[Milsurplus] Is this a TBX-8 or ??

[Nick England]

Maybe just sunlight on the meter glass?
See these examples with one black and one "white" meter....
http://www.navy-radio.com/xmtrs/ww2/tbx/tbx-k0ip-4586.JPG
http://www.navy-radio.com/xmtrs/ww2/tbx/tbx8-111.jpg
Cheers,
Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com


On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 4:07 AM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> I found this photo in my stock. At first I thought it was mine, but I
> think it's a graphic
>
> I stole from Ebay. My question, I have never seen a TBX-8 with whiteface
> meters. No
>
> not ever. The caption on the photo says TBX-8 and the break in switching
> in position
>
> of power connectors shows that is true. TBX-6 was the old circuit,
> whiteface meters
>
> and manual switching. TBX-7 is AFAIK is same as -8. So I have to assume
> caption is
>
> right, this is an -8. So: have you ever seen before a TBX-8 with white
> meters?
> I think the effect is rather fetching. I like it more than the black face*
> meters, no
>
> implicit bias involved. (* I first wrote "blackface" as one word, but then
> thought
>
> better…. ).  But I suppose the white meters are an 'attractive nuisance'
> in a combat
>
> zone.
>
> -Hue Miller
>
>
>
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