[Milsurplus] TCS for marine use

[Bill Carns]

The Collins TCS was indeed designed from the ground up to meet the Navy TCS specification and never saw commercial sales prior to the war.

 

It did share some construction and design features with the much more rare, and earlier, Collins 18M “Expedition” Transmitter Receiver combined set that Art introduced in 1939 - and that quickly became the TCH for early clandestine landing for the Navy and the Marines.

 

Bill Carns, N7OTQ (Trustee K0CXX)

Past President, Collins Collectors Association

Founding Board, Collins Radio Heritage Group

Editor, Signal Magazine (Retired)

Wimberley, TX

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From: Milsurplus [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ray Fantini
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 1:05 PM
To: Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] TCS for marine use

 

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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