Tragbar Schwere Funkstation 18/25
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The Tragbar Schwere Funkstation 18 ("Heavy Portable Wireless Station 18") has been
acquired after the end of World War I, it was an improved version of the German Telefunken
station US 17/D. In 1923/24 it has been improved and when the Wireless Detachment of
the Swiss Army has been founded, a few more wireless sets had to be acquired, these
got the designation "Tragbar Schwere Funkstation 25".
This longwave station has been developed by Telefunken, Deutsche Gesellschaft für drahtlose Telegraphie, Berlin. The first sets have been acquired in 1918/9 and the got the designation "Tragbar Schwere Funkenstation 18", it consisted of the valve transmitter AR 125 and a TRF receiver of an unknown type. After 1922, this early receiver has been replaced by the E 266, a TRF receiver with adjustable reaction. After it's renewal, the station was renamed Tragbar Schwere Funkstation 25 / T.S.25: the transmitter was replaced by the higher power AR 245 and the receiver by the Spez 7Bs TRF receiver with two tuned circuits and a voice amplifier Spez 60 Bs, all made by Telefunken.
The transmitter AR 125 of the T.S.18 is an improved Meissner - Transmitter US 17/D, it's two triodes RS5 gave it an antenna output power of 15 Watts; after 1926 it was replaced by the transmitter AS 245, with it's two more powerful triodes RS55, it had an antenna output power of 20 W, reportedly this was sufficient for distances up to 50 - 75 km. The type of the earliest receiver is still unknown, after 1922, the TRF receiver
with adjustable reaction Telefunken E 266 was used, this was replaced by the Telefunken
Spez 7 Bs with two tuned circuits in 1926 (two triodes RE062t) and a voice amplifier
Spez 60 Bs. I would be very thankful for further information and images of this very early station. further information: © 3.1.2013 Martin Bösch |