• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• MILITARY U.K. (different makers for same model)

• Year
• 1940

• Category
• Military Transceiver (TRX)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 203454

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• AR8 ATP4 ARP12 ARP12 ARP12 AR8

• Main principle
• Transceiver; ZF/IF 465 kHz

• Wave bands
• Short Wave (SW only)

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 150 & 3 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - For headphones or amp.

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Wireless Set No.18 - MILITARY U.K. different makers

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 10.5 x 17.5 x 11 inch / 267 x 445 x 279 mm

• Notes
• Wireless set No. 18: Short range man-pack transceiver covering 6 - 9 MHz, AM (A3) (CW, only in sets Mk.II / Mk.III), p_out 0,25 Watt telephony;
  powered by LT 3 V and HT 150 V dry batteries; used by British Army for short range communications between company and battalion HQ or carried as man-pack on march;
  The original Wireless Set No.8 was produced around 1940, production was changed from the heavy steel cabinet to a lighweight version becoming the Wireless Set 18.
  Very similar sets have been produced in USA (Wireless Set No.48), in Canada (Wireless Set No.58) and Australia (Wireless Set No.108)
  In 1943, a low frequency variant has been developed, it became Wireless Set No.68.

• Mentioned in
• Wireless for the Warrior Vol. 1, L. Meulstee

• Author
• Model page created by Martin Bösch. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 152 models, 120 with images and 48 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from MILITARY U.K. (different makers for same model)