[Milsurplus] Radio On Higgins PT Boat

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The TCS is stackable, although the stacking brackets are scarce today, maybe 
even rare.  My TCS-14 is stacked.  The two on USS Valley Forge (CV-45/LPH-8) 
were stacked.

The only other two-unit stacked set that comes to mind is the VHF MBF.  It 
had an accessories box the same size as the radio and when installed the radio 
is on top.  It would be a little wider and quite a bit shorter than the TCS.  
But I've never before heard them mentioned in conjunction with PT boats.  And 
the TCS is known to have been used on them.  The TBX is slightly larger than 
the MBF and also has a matching accessories/battery box.  But there is no 
provision for attaching the two together nor to anything else.

FWIW, the Higgins Boat is a landing craft.

In a message dated 5/16/2007 3:57:51 AM Central Standard Time, 
robandpj at earthlink.net writes: 
> I ran into a WWII PT boat veteran yesterday while having tires mounted.  As
> usual, I struck up conversation, and it turns out he was a Quartermaster
> which put him responsible for driving the boat, navigating, and
> communications.  When my car came down off the lift, I showed him my TCS
> set mounted in the rear.  His recollection was a vertical stack of 2 units
> wider and shorter than the TCS.  As he held his hands apart to indicate the
> dimensions, they seemed similar to TBX. While that does not seem
> impossible, are there other candidates with that form factor?

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