With a 12v6 the output was nearly 4 5w 50ma and 1 8a from battery.
Paraset radio power supply.
Paraset schematic from radio communication 1982 pdf on5lj s drawings.
The transmitter has the paraset style parallel series tuned tank circuit and seems to load well even with a random length wire antenna.
Paraset in norway.
It has 2 of the 12ba6 tubes for the regen radio and 2 of 12aq5 s for the little cw transmitter.
I started with the power supply and voltage divider lower left of the photo i wanted to test the linear regulator for the 6 3v filaments as well.
The power supply delivers 6 vac and 350vdc.
Blueprints from on6wj jos warnier.
Some differences were made during the war.
The paraset would have been our ideal radio.
This forum is all about building and using world war ii spy radio equipment in particular the whaddon mk vii paraset.
Consisting of transformer rectifier tube 6x5gt and a capacitor.
This 6l6 puts out about 7 8w with 58ma anode current.
It has no screenprint.
For other radios separate forums can be set up ask the quartermaster.
A search for more information soon revealed that the paraset was a small vacuum tube transmitter receiver unit built during wwii in the uk at the whaddon hall headquarters of the secret intelligence service communications unit.
Power supply for mk vii.
There is also a nice all brass key connected to the rig out of the photo to the left.
Drawing from on5lj.
What organization used this radio in 1953.
Background i first heard of a paraset when i saw a message on the qrp l reflector announcing an upcoming june 6th paraset d day activity.
One of my ham radio buddies calls this the paraset mini cooper.
Input to vibrator 2 2a.
The only real issue i had with these circuits was the linear regulator would not start with all three tubes.
Vii also has a 6 vdc power supply included with it which connected to a car battery via large alligator type clips.
Since it s small qrp power and size and operates on two of the current ham bands it seemed ideal for my glow bug project.
And with a main power supply.
The power supply is also tested september 15 1953 the power supply is very simple.
Please communicate in english.
4a jpg hd 7a jpg hd 8a jpg hd the power supply is very compact in a great box.
The method to wiring this radio was done in stages.
Picture of the norweigean oluf reed olsen s set.
The switch is the 80 40 meter bandswitch.
I tested the power with a breadboard transmitter with nearly the same circuit as the paraset.
Probably an early version.
Orange by musmus http musmus main jp.
12v 24ah battery is used.