The No. 11 Wireless Set was a wireless radio used by the British Army, during World War II, having been designed in 1938 to replace the 1933 No. 1 wireless set. Wireless is an old-fashioned term for a radio receiver, referring to its use as a wireless telegraph; now the term is used to describe modern wireless connections such as in cellular networks and wireless broadband Internet. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Combatants Allies: • Soviet Union, • UK & Commonwealth, • USA, • France/Free France, • China, • Poland, • ...and others Axis: • Germany, • Japan, • Italy, • ...and others Casualties Military dead: 18 million Civilian dead: 33 million Full list Military dead: 7 million Civilian dead: 4 million Full list World War II, also known as the Second World... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The set is sometimes incorrectly referred to as the 'Number II', which is incorrect; the British Army used Arabic numerals to designate radios, and the 'number two' was a larger, small-run unit for divisional communications.

The unit had an operational voice range of 15 miles, although the Long Range Desert Group used the radio to transmit Morse in excess of 1,500 miles (a feat which was only possible at certain times of the day). The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a British Army unit during World War II. The unit was founded in Egypt following the Italian declaration of war (June 1940) by Major Ralph A. Bagnold with the assistance of captains Clayton and Shaw, acting under the direction of General Wavell. ... 1922 Chart of the Morse Code Letters and Numerals Morse code is a method for transmitting information, using standardized sequences of short and long marks or pulses — commonly known as dots and dashes — for the letters, numerals and special characters of a message. ...

Royal Signals Museum entry