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Welcome to the home page of Louis Meulstee, the author of the " WIRELESS FOR THE WARRIOR" range of books devoted to the technical history and development of British Army radio communication.
On this web site you will find basic technical descriptions and photographs of radio sets once used in the British Army. In addition, there are posted various other subjects for example: line telegraph (the Fullerphone), Air-Sea rescue sets (Gibson Girl), a gallery with Russian radios and other topics.
The background colour of the "Wireless for the Warrior" pages on this site is not taken at random but matches the colour of British Army radio equipment in the early World War 2 period.
The WftW web site was first launched in 1998 with the HTML resources of that time, built and maintained with the now obsolete and discontinued HomeSite 5 HTML editor, which I still use and run in the XP mode of Windows 7. Although the WftW site has grown over the years, I still do not feel it necessary to change its current (albeit a bit dated) general layout and simplicity of navigating through the pages. When I have more time I should like to change some of the scans and photos with similar ones of a higher resolution, as these were produced with a scanner and digital camera of the first generation, and without the aid of the invaluable Photo Shop program.
The Wireless for the Warrior range of books (comprising the Volume and Compendium series) is intended as a detailed source of reference of the history and development of radio communication equipment in use by the British Army from the very early days of radio to the 1960's.
In Volume 3 (Reception Sets) Army receivers are described, spanning the era 1932 to the late 1960's. The book does not only cover those receivers specifically designed or adapted for the British Army, but also sets adopted from Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. In addition are covered special receivers, direction finding receivers, Canadian and Australian Army receivers, commercial receivers adopted by the Army and Army Welfare broadcast sets.
Volume 4 (Clandestine Radio) include Clandestine, Agents or 'Spy' radio equipment, sets which were used by Special Forces, Partisans, Resistance, 'Stay Behind' organisations, Australian Coast Watchers and Diplomatic Service, in addition to selected associated power sources, RDF and intercept receivers, bugs and radio- and radar beacons. The information has been compiled through the collaboration of a vast number of collectors and enthusiasts around the world.The four Volumes can be obtained direct from the publisher Wimborne Publishing Ltd. Additional information, changes and error corrections for WftW Volume 1 and 2 are posted on the additions page.
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The "Goldstone" Paper The Goldstone Paper is the first in a new series of eBooks, transcribed and edited by Louis Meulstee, suitable for reading on almost any eBook reader, now available in ePub and Mobi format in the DOWNLOADS section. No eBook reader yet? Try the freeware Calibre program which can be downloaded at http://calibre-ebook.com/. It is my intention, time permitting of course, to add new eBooks in this series from time to time. The WftW eBooks are free to download and there is no objection in sharing them with others. |
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You can reach me by e-mail on the following address: louis 'at' wftw.nl |
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The Vintage Military Radio Site Ring This site is owned by Wireless for the Warrior |
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This BOATANCHORS Webring site is owned by: Wireless for the Warrior |
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