[Milsurplus] Government "planning" vis a vis WW2 A/C radios

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In a message dated 3/16/02 9:12:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, aw288@osfn.org 
writes:

<< Sure, there will be "TBY"s (the infamous 
 fail-because-of-the-jungle radio of World War 2), and they get lots of 
 press.  >>

The TBY didn't fail in all theaters.
All i have read about its failures mention being moisture-vulnerable -
not very good for beach landings under fire. That long antenna might
have been a liability too.
In intra-convoy  ship communications, on cargo ships with no TBS,
it certainly served without receiving any complaints.
Another superregen walkie-talkie, the Army's BC-222/  322, did 
not go into combat either, except in a rare instance or two. But
for Army base MP  communications, and such as that, it 
certainly worked well enuff.
Hue Miller
BTW, anyone have any reliable info on what kind of Navy vehicle used
the MO/ MAK trans-receivers ? I would have thought landing craft, but
in the actual Pacific combat beach landings, i think the landing craft
all carried the SCR-510 (is that # right?), the  cube-shaped, 2-channel
FM radio.