[Milsurplus] Ship Call Signs and TBX/TBW crew

Sun Jul 6 15:32:46 EDT 2008

For what it's worth...

 About 15 years ago I spoke with a gentleman that had served in the
Marine's during WW2. He told me he had been a captain and was training
stateside in operating the SCR 299 and the TBW. He told me how
cumbersome setting up the TBW / RBM was and that it took a good crew of
men to move them and set everything up. He loved the SCR 299 , for
obvious reason. He went on to say how when he and his men where shipped
out to the Pacific , the first thing they did when they got on one of
the islands was to ditch the TBW's and keep the RBM's. After having to
try myself , single-handedly, to get a TBW set up off the ground on
those spindly legs only to have one of the welds break on a leg and
trying to use my body (like a fool) to cushion its fall , I too was
ready to chuck it! Getting the TBW up on hose legs is like getting a BC
610 up on stilts. Neat radio set up when it's all up but what a pain in
man handling it and getting it up into operating position.

Paul

N6FEG

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Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Ship Call Signs and TBX/TBW crew

There were sevenor more manuals done and  I only have or have had three
and don't know which you might have seen.  But much of the text in the
three I have is identical.  I don't see any specific mention of crew
size in the three.  However, in the section covering erection of the
antenna masts it says that one man will hold the end of each of the
(six) top guys.  And that the remaining men will assemble the mast
sections.  So that sets the minimum at eight.

In a message dated 6/28/2008 4:49:50 AM Central Daylight Time,
robandpj at earthlink.net writes: 

I thought TBW manual did specify 6-man crew, but I don't have it anymore
to check.  They would obviously have to make a couple trips.  Maybe
that's why its called semi-portable.

Robert Downs - Houston
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MVPA 9480
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