[Milsurplus] was TCH. now whaleboat

Jim Horn zippypik at aol.com
Mon May 13 18:12:34 EDT 2013 

Hue:


The info below is from memory and thusly subject to error.


The motor whaleboat was about 20' long & pointed on both ends.  It had high gunnels & therefore was not well suited to torpedo recovery.


The torpedo recovery boat was 30' to 32' long with a relatively broad beam.  The stern was low, just above water level so that torpedos could be brought aboad relatively easily over the stern.


I don't know what radios were used but a TCS makes sense.


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Today's Topics:

   1. Any Information: PU-43/A 800 Cycle Rotary Inverter (David Stinson)
   2. WTB: WW2 radar countermeasures power cables (Jack Sullivan)
   3. Re: TCH (Hue Miller)
   4. DAG hint (Hue Miller)
   5. FS TCS dynamotor brushes (Rob Flory)
   6. Re: DAG hint (David Stinson)


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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 13:21:21 -0500
From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
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Subject: [Milsurplus] Any Information: PU-43/A 800 Cycle Rotary
	Inverter
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Does anyone have information / diagrams or anything that
applies to the PU-43/A 800-Cycle rotary inverter?
Thanks, Dave S.



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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 16:44:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jack Sullivan <wa1tej at yahoo.com>
To: "milsurplus at mailman.qth.net" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Milsurplus] WTB: WW2 radar countermeasures power cables
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I am restoring (at least cosmetically) much of the countermeasures suite that 
would have been on board specialized B-17 & B-24 aircraft during the war. My 
equipment: APR-4, RD-7B/APA-23, ID-60/APA-10, APR-5A, AN/APA-38 all accept the 
same mil spec 4-receptacle connector nomenclature AN3108-22-4S and adapter 
AN3057-12 (cable clamp). The heavy cable is about 7' long. Since these cables 
appear to be universal during that period, there should be many around. I'm also 
interested in the same connector with the 90 degree cable clamp. If anyone has 
any to sell, please contact me off list.

Jack

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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 21:43:36 -0700
From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] TCH
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I have watched a lot of ads over the last 30+ years about military radios.
I have not been to the really big swapmeets, Dayton or the California ones.
I have only seen three TCH show up for sale, plus yours.  That makes four
I know out there.  Probably there are a few more, in the hands of military
radio collectors who don't join email forums, and maybe a few more in
farm tractor museums or the odd collection. I don't know how to calibrate
that multiple. I would probably guess less than a dozen exist. Pretty
scarce beast, altho scarcity does not always equate to valuable. In this
case, however, "Collins"  escalates the price substantially, maybe doubles
it. I think a true civilian serial number of the 18M would be exceedingly
rare, as I can't think of any civilian market for the radio; too expensive.

As I recounted before, I talked to a ham, this around mid 1980s, in 
Edmonds, Washington, who had used the TCH at the Bremerton
naval station, on torpedo recovery boats. Was this "whaleboat"
size vessel? I don't know, and it's too late to ask him, I'm pretty
certain. He said when the TCH was replaced by the TCS, the TCH
sets were disassembled in Navy electronics classes. Somehow
he managed to walk one out whole.  For the early 1940s seems
like a wonderful radio to be taking apart just for some elementary
training. Thanks to him for knowing better.
-Hue Miller


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Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 21:47:44 -0700
From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
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Subject: [Milsurplus] DAG hint
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I needed a replacement luggage carry handle for a DAG whose handle was
near shot and ready to break. I found the identical item on 1950s General
Electric FM equipment alignment oscillator, a portable test set.  Easy
removal to the DAG.
Now, as for the loop antennas, sorry, I don't have a clue where to find
them, or why they went away.
-Hue Miller 


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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 07:50:12 -0400
From: Rob Flory <farmer.rob.flory at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Milsurplus] FS TCS dynamotor brushes
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Something like 5 each of +LV, -LV, +HV, -HV   plus some holders and caps.

$10 plus postage from NJ

RF


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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 07:18:08 -0500
From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] DAG hint
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
Subject: [Milsurplus] DAG hint


> Now, as for the loop antennas, sorry, I don't have a clue where to find
> them, or why they went away.

I found the DAG loop and the compass, but it was in the U.K.
http://home.netcom.com/~arc5/IMG_2281.JPG
Didn't have to sell my soul.  Just rented it out for awhile. ;-)
Where there's one, there may be others.

I'm still missing the Sense antenna- a telescoping whip, 
larger in diameter than most you see, with a banana plug on the end.
Someone kindly pointed me to one similar on Ebay but alas,
it wasn't the right size so still searching.

The DAG receiver's RF amp isn't properly tuned without
that loop.   Perhaps designing a substitute would be an 
interesting project but don't know how many are out there
with any interest.  
It's a good rig for what it was designed to do:
DF strong carriers. Thus, it has no AVC.
Fun to tinker and SWL with and certainly "eyeball candy" 
at any radio display but it's no "communications receiver."

73 Dave AB5S



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