[TMC] 1963 photos - vans full of TMC and Teletype gear.

James A. (Andy) Moorer jamminpower at earthlink.net
Mon Dec 8 00:10:18 EST 2014


I didn't look through the plans with a magnifier, but I didn't offhand 
see any air conditioning. Must have got pretty toasty in the summer in 
Greece. Hope I just failed to notice the AC.
-A

On 12/7/2014 8:23 PM, Nick England wrote:
> In 1963, the USN tasked TMC to develop a Transportable Communications
> Center AN/TSC-35 (Project Judy).
> Thanks to preservationists John Poulton and Neal DePasquale, I have scanned
> dozens of photos of the van interiors prior to shipment and some during the
> installation process (prior to crypto gear install).
>
> The Commcenter/Receiver section consisted of twenty 40' vans full of
> equipment that were bolted together on site. They were shipped to Nea Makri
> Greece and installed to create NAVCOMMSTA Greece in late 1963.
> http://www.navy-radio.com/commsta/greece-r.htm
> The DDR-5's shown were replaced by R-1051 receivers later
>
> I have just started scanning the Transmitter Site photos
> http://www.navy-radio.com/commsta/greece-t.htm
> There were 10 ea. SBT-1K, 37 ea. GPT-10K, 16 ea. GPT-40K, and 1 ea.
> GPT-200K - Hubba Hubba!
>
> If you are really curious, the station tech manual is on line
> http://www.navy-radio.com/commsta-trans.htm#tsc35
>
> Cheers,
> Nick England K4NYW
>
> www.navy-radio.com
>


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