[Milsurplus] TBS question

[William Donzelli]

> On this Navy nomenclature business - -  Did the transmitters start with
> TA or TAA?

TA. If you went to the West Coast Military Meet, you would have seen a TB.

>  Was TAX used?

Yes. TAX was a medium-smallish rig made by Westinghouse, in very small 
numbers.

>  How about the Receivers?

Yes, RA. Not to be confused with the Bendix RA-1!

>  Apparently the DF
> sets started with two letter nomenclature, but I am still looking for the
> earliest (DA?) citation.

Probably DA. I can't find my reference right now (a 1930s Radio and Sound 
bulletin with "the list").

William Donzelli
aw288@osfn.org