[Milsurplus] TCS-12 Radios

[Bob Wilder]

Have to agree with David.  Take LST-325 as an example.  We have a complete 
TCS-12 up and running and have been using it on CW and AM for over a year 
and a half.  Perry, W8AU has been working his heart out trying to get the 
TDE running to add to the authentic WW2 operational character of the 
ship.  Granted there is a SSB rig aboard but the real fun is two way 
contacts using the WW2 gear.
As David said there are great numbers of hams out there that are willing to 
get that WW2 gear running just as it was during WW2.

A question arose the other day at LST-325.  Where can you find tactical 
call signs used during WW2.  LST-325 has the CW call NWVC but the voice 
tactical call is unknown.

Bob



At 08:21 AM 3/10/2005 -0600, David Stinson wrote:

>These PT-boat guys may be good as gold;
>I don't know.
>But they got on my "bad" side right out of the box.
>Once, I would have been first in line to hand over the goods,
>but now I'm very skittish about museums and "restoration" groups.
>I get very irritated with this "it doesn't have to work" crap.
>I understand they have a lot to do.
>I understand they don't know radio.
>I also understand that it suggests a
>"we like to make a show" rather than
>a "we respect the history" attitude.
>
>Talking about "working torpedos" is irrelevant;
>there are things you can't do, no matter how
>much you respect the *complete* history of something.
>And there are things you CAN do.
>They've asked for help for a system that was
>critical to the historic operation of their boat,
>then shown utter disrepect for that system
>by telling us it's "just for show."
>After getting a sour belly-full of that nastiness
>from the politicallyCorrect Air Farce,
>I am very slow to volunteer for such efforts.
>
>I have donated many hundreds of dollars worth of
>equipment and given my precious time to groups that
>show me they actually care about the history
>and the technology of their project-
>that they aren't "radio people" is no damned excuse;
>there are "radio people" by the dozens
>that will fall all over themselves to help
>if shown just a little respect and support
>for their end of the deal.
>About the second time a pCAF type wrinkles his nose
>and says:  "oh, we don't need *that* old junk,"
>or "those damn junk radio people are out here
>asking questions again," it sort of puts me
>in a "kiss my a**" mood real quick.
>
>It may seem harsh, but I only have so much historic
>radio stuff to go around, and I've had all the
>elitist snorts from show-boat pretend "restorers" I care for.
>Especially those who take an historic aircraft
>and turn it into a jumped-up Cessna,
>or those who might take an historic ship and turn it
>into an expensive entertainment speed boat,
>where drunken tourists are taken on high-speed rides
>for $45 a pop.  I'm not saying this group
>has that in mind, but their attitude about
>the technology doesn't leave me in a generous mood.
>
>If I'm going to give my gear away,
>it will be to someone who respects the
>fact that WWII could not have been fought and
>won without the efforts of the men and women
>who designed, built and installed the technology
>that made the planes fly and the ships go,
>and who respects that as much as his precious engines.
>I think I'll save my spare TCS stuff for
>an outfit that is more serious about the history
>and less about the "show," thanks.
>
>73 Dave S. AB5S
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