Wireless Telegraph Set Forward Spark 20 watt B

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Wireless Telegraph Set Forward Spark 20 watt B
Wireless Telegraph Set Forward Spark 20 watt B Mk II Rear Station.jpg
Rear Station Transmitter and Receiver
Production history
Introduced 1917
Specifications
Weight complete Rear Station: 82 lb
complete Front Station: 74 lb

Frequency
range
two versions: 65 or 80 metres fixed wavelength
Range 2000 yards

The Wireless Telegraph Set Forward Spark 20 watt B, also known as the Loop Set, was a spark telegraphy set used for forward area communications. The complete set was comprised of a Front and a Rear Station, the equipment not being interchangable. There were three versions produced, a Mk I, I* and II with only minor details different between them. [1]

Rear Station

The Rear Station consisted of a transmitter and a receiver, either a 50 ft (65 metre version) or 60 ft (80 metre version) horizontal wire on two 4 ft folding tripod supports and a 14 ft earth net.

Front Station

The Front Station consisted of a transmitter with a collapsible loop aerial 1 metre square and a receiver with a ground aerial consisting of two 35 ft insulated wires to be thrown out on the ground in opposite directions. The 1 metre square transmitter aerial was made of 3/8 inch brass tubing and was mounted on a small ebonite box (5 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches) that contained the transmitter spark gap. Fitted on a service bayonet, the unit was driven into the ground. The operator could be 20 feet away connected by a flexible cable to the second transmitter unit compromising an induction coil and Morse key.

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References

  1. Wireless for the Warrior Compendium 1. Louis Melustee. Emaus, 2009. ISBN 978-90-808277-2-1