[Milsurplus] Research Help Requested

[Joe Connor]

 The patrol that went to rescue the Goettge patrol carried a TBX transmitter-receiver.
Does anyone know what a TBX weighs? The rescue patrol was much larger than the original patrol, so I'm thinking the TBX was too heavy and bulky for the smaller Goettge patrol. 
        Joe Connor

   

 On Sunday, August 27, 2017 10:34 AM, Joe Connor via Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
 

 Guys, I need some help on a research project I'm doing on the Goettge patrol, a 25-man Marine patrol that was slaughtered on Guadalcanal on August 12-13, 1942.
One curious and unexplained issue is why the patrol did not bring a radio with them. Because of that, when they needed help, they had to send a guy to swim back to the Marine perimeter, about four miles away.
Can you think of any reason why they wouldn't bring a transmitter/receiver? Size? Weight? Bulk? Lack of availability in the shoestring days of the Guadalcanal campaign? This was before the advent of the BC-611 walkie-talkies, right? In August 1942, what type of small transmitters/receivers (if any) would have been available to a 25-man Marine patrol on Guadalcanal?
As always, thank you for your help.
                        Joe Connor______________________________________________________________
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