[Milsurplus] TCS for marine use

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Sorry, but the Brits couldn't have bought them from Collins sans USN 
approval.  As I indicated earlier, the first five TCS models had Collins tags, not 
USN nameplates.

As to the "Ships Emergency", the classification on SHIPS 242A was only 
CONFIDENTIAL (today's SECRET).  So it could well have been disinformation.  

But there is no valid reason to doubt the Lend Lease comment.  I happen to 
know, for example, that machine tools bought on Lend Lease contracts were 
not marked "Lend Lease".  And a TCS transmitter has turned up in Australia 
that was almost certainly bought on a Lend Lease contract.

In a message dated 01/22/2016 23:39:55 PM Central Standard Time, 
kargo_cult at msn.com writes: 
> SHIPS 242A would seem to be wrong. Someone got the idea that maybe it 
> would be like a ship's emergency radio, but clearly there were never
>  enough around for that use. I never saw any evidence of Lend-Lease at 
> all. The Brits bought theirs as the 18M Collins product.
>  BTW, who can tell me exactly what the wording on the TCH nameplate, on 
> top the set, said?
>  -Hue 
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
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