[MRCA] Fire them up this weekend!

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At 04:13 AM 09/19/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello Everyone,
>
>There will be quite a few military radios on the air this Sunday in the
>Classic Exchange event.  Our group at K2TOP will be on around
>7045 at our sunset with a US Navy RBC receiver and a transmitter to be
>determined.  On 3545 We will be running a US Navy TBW transmitter/RBM
>receiver combo with effective transmitting and receiving antennas so that
>European contacts are quite feasible.

Rob:

>Wish I had been able to participate and hear your vintage USN stuff.  But 
>I was
in Philly at a Navy Ship reunion....  (the irony of it all)
I am working on getting TBW/TCM/TCK/TCS and TBK rigs on the air, along with
the RBB/RBC/RBM/RBS and others.

>  For 20 meters on 14040 we will be
>running some nice old civilian equipment by Millen and National.

You don't trust the TBW that high in freq?   :-)

If you have the time, can you tell me how you are powering the TBW?
And what success you have had with it?

Unfortunately, I am cheating here, with a 60~ ac supply......

Thanks,

Perry    w8au