[Boatanchors] Surplus Conversion Manual" Volume II

[wf2u at ws19ops.com]

IMHO the Surplus Manuals are completely useless, as there is no  
information in them as to the operation and  maintenance of the  
equipment and accessories for it. I also hate the stupid remarks in it  
about the suitability of the equipment for ham operation. Of course,  
without operating it properly, according to the original military  
manual, it may be a nuisance on the air. Also, the authors never  
attampted to gather all the components of the system (power supplies,  
connectors,etc) and went slam bang to hack the equipment into junk.
I refer to the aforesaid manual in case I need to restore a piece of  
equipment which was rendered mainly useless by a previous owner who  
took the advice of the manual, to see what modifications were made, so  
I can undo them.
I assume you want to put the  TBW on the air. I suggest you purchase,  
borrow, copy/scan or whatever, the original Navy manual for it. I know  
the hurdle is the 115 VAC @ 800 Hz power requirement - provided you  
have the original power supply with it. There are a few solutions.  
Either you find (eBay is a source) of a powerline frequency converter,  
or a suitable generator (usually surplus) you can spin with a 115 VAC  
@ 60 Hz standard electric motor. In the absence of 800 Hz prime power,  
an external power supply can be cobbled together to duplicate the  
power outputs of the original power supply, and feed it into the unit   
through minimally invasive methods, thinking of a.) the unit looks  
nice complete, b. in the future someone would want to buy the set from  
you with the original power supply intact, and c.)eventually you may  
find an 800 cycle power source.
There are a number of TBW's are on the air and it's a nice and fairly  
stable transmitter.
Now, you have to start looking for the matching RBM receiver system  
consisting of 2 receivers - one covers 0.2-2mHz and the other 2-20mHz,  
with either a dynamotor or a rectifier power supply and a control unit.

Having fun yet?
Good luck with it, hope to hear you on the air with it on one of the  
"Old Military Radio" nets.

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC

73



Quoting "Richard W. Solomon" <w1ksz at earthlink.net>:

> Does anyone have a scanned version of Volume II that
> has pages 48 and 49 ?
> It seems my copy is missing those and it has info on
> the TBW that I am looking for.
>
> Thanks, Dick, W1KSZ
> ______________________________________________________________
> Boatanchors mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
>
> List Administrator: Duane Fischer, W8DBF
> ** For Assistance: dfischer at usol.com **
>
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>