[Milsurplus] TBY on the air

[Rob Flory]

Dave Stinson pointed out an important but lesser known application of the
TBY.  Dave, I will say I am interested, but my interest and attention may
have not aligned with your previous posts.  Your scholarship is appreciated
here.

I have been distracted from radio by child rearing, work, medical crises
but experiencing a rebirth of time and interest due to a short period of
being unessential during COVID, and the fact that my kids have grown up.
One of them is a USMC communicator.

I have used the TBY ashore to communicate with the TBS on USS
MASSACHUSETTS.  That interoperability as Dave pointed out is important.
Merchant ships in convoy were able to monitor and participate in comms with
Naval vessels running TBS sets.

TBY to TBY communications are a more likely application of the sets in the
real world as there are few TBS sets on the air.  I have also made
scheduled QSOs with a ham friend on 10m AM where he was using vintage ham
gear with a wide and tuneable receiver.

The TBY ground plane was used on landing craft, which I think is
specifically mentioned in the manual for same, which I may still have.  It
may have been used on merchant ships, but I think the references I have
read talked about going out on deck to operate the TBY, which suggests the
whip antenna.

RF
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