[Milsurplus] Re: TBM

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

> We had one TBA on each of the IOWA class battleships during the Korean War.  I
> was in Iowa, Missouri & New Jersey as a radioman and seem to remember we never
> tuned them above about 12 MHz.  In fact, the TBA's in all cases I remember were
> used for radioteletype and suppose they were sending mostly to NPN in Guam.  The
> 833 finals took on a dull red glow and the TBA was on continuously.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Norm Hall, W6JOD (RM3 with Com7thFlt Flag Allowance 1952/53)

Dull red? Humph! They were running well under maximum ratings 
then. A pair of 833s will OUTPUT 1250 watts continously. At 
normal maximum un-fan-cooled ratings the plates are orange-red. 
They have tantalum plates.

Ken Gordon W7EKB