[Milsurplus] Convoy VHF - TBS or TBY?

[J. Forster]

I guess it depends on how badly you need to communicate. Ship's
superstructures can get covered with inches of ice.

-John

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> At 06:47 AM 2/4/2013, David Stinson wrote:
>>>Maybe the U-boats heard nothing at 2.5 MHz because the ships were using
>>>the TBS?
>>
>>Navy escorts, according to the available prints, certainly had TBS.
>>But the merchant ships were not equipped with such expensive toys. ET
>> al....
>
> Not to mention the big space requirements for the TBS.... a gargantuan
> piece
> of heavy metal for just one channel.   50 watts?  who needed that
> much for convoy
> comms?   If you could keep a TBY on channel, why not take the easy
> way out...:-)
>
> Perry
>
>
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