[Milsurplus] TCM-2 - manual

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 5 Jul 2017 at 12:43, WF2U wrote:

> My TCM-2 manual is also the preliminary one. In format and the binder it looks like a typical Navy 
> manual of the period.

I don't remember what the manual which came with my TCM-2 many years ago looked like, 
but I am quite familiar with these "preliminary manuals" for Navy gear.

> I'm working on my TCM-2 (which came with the original power supply)

You're lucky! The power supply is pretty big, but not so big it couldn't sit on an operating 
bench. The present TCM-2 which I am pretty sure to be able to buy, does not have its original 
power supply, nor its outer case either, for that matter.

When and if I get it, I'll probably replace that outer case with sheets of black-wrinkle painted 
aluminum....or I may just install it in a nice wooden box. We'll see.

> to restore the connectors in 
> the back on both the transmitter and power supply to the originals (I found the identical connectors 
> to the originals on a stripped BC-191 carcass). A previous owner replaced the connectors with 6 
> pin tube sockets (why, oh why!).

I repeat: that is so weird.

> The transmitter, according to a card stuck to the back was used 
> on MARS. I had to trace all the wires to the connectors to identify them and connect them to the 
> appropriate pins on the correct connectors.

Good job!

> I just have to make up the interconnect cables (I have 
> the appropriate plugs) and will put it on the air.

I look forward hearing it on when you get it operational.

Ken W7EKB

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