ROYAL NAVY SETS CIRCA 1914

TYPE	POWER (KW)	PURPOSE	FITTED IN	RANGE (NM)	TX  FREQ RANGE (meters)	RX FREQ RANGE (meters)
2	1.5	STANDARD ship set	All other surface ships larger than destroyers. Low power shore stations	100	300 to 4260	109 to 4260

This set uses a spark gap transmitter and a crystal detector in the receiver.Not sure if this set was made by British Marconi.   Is the designator common to both the Royal Navy and British Marconi?  Can anyone collaborate?  Contact: jerry.proc@sympatico.ca

 

Tthe person listed on this radio operators licence was tested on the Marconi Standard Ship Set in 1917. Click on thumbmail to enlarge.

 

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Contributors and Credits:

1) Electronics and Sea Power  VAdm Sir Arthur Hezlet.  Stein and Day New York  1975

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