[Milsurplus] TBS question

[William Donzelli]

> I submit it's the reason so many 808 tubes wound up in surplus as nothing 
> else I've seen ever used 'em.  Since TBS a Radiomarine & 808 RCA, it doesn't 
> take Perry Mason.
> 
> TBS ran 60-80 mcs which was 1936 super-secure UHF.  Had acorn tube front-end

I think the TBS started seeing service in 1939. I have a large stack of 
TBS Control Unit datatags, from TBS thru TBS-8 (anyone need some?), and 
the original contract looks like 1938.

William Donzelli
aw288@osfn.org