Originally Posted by Image
Britmog ..... That's a beauty .... and rare .... they made heaps of the wartime ones but far less of the 'peacetime' models .... what make is it? (Has a slightly Mullard/Ferranti look) ..... during the 80's and early '90s I was a radio tech for the Home Office and we did a fair bit of clandestine equipment for various government agencies .... was the transition time ... in ten years we went from valves to prime-number encryption, SMDs and frequency hopping with the likes of Cougarnet .... steep learning curve for us soldering iron boys smile

Piece of history .... not to mention your own personal history

K


It's a Mullard and built like a tank, it went through quite a bit and never let me down. Although considered "old" when I got it in the early 70s they were so reliable and difficult to trace it was our go too device. I still practice on the morse key which is adjusted to my touch although my speed is not what it used to be. The 80s-90s were indeed a period of rapid transition I quite enjoyed some of the upgrades but found them to be not as reliable, we had to be able to maintain and fix the units in the field which was "interesting". I'm probably just an old fashioned Circus Performer but those acts are the most secure.

Bruce
1964 4/4 Series V Comp (Megan)
1994 +8 (Maurice)
2013 M3W (Olga)