WW2 radio restoring lecture

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Philliphastings

Hi Mike,

I used to have a TCS receiver in my collection but believing it to be only used by the Navy I let it go...

Recently I learned they were also fitted to USMC radio Jeeps during WW2 for use in the pacific - and I’m currently building a USMC Jeep ��

Cheers

Phill

Hi Phil

Yes the TCS family of sets were originally designed for use as a small marine craft radio, but it seems that the TCS radios were widely used in other types of transport. I had a wartime RAF manual showing the TCS radio set up in a Bedford MW house type van.

After the war, these TCS sets were often fitted in commercial fishing boats. Collins radio equipment was and still is considered to be the "Rolls Royce" of radio brands .

History: https://www.collinsradio.org/cca-col...the-war-years/

The US Navy used the sets into the mid 1960s.

https://people.ohio.edu/postr/bapix/TCS12.htm