Royal Signals Museum - Equipment - Wireless Set No 16Wireless Set No 16The No 16 Set is a jammer, used to interfere with enemy field communications. First suggested in 1935, it was tried, approved and ordered in 1939. Slow production led to the unit never being used by the Army despite its ability to jam more powerful units at up to 25 miles with voice, noise, electronic bagpipe noises or random Morse and thus disrupt enemy command and control. Instead it was used by the RAF, who intended to jam German interceptor control and did use it to jam night fighters during bomber attacks. The unit as intended for Army use consists of transmitter, receiver, modulator and power supply unit, the receiver being used to identify enemy frequencies for jamming, housed in a 3-ton 6x4 truck and a diesel alternator power unit housed in a 3-ton 4x4 truck. |
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