[ARC5] WWII SG Radar

[Tim]

Hi Mark - Do you know if Slater's TBL transmitter is still working or being
operated?  It and the HV motor-generator were fully restored by our friend
Tom prior to installation.  Just curious..Thanks
Tim
N6CC

On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM MARK DORNEY via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> USS Slater ( Cannon Class Destroyer Escort), berthed in Albany, NY, had SL
> Surface search and SA air search RADAR. Currently unrestored and
> inoperative.  The SONAR is restored and working.
>
> Mark D.
> WW2RDO
>
>
>
> “In matters of style, float with the current. In matters of Principle,
> stand like a rock. “.   -   Thomas Jefferson
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 12, 2025, at 1:55 PM, Bill KA8VIT <ka8vit at ka8vit.com> wrote:
>
> 
> The SJ radar on our boat works but is currently not functional due to
> power issues, (but we're working on that).
>
> The USS COD is the finest WW2 submarine anywhere in the world today and
> the last remaining unmodified US boat from that era, (sorry COBIA).
>
> She's totally intact.  No stairs, doors or other holes we cut for public
> access.
>
> The only way in and out is through her original crew hatches and ladders.
>
> If you're interested in radio operations aboard a WW2 submarine below is a
> link to a PDF version of a presentation I did for a number of different
> radio groups around the area back in the mid-2000s.
>
> https://ka8vit.com/special/USS_COD_Radio_Ops.pdf
>
> We still operate from the radio room albeit using an IC-7300 these days
> and her original long wire antennas.
>
> Most all of the original equipment in the radio room has been restored and
> is operational except our main TBL-7 transmitter, (working on that too...
> still...), but being that we are a bona fide museum we us it very seldom
> except for limited demonstrations and certain special events.
>
> If you check out this youtube page you find videos of some QSOs I made a
> week ago or so.
>
> As you can tell how I am dressed, it is already getting really good in a
> steel tube that is half-submerged in an almost frozen Lake Erie.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/@BlippyProductions
>
>
> The COD also has a pretty cool youtube channel at:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/@USSCod
>
> You can check out the COD's qrz page at:
>
> https://www.qrz.com/db/W8COD
>
> Scroll down the page about half way for links to some cool pictures and
> video on our way to, from and in dry dock.
>
> 73 BILL KA8VIT / W8COD
>
>
> ====================================
> Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT
> Chief Radio Operator
> WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224 (NECO)
>
> http://www.usscod.org
> ====================================
>
>
> On 12/09/2025 11:21 AM EST radios at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>
>
> If you are interested in WW-II radar, check this site:
>
> https://www.qrz.com/db/WA9EXS
>
> They have what is probably the oldest operating radar in the world. It is
> a SJ-1 on the WW-II submarine Cobia.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> The DE museum I’m working with has SL RADAR. SG was used on Destroyers
> (DE) and larger, including Battleships (BB) and Fleet Carriers (CV) .
>
> If you’re asking what I think you’re asking, you may want to contact any
> of the still WW2 configured DD, CL, CA, BB, or CVL museums.
>
> Mark D.
>
> “In matters of style, float with the current. In matters of Principle,
> stand like a rock. “. - Thomas Jefferson
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 8, 2025, at 6:48 AM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> Are there any fans of the SG Radar system here?
> 73 Dave S.
>
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