[Milsurplus] WTB field phone test set manual, or reasonable copy..

[Gregory W, Moore]

GE All, I recently acquired a field phone test set off the Greed site, 
with the following nomenclature
TS-1323/PTM-7
by Raytheon Co.
NSN: 6625-00-902-7574


The unit looks pristine, but I have to power it up and check it our.... 
I also, of course am in need of a manual both operation and repair, 
since this is my practice, I always try to get all the pertinent manuals 
for equipment, cause they always need fixing and calibration..... I 
never even bothered to see what phones this test set was for, so if 
anyone can fill me in here, I would appreciate same... I have quite a 
few, from the EE-8 on up, but this is '70s 80;s vintage, and whatever 
phones this was designed to test, I would like to acquire at the same 
time.....those having rollls of phone wire are welcome to make sales 
offer to this milspec addict.....besides, its kinda fun having the XYL 
comment on the basement (Not more junk, Greg........don't you have 
enough (NEVER!!!)  .ok, My stock reply is "Isabel, this isn't junk, this 
is PURE, UNADULTERATED UNOBTANIUM, think of it as an 
investment.....Please be aware that my basement is neat, all the 
equipment works, is hooked up and operating, I am able to switch any 
reciever or transmitter to my console, and the whole area resembles a 
Navy MainComm/Radio Central...even down to the florescent lights, the 
braided sheath armored cable, and brilliantly polished brightwork on the 
spliceboxes and switch covers, even have a sound power phone jack which 
runs upstairs, but is disguised there, for the XYL/and recently returned 
Daughter, would not appreciate the humor, nor the usefulness of a 
soundpower phone set... I was thinking about mounting a few squeaker 
telephone sets, but believe this would be over the top....

Incidentally, most of this stuff, hopefully, will one day help to refit 
the USS America, if we can pry her away from NAVSEA, etc/  As 
Preservations Officer (one of several, Electrical/Electronics/Comms/ as 
many other hats as the Foundation deems to ask me to wear) my speciality 
(hey what else --hi--) I ask everyone, when they have the chance to go 
to the USS America Museum Foundation website, listed in my signature, 
but if you are anxious to go theer

http://www.ussamerica-museumfoundation.org

I am listed under the "key contacts", and our mission statement and 
method of carrying out that mission are well described within that 
site/   Please, sign our petition, write, phone, loobby the heck out of 
your elected officials to see this outstanding vessel does not 
ignominiously end up being sunk for target practice.  I had the pleasure 
of visiting her in 1992, and the vandalism was appalling, the sight of a 
bank of 24 channel audio switchpanels, with the knobs and switch shafts 
broken off with sledgehammers was bad enough, but to see EVERY 1MC 
speaker (reproducer in NavSpeak) had the point of a fire axe thru the 
speaker grille.  85 percent of the patch panels were hammered, and no 
less than 3 R-1051 recievers were reduced to scrap by repeated blows, 
the connectors cut off and missing, and 2 AN/URA-17 
converter/comparitors, similarily vandalised, with said fire axe right 
thru the center of the CRT's.  3 M28ASR teletype units were attempted to 
be smashed, but the cretins who did this didn't know how to open the 
case, so the innards are untouched, with full up
components, reperfs, intact relay boxes for level translation, and the 
only real damage were several (replacable) keys busted.   The whole 
thing was enough to make a grown man show tears.......

None of this, however, detracts in the least from the outstanding 
material condx of the ship, she is dry, sound, and outside of the 
willful removal of the catwalks and other comonents, given a little 
work, "in all respects ready for sea".....well, maybe more than a little 
work, but we are a dedicated bunch of both ships crew and airwing who 
intend to make her a museum which none can rival, Personally, I want a 
fully functional comm suite, as the refit would be to her early years 
when she did valiant service on the line in the Tonkin Gulf, and this 
old RM1 was proud to have served aboard her.   Sorry about the long 
screed, I just want everyone to sign the petition, and raise so much 
hell with their elected officicials that they can't ignore 
us....Hopefully, we will have a rally at pierside, in PHL, to show just 
how much support we have, but this is still in the planning/brainstorm 
stage, more to follow........

I will now end, I am mainly interested in the manual for the field phone 
test set above, but I couldn't resist a rousing speech (I am listening  
to our C in C at the convention, and got carried away for a second. as 
the speech was outstanding)....

Thanks much, guys, I will also be doing some beggary for some BC-348 
parts to restore a unit which was "improved" many years ago, and the 
AGC/OFF/MGC switch missing, some antenna connectors missing, replaced 
with an SO-239 on the back panel, some pilot lamps added, as well as an 
"S" meter, which, incidentally, doesn't look bad, as the meter is the 
same vintage, but I have to get into this job before I can submit a list 
of "I Need" to the list --hi--......Incidentally, I do need a handle for 
the left side, as it broke while I was attempting to pull the 
chassis...I can braze/weld this, but a new handle would be a good 
thing......

73 es tnx de Greg "GW" Moore WA3IVX/NNN0BVN

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