[Milsurplus] TA-12 XMTR in Pairs?

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Ha!  Finally, something that actually uses an FK-37.

Robert Downs - Houston
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MVPA 9480

In a message dated 05/14/2016 06:44:07 AM Central Daylight Time, 
aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org writes: 
> BTW, a photo of the 3616 for the TA-12 is attached for those interested.
> 
> On 5/14/2016 7:23 AM, Michael Hanz wrote:
> 
> >> Ah!  Okay, that's part of a series of WWII Bendix Interphone systems 
>> (IM-2, IM3, etc.) that included a bunch of components which provided 
>> flexible control over a variety of comms equipment.  The heart of the system was 
>> a 3 watt interphone amplifier with the designation 3611.  The original 
>> 3616 was tailored for the TA-12, but the 3616B included the capability for 
>> controlling 8 channels - presumably to accommodate the TA-2 variants.  See 
>> attached three page pdf that shows only the 3616 but mentions the 
>> difference between it and the 3616B.  I can send you a higher resolution version if 
>> you wish, but it's over a megabyte.  
>> 
>> The junction box was commonly a part of Bendix products, a marketing 
>> strategy to eliminate the need for an engineer to worry about such things when 
>> adapting the system to an aircraft.  What you received was a complete 
>> system when you wrote out the check.  All you needed to do was provide the 
>> cables.
>> 
>> 73, 
>> Mike  KC4TOS
>> 
> 
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