[Milsurplus] TCS-12 was main Buff commo system???

[D C Macdonald]

I am pretty certain that it was the push by Gen Curt LeMay
to move to SSB due to the increased efficiency/range that
was offered by SSB.  In those days, SAC (Strategic Air
Command) headed by LeMay was virtually all-powerful in
getting what it wanted/needed.  If I remember correctly,
Gen LeMay (a ham himself) got Collins KWM-1 transceivers
installed in a few SAC aircraft as a means to demonstrate
the improved range and the rest is history.

Another SAC General, Butch Griswold, was also a ham.


Mac, K2GKK/5
B-52F EW, 7BW/9BS & ArcLight 1965


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Grif" <KF4JG at comcast.net>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] TCS-12 was main Buff commo system???
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:15:20 -0500

Hue-
I think I'm missing something here. I wasn't aware that the FCC had any
jurisdiction over what the military or the government did with their
frequencies. Perhaps the military just chose to also stop using AM?
After all, I think the AF was the first major user of SSB. Or could the
FCC somehow dictate what everybody would do on HF? Or was there
a major international agreement affecting everybody? I wasn't active
during that period, so I don't have any memory of what went on.

Grif, KF4JG

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From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
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Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 12:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] TCS-12 was main Buff commo system???


 > >  TCS lasted until the mid/late 60s when SSB forced out all the old
 > > Navy AM/Cw sets.
 >
 > At NAS Seattle ( fine activity, now history ) the Navy kept their spare
TCS in
 > stock until the FCC ruled AM off the HF bands at end 1976. Then the Navy
 > gave MARS folks brand new crated TCS sets.  ( Most were swiftly hacked,
 > as far as i saw. )  -Hue Miller