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

[Rev. Don Sanders]

The equipment was KWS-1 and 75A4 that were used in the test and the test was
conducted on 143.5 khz on and around July 2 1956 with the SAC C97 flying
from Thule AB to Anchoragfe to Travis to Offutt to Andrews to Mitchell to
portsmouth AFB to Loring to Harmond to Goosebay to Thule. Over 1200 contacts
were made on the 10,000 mile trip in the US and 24 foreign countries. This
included all continents including Antartica and Ross Island Operation
Deepfreeze.
The call letters were W0CXX/M. The equipment operated from the 115 vac 400
cps generators on board the aircraft, using a fixed 25 foot antenna end fed.
Hams on board the aircraft were Maj. Gen. "Butch" Grizwold K0DWC; Lt. P.J.
"Phil" Ferrell, W7PUG; Leo Meyerson, W0GFQ; and Art COllins, W0CXX. Col.
Jack Bestic, cheif of SAC communications/electronics also assisted on the
trip.
I have the original QSL received from contacting the operation on July 2,
1956 at 2221 Z with the KWS-1 that is sitting in the shack awaiting
refurbishment..

Healthfully yours,
                          DON W4BWS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D C Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] TCS-12 was main Buff commo system???


> 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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