[TMC] TMC station in Augusta, Maine

[Robert Nickels]

I recently came across a neat photo of the "bomb shelter" communications 
center in the state office building in Augusta, Maine.   I sent it to JP 
for the TMC archives but you can see it here:

https://www.mainememory.net/record/11055/image/11055

The remarkable thing is that the original TMC gear, including one of the 
100 or so GPT-750(B) combinations with the RTM plate modulator, was all 
still intact when  this photo was taken in 1981.  Newer gear including a 
Drake 4-line and some kind of fancy CB base station have been added,  
probably as a convenience for operators after SSB became the norm.   A 
pair of GPR-90RX receivers,  SSB exciter and converter, and other TMC 
gear can be seen.  It would be interesting to know what was in the 
left-hand cabinet of what many hams could consider to be the ultimate 
operating desk ;-)

https://www.mainememory.net/record/11055/image/11055

There are photos of other Civil Defense installations that had a smaller 
console containing a GPR-92,  MSR sideband converter,  and FFR receiver, 
with a SBE-1K transmitter alongside.   Wonder why Maine went with this 
deluxe setup?

It's also interesting that the state of Maine felt the need to educate 
people on the art of building "atom bomb shelter" as late as 1981!

73, Bob W9RAN