[Milsurplus] TBX for sale at that place

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The front covers are also often missing, as are the charts inside them.  
And the 26022 Key is moderately scarce.

In a message dated 3/17/2011 1:35:32 PM Central Daylight Time, 
RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu writes: 
> It's got the covers, bags, calibrator and battery box. That alone is 
> worth something. radios are way more common than that stuff. Myself always 
> wondered if the TBX-8 was ever fielded? I know the TBX-4 and 6 were used a lot, 
> I use to own a TBX-6 and it was a fun little radio with the "34" tubes in 
> the receiver and the entire receiver drawing less than 20 mA but the TBX-8 
> is a completely different animal. Also think the TBX-8 used a common 
> microphone and not the weird high output microphone that you needed for the 
> earlier TBX radios.
> KA3EKH 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Morrow
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:28 PM
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] TBX for sale at that place
> 
> >...appears to me to be almost complete TBX-8...
> 
> It's been ham-hacked.  An SO-239 has been installed, and there are empty
> screw holes on the front.  The nomenclature plate has been removed.  No
> telling what horrors await on the inside.
> 
> It could be a good parts set, I guess.
> 
> Mike / KK5F

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