[Milsurplus] TCS Applications ... was: RE: Command Sets where?

[Kludge]

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[mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Hue Miller
> Dave, damn nice photos. Where did you find those?
> I suggest those would look nice in Michael's book.

Well, one might if I can get original source permission.  But why would I
care about Bendix equipment?

> BTW, the only TCS CW application I can think of,
> at sea, is PTs. Nothing else seagoing ventured
> out by itself far enough to require CW.

PT boats didn't go out alone as a rule but rather in squadrons.  Boat to
boat communications was close enough that, once the enemy was engaged, voice
comm was not only possible but sometimes necessary.  Note the word "voice."


> Likewise, for jeep mounted TCS, how far would 
> they be going, that they had to use CW, even
> to reach ships offshore? 

Again with the CW!  Why?  And why only with ships?  A TCS could talk with
aircraft radios too.  For that matter, they could talk with HF ground sets
just as well.  So let's ask the community at large how Jeep-mounted TCS
equipment was used.  Folks?

One other place it was used was aboard larger ships to talk with harbor
masters, tugs and other smaller vessels.  They were also found aboard
captain's gigs, admiral's barges, liberty boats (Darn, I can't remember what
they were now - open, wooden, bench seats etc.), landing craft and a host of
other places where CW simply wasn't practical but a good rugged radio was
essential.  

We really did use ship to ship and ship to shore AM in the Navy.  Honest!
:-)

Best regards,
 
Michael, WH7HG ex-K3MXO, ex-KN3MXO, WPE3ARS, BL01xh ex-Mensa A&P PP BGI 
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