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Radio Transmitters

Volume 941: debated on Monday 9 January 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many radio transmitters were in use with the Ministry of Defence in the United Kingdom in the categories: fixed, vehicle mobile and portable, for each of the years 1966 to 1976, inclusive.

I have been asked to reply.Excluding radar equipment and radio transmitters fitted in ships and aircraft, the number of radio transmitters in use with the Ministry of Defence in the United Kingdom in 1976 was as follows:

Fixed3,300
Vehicle mobile15,000
Portable20,000
Figures for earlier years are not readily available.