[Milsurplus] Technical Radio T-50M CW Transmitter

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Todd,

I don't know any more about it than you do, but I also have one, along with 
the rectifier power supply.  The manual on it is supposedly TM 11-838, but 
I've never heard of nor seen a copy.  When I got this one almost six years 
ago (along with a TBW-4 HF transmitter and Rectifer-Modulator), seems that I 
recall someone was familiar with it.  Vague memory says it was intended for 
use by Coastal Artillery batteries.  Maybe.

In a message dated 9/16/2009 2:47:47 PM Central Daylight Time, 
ka1kaq at gmail.com writes: 
> I've had this little gem in my pile-o-stuff for years now and never come
> across any information about it beyond the preliminary instruction manual.
> It has a very elaborately painted front panel for a military set, complete
> with plastic nomenclature tag. It uses an outboard power supply and was
> apparently meant to be backpacked around for use with a gasoline 
> generator.
> The CW key uses an octal plug, too.
> 
> The only thing I could turn up online is a site called Electrojunk which 
> has
> three pictures:
> 
> http://www.electrojunk.com/museum/boatanchors/T50_FRONT.JPG
> 
> http://www.electrojunk.com/museum/boatanchors/T50_BACK.JPG
> 
> http://www.electrojunk.com/museum/boatanchors/T50_LABEL.JPG
> 
> Is anyone familiar with this rig? It's a MOPA design using 807s, strikes 
> me
> as a pre-war product when cost/materials weren't an option. I've never 
> seen
> another one and wonder if they were ever actually used?
> 
> Thanks -
> 
> 

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