[Milsurplus] Fwd: [BoatAnchors] Westinghouse TBL Radio Transmitter

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In a message dated 08/12/2012 15:37:21 PM Central Daylight Time, 
pekelney at rspeng.com writes: 
> The USS COBIA is looking for a good replacement armature for a 
> Westinghouse
> TBL so that they can get the transmitter back up and running. 
> 
> There are photos posted on the HNSA Facebook page that can be seen without 
> a Facebook account:
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Historic-Naval-Ships-Association/
> 
> The exact part they need  is an armature (which has two DC
> commutators and one pair of AC slip rings) located in the Generator 
> CC-21233B
> portion of the Motor/Generator set. The armature is about 25 inches long 
> and
> weighs about 100 pounds.
> 
> Spare Motor/Generator armatures were usually included with the shipboard
> allowance list for ships that had TBL transmitters. These were found on 
> most
> World War II destroyer type vessels and submarines. If your ship has a TBL
> transmitter, and you have no plans to get it operational, we're hoping you
> would consider donating the armature to COBIA. Obviously they would love
> finding a "spares" unit. However, if this isn't possible they would
> ask for your
> consideration of allowing a "swap" from the unit in your ship with them
> providing all labor.
> 
> If you can help in this project, please contact Tom Aschenbrenner
> at  Tom at Aschen.com 
> 

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