[Milsurplus] TCS Question

[Bill Carns]

Can one of you TCS guys out here answer a simple question for me.

Do the standard mil cables from a TCS 7 set also work if you substitute one
or more components from a TCS-12 setup ??

Thanks.

Bill

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Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 6:54 PM
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Cc: Mike Morrow
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Trailing Wire Antenna Query

Most all of the USN aircraft that I worked on at the Pensacola Navy Museum
had the RL-42 reel.

The wire was braided copper, probably 350 ft. long with lead weight at the
end.

Johnny, W4THQ


---- Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote: 

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Taigh wrote:

> Our 1945 Lockheed PV-2D Harpoon used a Navy MT-5 manual reel and I 
> believe that most pure navy aircraft did too.
> Here is a good shot of one in what I believe is a Buccaneer 
> http://aussiemodeller.com.au/Images/History/Lang_Vengeance/109.-Cockpi
> t-LH-Rear_V.jpg

Well, no one has better credentials than you, but...that shows a Bendix
*commercial model* MT-5E reel...nothing of distinctly USN (or even military)
pedigree.

I'd be hesitant to expect that this commercial gear was in many USN aircraft
types.  I've seen quite a number of WWII USN aircraft photos that show the
BC-461/RL-42.  For example, Mike Hanz has an excellent set of photos of a
1944 PB4Y-2 aircraft radio installation in which the
BC-461 is shown at the radio operator's position:

  http://aafradio.org/sidebar/PB4Y2_Line_Maintenance_Manual.html

But still, it would be interesting to know what the USN used before adopting
(apparently) the BC-461/RL-42 trailing wire.

Mike / KK5F


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