[Milsurplus] Low Band VHF between ships

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

The 20206 is a vibrator supply but it runs off of 115 VAC/VDC.  No 
batteries.  If they were having problems with battery stocks it must have been the 
dry batteries.  The 20206 would have solved the battery problems but the 
manual is dated 07/14/44 and I've never seen any indication of when the hardware 
actually became available.

There was another alternate to the TBS called the MBF (same 60-80 MC 
coverage).  But the only manual I've seen is dated 06/13/45.  Reading between some 
lines in the manual it appears to have been a replacement for the TBY on 
merchant shipping.  But too late to have seen much if any service before VJ 
Day.

In a message dated 08/08/2011 18:04:05 PM Central Daylight Time, 
arc5 at ix.netcom.com writes: 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nick England" <navy.radio at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Low Band VHF between ships
> 
> 
> >I am guessing the shipboard TBY's were run off the CLG-20206 AC 
> >supply?
> 
> Actually, according to the log books,  they had constant problems
> keeping enough batteries around for the sets.  No mention of
> charging batteries, which would mean they had the vibrator supply,
> or if  the batteries were for all the TBYs or just some of them.
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
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