[Milsurplus] TBS question

[Marty R's GI-stuff haunt]

> guy in US demanded reason TBS pacific(?) traffic on 'his' freq.

Well I think 1943 was a sunspot peak @ real possible

I heard hams were using BC659s on sterns of fleet tugs to qso between
Sulu sea & Phillipines in '45, then on backside of sun-spot cycle.  Distance
was 2000 mi+ & freq. ~35mcs & pwr of '659 (scr 610) was ~2 watts

This ham sed '659s there to talk w. maimed GI stuff getting loaded/pulled
fm beaches.

Another ham named Fran sed SCR608s were used like CBs to exchange bull on 
believed-secure wide-band FM in '45 after officer bedtime.  And he sed
main use was LST intercom, not 2-ways w. Army.

This supported in V2 of Sig Corps in WW2... tnx 'QHO

BTW, that LST radio room shot rec'd @ Jeffersonville showed THREE SCR-608s 
in shack during Korea!  

Of course TBS & MBF were AM as hell... and that's how we got here.

  Marty