[Milsurplus] TBY on Saipan '44 ?

[Hue Miller]

>From: Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>
>That would lead one to think that maybe the USMC eventually began using 
>sets like the SCR-300 (BC-1000), SCR-536 (BC-611), or SCR-284 (BC-654).  
>These army sets were far superior to the TBY, MAB/DAV, or TBX junk that the 
>USN/USMC had as their equivalent native designs.
>Mike / KK5F
>ex-SSBN-629

Now, wait up just a minit. The TBX was used all thru WW2, so the Navy must 
have had some
reason to keep it. After all, they picked up the SCR-300 and BC-348, 
preferring them over
their own gear.
Unlike the six-five-four radio, the TBX #1 has a generator that can be 
cranked by a human
being; #2 is packaged so that it can actually wash ashore, be opened, and 
used. And it
had a lot more PS choices available: hand gen + batteries, vibrator supply, 
dynamotor +
batt, or gas-engine generator.  -Hue Miller