[ARC5] TBW pics in field use

[Paul Thekan]

Thanks Steve...indeed a wise decision




On Wed, Oct 1, 2025, 5:15 PM kd3ht at epix.net <kd3ht at epix.net> wrote:

> no on radio madness.   they discussed doing it but never put the idea in
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> On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 21:22, kd3ht at epix.net <kd3ht at epix.net>
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> I believe at one of w1nzr radio events, ka1gon brought his tbw/rbm system
> and set it up.  not a military use, but followed the manual.
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> I'll see if any photographs exist I can get a scan of.
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> Steve, kd3ht
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> On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 18:43, Christopher Bowne <
> aj1g at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> Beautiful setup!  According to the book 90 South by Admiral Richard Byrd,
> a TBW was flown into South Pole Station to serve as its first main HF
> transmitter during the building of the base in the 1950s.  I don’t know if
> there are any photos of it.  It’s not stated what the first HF  transmitter
> used there was, but apparently it was a much lower power unit, based on the
> discussion about the TBW set’s arrival.  Perhaps an RT-77/GRC-9?
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> Maybe Mike, WU2D knows!  He did an excellent article for the AWA and
> Electric Radio on the subject of radios used by the Byrd Antarctic
> expeditions.
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> Charlie, KA1GON has a complete TBW/RBM field system, IIRC including the
> gas powered 800 Hz genset.
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> 73 de Chris AJ1G
> Stonington CT
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> On Sep 30, 2025, at 15:09, Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Paul - Well the only TBW set that I've seen was set up about 50 miles
> from the Pacific Ocean.
> It's YOURS in case people don't know what a TBW consists of...LOL
> https://www.n6cc.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0941.jpg
> Cheers and Great Job!  Let's do that again sometime...
> Tim
> N6CC
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> On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM Paul Thekan <pfthekan at gmail.com> wrote:
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> G'day all
>  I've never seen a pic of the TBW/RBM sets deployed in the the field other
> than the staged pic in the manual. I've seen some pics of the set up inside
> a building..but never in operation out in the Pacific war.
>  Has any one..maybe I've missed something??
> Tnx
> Paul
> N6FEG
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