[Milsurplus] TCS for marine use

[Ray Fantini]

In an earlier post I referred to the TCS as maybe having a place in marine use but do realize that the radio would be well beyond the capability of your average charter or fishing boat captain. And can see where any of the simpler radios or high power sets would be ideal for such applications. Looking at most commercial radios built from post WW2 up to the deployment for relatively modern solid state sets in the late fifties and early sixties you see that they really had more than a volume and channel control.   The thing is and I forget where it read it but I thought that the TCS family was adapted from a commercial design or was the adaption of a civil design for Navy use and not designed from the ground up as a military radio. Anyone have clarification on this?
Also have to admit that if you knew how to use it the TCS with crystal control of the transmitter would meet type acceptance and make one great little set up for mid-size boat, although I don’t recall if you had to have at least you second class license in order to adjust the output stage of a marine transmitter?
Ray F/KA3EKH

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