[Boatanchors] Navy TDQ VHF transmitter free to a good home

[Drew P.]

Howard wrote:

"I have two TDQ transmitters which I have not gotten around to working on, and must unload in prep for a move west. Both have some very mild ham mods, but are not drilled, holed, etc., and insides are almost entirely original with all tubes etc. Would like them to go to a good home for refurb or helping to refurb others."

A boatanchor in the truest sense of the word.  I had 1-2/3 of these that I got a couple of decades ago from the refuse heap.  I turned the power supply deck from one into a power supply for an ART-13.  The other decks I gave away to someone at a hamfest about 10 years ago.  I might still have one RF deck left somewhere.

I actually once tried to get one running a long time ago.  I used an HC-6 type crystal which fractured within seconds.  An FT-243 crystal ran very hot.  An external oscillator would have been the answer.

Does anyone know of a TDQ which is actually on the air on 2 meters these days?  Just curious.

Drew