[Milsurplus] Pacific gear

[Ray Fantini]

Who knows? Speculation would be TCS crystals being they are large and would be noticeable. Early TBX had huge rocks, MAB/DAV and 611 set had smaller rocks. Would assume that anything below that size would disappear into the sand so fast as to not be noticeable. ARC-1 sets had lots of rocks. The thing here would be to try to find another corroborating account from the same period but assuming the writer was a RM that somewhat precludes it being a mistake like confusing crystals with something like spare tubes. That's what I would have assumed. Also people do make mistakes and have faulty memories, I am wrong at least three times a day.
It's a good story otherwise.
Think the story about use of the Japanese equipment at Guadalcanal papers in at least two or three places from what I recall including the "History of the Signal corps" series (Green Books) where things like the issues with the radios at Tarawa is documented almost everywhere.

Ray F/KA3EKH

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From: howard holden [mailto:holden7471 at msn.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 3:52 PM
To: Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>
Cc: Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com>; Military Surplus Mail List <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Pacific gear

Also what would the crystals have been for? The GO, at least the -9 which was the main one in use, has no provision for crystals. Nor, for that matter does the TBW. And he didn't mention any other gear. 

Howie WB2AWQ


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> On Feb 14, 2017, at 12:39 PM, Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu> wrote:
> 
> Found the link:
> http://www.jacksjoint.com/gooney.htm
> 
> The music is annoying, also think his recollection is wrong in 
> referring to the transmitters as TBW as opposed to GO
> 
> Ray F/KA3EKH
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Hubert Miller
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 3:25 PM
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> 
> Pete Peterson ( sk ) of Seattle was a Navy aircraft radioman right after WW2.  He told me that he was on PBYs flown to the Philippines as donations to the Philippine Navy.  Another Seattle area ( Bellevue, WA ) man, Jack Strayer, told me he saw the older gear still in PBYs post-war. It's hard to figure when and why gear was changed. Chet Wsner told me that when he flew E Coast to Caribbean patrol flights, their PBYs equipment was changed to BC-348, ART-13 in 1943. Why? Who knows. 
> I have a hard time believing radios were removed from aircraft before their return to the States. Ships were there for the heavy hauling.
> -Hue
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