[Milsurplus] WWII Radio Chatter??

[J Forster]

Hue Miller wrote:

[snip]  He told me about some improvement to  the TBS antenna he

> had made, which largely increased the radio's range. I suspect that was
> some kind of mechanical improvement, or maybe even just moving it
> higher. [snip]

Wasn't the TBS relatively short range? As in line-of-sight, so well under 100
miles?  The set put out roughly 50 W in the 60 to 80 MHz range.

Also, since it was really for 'Talk Between Ships', how much of the action could it
really have observed?

-John