[ARC5] TBS Radios

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Hmmm...  The account relates "excited chatter of the Martinis (PT  
boats) on the TBS tactical radio...."  PT boats carried TCS radios.  
Were they equipped with the TBS also?

Dennis D. W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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On Dec 10, 2010, at 5:55 AM, Robert Eleazer wrote:

> Relative to Pearl Harbor Day, a mention on one blog  of the  
> battleships sunk at Pearl Harbor finally getting some revenge at  
> Surigao Strait led to the discovery of a thrilling personal account  
> of that action from the perspective of a destroyer officer:
>
> http://www.usni.org/magazines/navalhistory/2010-10/second-salvo-surigao-strait
>
> I note that the TBS radio net is mentioned.  I have heard of this  
> before, but was this simply a system for Talk Between Ships or an  
> actual radio called the TBS?  I had heard they used rather odd  
> freqs, such as 60-80 MHZ.  Anyone know anything about it?
>
> Wayne
> WB5WSV
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