[Milsurplus] More MBF bashing

[Mike Morrow]

Ray wrote:

> Your response brings up more questions than it answers. Ok, the MBF is a
> late war or post war design but what's the point of a radio that operates
> in the VHF low band television allocation?

Robert answered the question very simply when he said that the MBF was to
replace the TBY for small-craft and some merchant vessel communications with
the great installed-base of the TBS on most naval vessels.  The MBF frequency
range of 60 to 80 MHz matches exactly that of the TBS.

Nothing needs be considered with respect to civilian uses of this or any other
band.  Military use of VHF tactical frequencies from 20 through 76 MHz today all
the way back to WWII has never been conditioned or limited by the fact that civil
use of that same spectrum is also taking place.  When I operated a AN/PRC-25 net for
military training at Little Creek Virginia in 1972, I just listened for any strong
interference and then otherwise arbitrarily selected a frequency from its 30 to
76 MHz coverage, regardless of it being maybe in the middle of TV channel 2 or
on some low-band VHF public service channel!  That didn't matter in the least.
The same applies for TBS and MBF frequency useage.

The MBF, although later than the TBS, became obsolete when the TBS became
obsolete.

Mike / KK5F