[Milsurplus] TCK-4

[Richard]

MG set noisy?  Well, maybe not so much if it runs on DC.  On DC there is 
no magneto-striction from the cores, so all you hear is bearing noise, 
windage, and some commutator noise.  That adds ambiance to the shack...

Richard, AA1P


On 02/07/2017 07:27 PM, Bruce Gentry wrote:
> Are you going to try to find an original power supply or MG set, or 
> build one?  The MG set would be big and noisy, but the cool factor 
> would make up for that many times over. How accurate  are the 
> frequency dials and how stable is the TCK once the oscillator oven is 
> warmed up?  Being in Syracuse, anything General Electric gets aheads 
> up from me. In the case of the TCK, I would guess it was built in 
> Schenectady or possibly Lynn, Mass. Electronics Park didn't exist 
> until 1947, but there was a major plant here building steam 
> turbo-electric drives for WW2 destroyers and also where the USA's 
> first jet engines were developed and tested.
>
>       Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY
>
> On 2/7/17 12:34 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
>> Well, despite my really severe misgivings, and due to some 
>> "encouragement" by Robert
>> Downs (!), I am now the "proud" owner of said TCK-4.
>>
>> My friend Scott Gray W7IZ who lives in Clatskanie, Oregon will pick 
>> it up as soon as he can
>> and will bring it over to my place in April.
>>
>> I have a place all picked out for it, and will immediately begin 
>> restoration with a view to
>> eventually putting it on the air. I am really looking forward to 
>> getting it working.
>>
>> There was one other bid on it, I don't know who that was, and I "won" 
>> the bid for a total of
>> $202.50.
>>
>> I am absolutely certain that if/when my sweet long-suffering wife 
>> discovers my purchase,
>> there will be considerable noise around here, so I intend to keep it 
>> as quiet as possible until
>> I have rid myself of a bunch of my other "junque".
>>
>> Thanks for the help and "advice"...
>>
>> Ken W7EKB
>>