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

[Bob Wilder]

You are correct, The aircraft Curt used as a VIP aircraft was outfitted 
with several KWM-1's.  A requirement to be a member of the crew was that 
you had to be General class ham or better. Remember talking with Curt and 
Butch and the crew for almost an hour when they were on the way to Brussels 
for world fair. Was on a military frequency as the crossed over "Round 
Pond" intersection  and I went 20 meters and picked them up on SSB using a 
20A driving an amplifier and a SX-101A.  On the ham bands they were a real 
laid back bunch but all professional when on military frequencies.  Curt 
and Art Collins were old buddies from way back and that is
how SSB got started in SAC.



At 02:32 PM 3/14/2005 +0000, D C Macdonald wrote:

>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
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
>To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
>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
>
>
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