Radio & Electrical Items

The Freeman Army Airfield Museum has some additional unidentified items in the category of Radio and Electrical Items. I would like to find out what they are, create exhibit signs, and then display them in a more engaging manner than just randomly set out on a table. The 4 items consist of two that appear to be some sort of radio chassis, an electrical distribution panel, and an item I have no idea what to call. Pictures of those 4 items are attached. ..... Recent experience with the identification an antenna switching panel tells me that Wurger and Eng have knowledge of German radio and electrical equipment. Do you guys recognize any of these 4 pieces? I can take additional pictures from different angles if needed. Thank you.

#1 is a transmitter of some type, based on the three tubes with connectors at their tops. Also, noting the open tube socket, it's one that is typical of US/Canadian/UK manufacture. #2 is a receiver, unknown type and #3 looks like it could be a voltage regulator. The 4th is a wiring distribution panel, as you have it labeled. No clue on what it belongs to. The terminals used and the shielding installation are not US for sure.

cvairwerks said:

#1 is a transmitter of some type, based on the three tubes with connectors at their tops. Also, noting the open tube socket, it's one that is typical of US/Canadian/UK manufacture. #2 is a receiver, unknown type and #3 looks like it could be a voltage regulator. The 4th is a wiring distribution panel, as you have it labeled. No clue on what it belongs to. The terminals used and the shielding installation are not US for sure.

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Impressive!

Hi Larry,

The 3rd pic "electrical what" has Ein and Aus (In/ Out) cast into the brown bakelite cover, also F nr F 1273 marked on the black plastic part. This looks likely to be a German part.
The 4th pic distribution block looks to have German style braided steel sheathing of the looms, with id tags.

Eng

I would like to revisit my post of a couple of weeks ago, and the response from cvairwerks. I would very much like to get more information on the two radio chassis items. I took 6 more views (pictures) of each chassis; each of the 4 sides, top and bottom. ..... My intent is to build a display fixture for the 2 Chassis, and the 2 other electrical pieces mentioned earlier. After I have the display fixture built, then I must create an explanatory exhibit sign. That's why I would like to have more info about the 2 chassis items. I'm trying to avoid having to write "2 pieces of radio junk" on the sign.

Based on the majority of the items we have in our storage room, it is more likely that the 2 radio chassis are German. There is no reason that we would have Canadian or UK radio gear. We had enemy aircraft here for examination. The one chassis has a variable capacitor (interleaved plates on a shaft) that I associate with receivers, not transmitters. I understand that the same radio gear was used across many different makes and models of aircraft, but I would like to know make/model of the two chassis, and have some examples of which aircraft they were used in. I'm in hopes that the additional pictures will allow a forum follower to come up with that information. Thank you for your help.

Larry