands on photocopies of the material you mention?

I doubt that the set is as early as 1934, especially at those
frequencies. There are 2 Arabic numerals stamped on the label on mine -
I believe one may be the serial number. They are 8428 and 16987.

Also individually stamped are are two separate pairs of Japanese numbers
which transliterate to 21 and 51, representing, I was told, first, the
month (2 + 1 = 3) and second the year (5 + 1 = 6) since Emperor Hirohito
was crowned. This would then date it to 1941. Can anyone confirm/comment
on this?

Thanks

Simon

Hue Miller wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-07-05 07:42:04 EDT, sb at ZIP.COM.AU writes:
>
> > The topic of Japanese gear has cropped up so I wonder if anyone can
> >  throw any light on a tiny WWII AM/CW transceiver I acquired last year.
> >  It is 7" x 5" x 3" (not much bigger than modern gear), has 1 type 19 6
> >  pin double triode which, through elaborate switching, is used for tx and
> >  rx.
> >
> >  Coverage is 25 - 45 mhz. It is beautifully constructed with every
> >  component specially made and numbered with a tiny circuit in the cover.
>
> ---type 94-6.
> if i recall correctly, 94 = year of inception = 1934. about the time the
> same circuit was appearing in USA ham magazines and collections
> of "5-meter transceiver" plans.
> CQ magazine ( USA ) had a pretty good article on this set several
> years back, by i believe, Dick Rollema of the Netherlands.
> the US military published a TB-E manual on "how to use it if you
> had to" which is much better than the original manual ! this manual
> included cut-out paper  labels in english to glue on the radio. i have
> seen one set that actually had these.
> accessories are not common to find: battery bag, headset-throatmic (2),
> handcrank generator, antenna connector, ground plane ( ! ) antenna.
> ( the antenna seems *rather* ill-suited for a run thru the jungle ).
> the cw-button is of course for A2, tone telegraphy.
> this btw is one "hot set". plenty of radium on the front panel !
>
> Tony Grogan of the Carolina Signal Corps Museum told me an
> interesting story about 2 GIs on their way back to the states on
> separate troopships in a convoy right after the war; each had one
> of these sets and they used them to talk to each other.
> 73
> hue

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