[MRCA] TBX and TBY

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I feel sorry for USMC radio men of WW2. 



With radios like the TBY and TBX, I have to believe guts were the reason the Marines carried the day on the battlefield. 

Good commo gear looks like a weak point. 



Charlie WD8AXB 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Fantini" <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu> 
To: "Dennis" <spike.dennis at yahoo.com>, mrca at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 1:32:56 PM 
Subject: Re: [MRCA] TBX/TCS Yah sure! 

Photographic evidence of TBX series of radios beyond Tarawa are far and few between! I can't think of one. Yes HF is the preferred mode of communications beyond short range VHF but considering the four man crew involved in supporting the TBX, its low power and that it was mentioned in at least two book as being a week point in attempting to establish communications between ship to shore I would be surprised that it was not replaced with something more functional. I will look for the exact source but the quote about ditching the TBX in favor of a jeep mounted TCS is not mine but one that I have seen before. 

Ray Fantini KA3EKH 

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You must also remember, the first orders for the TBX(as well as the TCS) were 
placed by the Navy in 1939. At that time, there was no other set in any military 
inventory that would compare with it. Not until mid-war & the introduction of 
the BC-1306 was there any viable competition. 

KB0SFP