[Milsurplus] Ebay TBY now TBW

[Nick England]

FWIW initial contract dates
GO - Hygrade/Sylvania? - 1933
GO-1 - Western Electric - 1934
GO-3 - Westinghouse - 1937
TBW - Westinghouse - March 1939
TCK - GE - April 1941
TDE - Westinghouse - June 1942

Nick England K4NYW
Chapel Hill NC
www.navy-radio.com


On Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM howard holden <holden7471 at msn.com> wrote:

> *Agreed Ray!  And yes the GO/TBW might be based on the TDE, although the
> TBW and GO are maybe by comparison lightweights. The TDE and TCK also
> require a MG set.  The 803 is indestructible! They should have never come
> out with the 813 although it's rated for higher Mhz. *
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> *From:* Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 17, 2025 8:12 AM
> *To:* howard holden <holden7471 at msn.com>; Charlie L. <mjcal79 at gmail.com>;
> milsurplus at mailman.qth.net <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Ebay TBY now TBW
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> I built up and ran a TBW for some time, sold it off a long time ago. Fun
> transmitter. The 803 output tube was almost indestructible! Did a video of
> it back in the old SD analog days at :
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> *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd4gPNGNYRU
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd4gPNGNYRU>*
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> The GO and the TBW always appeared to me to be a light weight version of
> the shipboard TDE transmitter. Don’t know if that’s the case or not. For a
> long time wanted a TDE or TCK for playing around with AM but now days all I
> can think of is how much that stuff weighs.
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> Ray F/KA3EKH
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