[Milsurplus] SCR-288 or TBX??

[WF2U]

David,

I'd say with a high degree of certainty that it's a TBX. I can see the key
on top of the radio, exactly where mounts on the studs on top of the case. I
just mounted the key on my TBX, looked at it from the rear and it looks
exactly like in the photo. The key in the SCR-288 is in the flip-down front
lid and won't be visible from the rear. The dimensional ratio can't be the
SCR-288 and I don't see legs under the radio. In the photo the radio is
sitting on a box, which could be just an ammo crate or the TBX crate.
The generator is mounted on the tree, which is the way the  TBX generator
mounts. It has a V-shaped serrated grip and  a chain on the bottom, with a
screw which clamps it securely on an object like a tree trunk, but no seat
like the BC-654/SCR-288 genny. The vertical antenna is definitely a TBX
antenna/base. I just looked at mine, and it looks identical to the base
which is clearly showing in the photo.
Another thing: US Marines had Navy equipment - the TBX is Navy - and not
Signal Corps like the SCR-288.

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of David Stinson
> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 9:50 PM
> To: Old Tube Radios; Milsurplus Radios; armyradios at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Milsurplus] SCR-288 or TBX??
>
>
> Troops on Guadalcanal.
> Photo item 6634752341.
> The radio is sitting on a stump.
> My monitor is poor (and my eyesight is not much better),
> but there are some details that point to SCR-288:
>
> Case is square-sided and the dimensional ratio is correct for SCR-288,
> incorrect for TBX.
> Headphones are the type RCA supplied with SCR-288.
> Antenna pole configuration as recommended in SCR-288 manual.
> Generator is secured to a tree as with TBX, but cable comes out
> perpendicular to the cranks like the SCR-288 genny.
>
> Your thoughts?