[Milsurplus] TCK-4 info and TCM

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 4 Feb 2017 at 11:20, Robert Kilian wrote:

> MIne,regretfully, is not yet on the air.  Still gathering up components 
> to build a power supply, and the tuning mechanism is in pretty bad shape 
> (excessive gear lash resulting in hard tuning and has also resulted in 
> the frequency indicator wheels mashing up against the glass cover, doing 
> quite a bit of damage to the painted-on numbers & graduations).

Oh. Sorry to hear that, Rob. 

I had a brand new TCM once, with original AC supply. I was within an "inch" of having it on 
the air, but then got called away to a job far away from Missoula, Montana, and gave it to a 
friend.

He had it for a few years, then threw it away. :-(

I have regretted ever since giving anything to him.

I know where there is another TCM RF section, only a few blocks from here, but it is in bad 
condition, and the owner may not let me have it. It was his father's, who died recently.

BTW, when I was helping the son go through his father's stuff, we found an entire box of 
those brand new "10 Specials" which were used in British aircraft transmitters. There are 
either 10 or a dozen in the box, all boxed up in their individual original boxes.

I have all the power supplies I would need for the TCK, and all the tubes.

Hmmmm.....this is getting....interesting...

Ken W7EKB

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