A Google search turns up photos of a few beacon transmitters onboard Lightships.  In a photo of what appears to be the same type transmitter as on the Delaware ship can be seen a schematic with the transmitter being a model TB-142.

 

https://www.oregonstockphotos.com/photo-gallery-industrial-nautical-marine-maritime-photos-1.php

 

The transmitters aboard the Huron museum ship at Port Huron, MI:

 

http://travelthemitten.com/landmarks/photo-gallery-friday-huron-lightship-museum-port-huron/attachment/lightship-huron-radio-controls-communications-michigan-museum/

 

And in this Getty Images photo of a different transmitter the nameplate can be clearly read to show the frequency coverage of 300-500 Kc.

 

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-radio-beacon-transmitter-aboard-a-lightship-this-250-news-photo/541665620

 

Sean - W0KPX

 

 

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Subject: [Milsurplus] Lighthouse radio beacons of the past ?

We have a Lightship museum over in Lewes Delaware and they still have the original LF Beacon transmitters. You can see it on picture ā€œEā€ on this link. No idea what the transmitters are.

 

https://www.overfalls.org/VirtualTour.html

 

Ray F/KA3EKH