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The following information and photographs have been donated to the Radio Officers' Association website, the donor wishes to remain anomynous at this
time. We respect his wishes and convey our gratitude for his generosity.

This particular MCR1 suitcase transceiver was operational during the years 1944/45 by a then young lady, who is in her 90's and still reads morse! It
was her personal equipment when she was a serving member of the British
S.O.E in Norway. When she moved from safe house to another location she
moved without the set. This was delivered later, usually again by a young
female with a baby in a pram. The set was wrapped in soiled nappies, and
placed in the bottom of the pram. The pram was inspected at checkpoints,
but they were not interested in inspecting dirty nappies, so the MCR1 was
thus delivered to the next safe house.

The MCR1 was used extensively in WWII, and had quite a history in the
Far East and Europe.

The following two photographs are the operating instructions, for their
age are in extremely good condition.

The photograph above shows the MCR1, this is the original case. The
dimensions of the suitcase were 3.5 inches x 2.0 inches x 8.5 inches and
the weight 2lbs. The power supply voltages were between 97 - 115 and
221 - 250 volts. It was also run from a battery source.

A view of the inside of the suitcase as seen by an operative in the field,
all items are the originals.

The view above shows the headphones, which were made by the operative,
they are spring loaded and quite small.

This view shows the coils and headphones, one of the coils is attached to the
receiver, to the right of the large knob.

Another view, this time showing the four plug in coils, headphones, operating instructions and the original aerial wire, here shown inside the headphones.
Controls for the receiver, the large knob at the top right is for tuning, aerial trimmer bottom right sensitivty, bottom left reaction. The coils attached to
the prongs on the top of the receiver.On the bottom of the is the earth,
antenna and headphone and power connections.

A view of the four tuning coils, the frequency ranges being 100khz to 1600khz, 2.5mhz - 5.0mhz, 4.5mhz to 8.0 mhz and 8mhz to 15mhz.

MUSEUM LOCATED AT FORT PERCH LIVERPOOL

The Museum project was mainly instigated by Stan MacNally, with the help
of other ex Merchant Navy Radio Officers' Mike Goulbourne and John
Hudson,and members of the
LMRES [Liverpool Marine Radio and Electronics Society] to whom we must
owe our gratitude for saving the three full ships radio room equipments.
The equipments available for public display are Marconi and Kelvin Hughes
types.

The following photographs have been kindly donated to the Radio Officers
Association. If any member would like a copy of any photograph displayed
from the museum, then please contact the Association by utilising the '
Contact' page.

Plaque for the Official Opening of Fort Perch Liverpool

Marconi Commandant HS Main Transmitter

Ex 'Bibby Line' Radio Officer Mike Goulboune at
the Marconi Ships radio Room Console.

Marconi Marine SSB Marlin Transmitter.

Marconi Marine Salvor III emergency transmitter on the left
with the Marconi Marine 'Atalanta' main receiver on the right.

Stan MacNally at the Marconi Main Ships Radio Room Console

John Hudson at the Marconi Ships Main Console.

Marconi Oceanspan VII Main Transmitter

Marconi Atalanta Main Receiver

Kelvin Hughes Zealand S1250 Main Transmitter

Kelvin Hughes A125 - M125

Kelvin Hughes Main Ships Radio Station
Main Transmitter Zealand S1250 to the right

Stan at the Kelvin Hughes ships Radio Station.

Radio Room of Dart America / GOOB container vessel
used on the North Atlantic Service originally for the Bristol City
Line, then Bibby Line. There was a well stocked workshop at the
rear as can be seen. The internal clocks automatically changd with
time zones across the Pond! Equipment all Marconi, with the Apollo
main Rcx and Commander main Tx.

Radio Room of the LPG tanker Lincolnshire/GOVX then
re-flagged to HongKong as ZELN, then again to C6KP2.
Built 1972 at Newcastle, scrapped 2002 Alang India.
Redifon Radio room equipment, main Rx R551, main Tx
G341-B [1.2kw] Utilised a vertical Dikman-Klapper main Tx
aerial which I found to be very good.

Radio Room of the Bibby Line LPG Staffordshire/GYOD then re-flagged
HongKong as ZELP, when sold to China became 'YUANDA/3FPA8. Main Rx Apollo,
and also the Panther right of the teleprinter set bottom left of picture. Main Tx
was the Commandent.

Remember these OBS reports, this was the first commercial MSG which I
transmitted on the 19th April 1975, we were on the OBO 'Ocean Bridge/GYKA'
from Port Talbot to Victoria in Brazil thence Germany with iron ore. The main TX
failed on sailing from Wales and was eventually repaired in Germany, this OBS report
was therefore sent on the reserve Tx.
[ Geoff Valentine - Bibby Line]