R1147B WW2 Seafire Receiver - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

jamesinnewcastl · 26th Jun 2013, 8:27 pm

Hi All

Picked up one of these recently, I have a manual for it.

Does anyone have any experience of these receivers?

Cheers

James

g4aaw pete · 26th Jun 2013, 9:00 pm

Hello James

Wonder if you could jog our memory with a picture?
It may have been marketed under a different name, perhaps for a different service.

Regards
Pete

jamesinnewcastl · 26th Jun 2013, 9:12 pm

Hi Pete

Pic attached and suitable link here:

http://www.qsl.net/wd8das/spitfire.html

I downloaded the manual from VMARS. I'd like to find the remaining parts of the system too but these aren't that necessary for its operation I don't believe.

I don't know much more than this, it's not for voice I don't suppose, it's for finding your way home!

The one I have is effectively new - I don't think that it was ever fitted and the last time it was powered may be when it was tested at the factory!

Cheers
James

Ed_Dinning · 28th Jun 2013, 4:10 pm

Hi James, I believe Seafire was a ship-bourn missile system.

Ed

KeithsTV · 28th Jun 2013, 4:15 pm

Wasn't that Seawolf?

Keith

GMB · 28th Jun 2013, 4:56 pm

Seafire was the carrier launched version of the spitfire for Fleet Air Arm use.

jamesinnewcastl · 28th Jun 2013, 5:17 pm

Hi All

Just got the beast - in lovely condition even given its age, can't ever have been installed - much smaller than I imagined too!

James

26th Jun 2013, 8:27 pm	#1
jamesinnewcastl Heptode Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, UK. Posts: 722	R1147B WW2 Seafire Receiver Hi All Picked up one of these recently, I have a manual for it. Does anyone have any experience of these receivers? Cheers James

26th Jun 2013, 9:00 pm	#2
g4aaw pete Heptode Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Birchington Kent, UK. Posts: 596	Re: R1147B WW2 Seafire Receiver Hello James Wonder if you could jog our memory with a picture? It may have been marketed under a different name, perhaps for a different service. Regards Pete

26th Jun 2013, 9:12 pm	#3
jamesinnewcastl Heptode Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, UK. Posts: 722	Re: R1147B WW2 Seafire Receiver Hi Pete Pic attached and suitable link here: http://www.qsl.net/wd8das/spitfire.html I downloaded the manual from VMARS. I'd like to find the remaining parts of the system too but these aren't that necessary for its operation I don't believe. I don't know much more than this, it's not for voice I don't suppose, it's for finding your way home! The one I have is effectively new - I don't think that it was ever fitted and the last time it was powered may be when it was tested at the factory! Cheers James Attached Thumbnails Last edited by jamesinnewcastl; 26th Jun 2013 at 9:25 pm.

28th Jun 2013, 4:10 pm	#4
Ed_Dinning Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, UK. Posts: 8,194	Re: R1147B WW2 Seafire Receiver Hi James, I believe Seafire was a ship-bourn missile system. Ed

28th Jun 2013, 4:15 pm	#5
KeithsTV Nonode Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: South Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 2,573	Re: R1147B WW2 Seafire Receiver Wasn't that Seawolf? Keith

28th Jun 2013, 4:56 pm	#6
GMB Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: near Reading (and sometimes Torquay) Posts: 3,094	Re: R1147B WW2 Seafire Receiver Seafire was the carrier launched version of the spitfire for Fleet Air Arm use.

28th Jun 2013, 5:17 pm	#7
jamesinnewcastl Heptode Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, UK. Posts: 722	Re: R1147B WW2 Seafire Receiver Hi All Just got the beast - in lovely condition even given its age, can't ever have been installed - much smaller than I imagined too! James