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Sad to hear by telephone today of the passing of Mike Phillips.
I first came under Mike’s influence when promoted to one of the WARC conversion teams in 1985. He remained my manager right up until the days of RFCPU and my retirement in late 2000.

Always a man who listened, I recall mentioning to ...

Hi Mike,

I will be looking to meet some army re-enactors with that sort of vintage gear end of March. Meanwhile an A41 base photo is attached.
If it was an Army Coporal who did the job originally, be prepared to "see" what you require in something that may have been modified from another item, and ...

Hello Mike,

I left the army in 1967 but although trained as Field, unfortunately I was on aircraft at the time and dealing with VHF. The A41 was an HF field equpt as far as I recall.
However, I am meeting up with some other people at the end of the month, and will take the photos along and ask ...

Thanks for the possible lead Bob. The regional offices were a bit of a mystery to me as I never had direct dealings with them. One name I seem to remember was Laurie Atkinson, who I think worked out of Manchester Office - would it be him by any chance?

Steven..... Hi Folks, Laurie is a Londoner ...