[Milsurplus] Research Help Requested

[Al Klase]

Hi Joe,

I checked the TBX-8 manual and couldn't find the weights, except for the 
accessory box at 28 pounds.  So, I suspect it was a three-man carry:  
Transmitter-Receiver, hand-crank generator, and accessory box containing 
RX batteries, antenna equipment, cables, etc.

This was pretty much state-of-the-art for the time period, with a 
claimed range of 30 miles on CW and 15 miles on voice.  The Army's 
stop-gap SCR-288 had similar characteristics, but the SCR-284 weighed 
almost twice as much.  The SCR-694/BC-1306 wasn't available until 1944

The BC-611 HT or Navy MAB would only do about a mile on a good day. I'm 
not sue if either were available in the early going.

Al

On 8/27/2017 10:18 PM, Joe Connor via Milsurplus wrote:
>
> 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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