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WWII R1116A RECEIVER

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WWII R1116A RECEIVER

Used in the Fairy Swordfish Aircraft, they were also fitted in the Sunderland Flying Boat and other aircraft between the two world wars. Its companion was the T1115 transmitter.

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  • You state companion transmitter would be R1155,the R1155 is a receiver which was fitted to Lancaster bombers and others,the T1154 was the companion transmitter to the R1155. Whether the T1155 was the companion transmitter for the R1116a I don't know.There was a similar looking transmitter to the T1155 which was somewhat earlier which may be the companion to the R1116a
    .......... John Spendlove (G4DXY), Denby Village Ripley.Derbyshire.England, 24th of September 2012

  • As a short wave listener around 1960, this was the first 'real' communication receiver I had ever used. I still remember the musical bell-like sounds from the filaments as they warmed up and expanded with twanging effect in the headphones. (They were directly heated from a 2 volt accumulator. Alas, it conked out and I didn't have the technical know-how at the time to fix it. It belonged to my friend, and I think his dad gave it to the scrap man.
    .......... Peter Beardsmore G4IXY, St Albans, 8th of July 2011

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