Bob/ W6SHF's AWESOME TMC COLLECTION

Messrs. Neil DePasquale, Bob Beebe, Ray DePasquale (SK)
picture by Bernie Worne, AE1Z, in 1990


"I was enamored in the mid 60's by pictures of TMC equipment in QST. Wrote them for a catalog and started collecting at local flea mkts, surplus dealers, private parties, etc. in the early 80's"
Bob Beebe W6SHF



please click each "thumb" below

Rack 1- FRR-60 Bob has repacked into a single rack.
Rack 2- RFC-1 a 1KW amp and power supply from URT-19
Racks 3 and 4- Double rack for Frr-60 with Receiver on left and URT-19 Exciter on right. Bob took out the right receiver for the small rack

Just a small portion of Bob's expansive collection, this photo was taken in Bob's warehouse in Newark, CA around 1996, prior to his move to Sonora in the Gold Country, 150 miles E. of SF. From left to right:
Rack 1- Top, MSGA-1/FRR-73, 4 channel dual-diversity IF/AF cnvrtrs
Racks 2 and 3- Double rack Dual-diversity Receivers type DDR-5C/FRR-60. This 3 rack combo makes up the AN/FRR-72

Left to Right:
Rack 1- Right side of FRR-60 receiver showed again below.
Rack 2- 4 channel ISB cnvrtr, the green one used on "Project Mercury" a Teletype Converter, GPR-90RX, GPR-90RXD, 3 ea AFC-2A's, 3 ea SBC Sideband Converters, TMC's version of the CV-157 for R-390 and R-390A
Rack 3- SBE exciters (several versions)
Rack 4- PTO's (several versions) VOX-5 etc.
Rack 5- Hard to see, but those are FRR-502's. Bob has 14 of these

Bob/ W6SHF at TMC on a previous visit.

Bob's rare GPR-92 receiver

Inside the TMC plant during a 1990 visit. Picture taken by
Bernie/ AE1Z

Another picture from inside the plant, June of 1990, again taken by Bernie/ AE1Z

Ray DePasquale's QSL card

B/W pic of front of building. Fred Huntley's Jul 1991 issue of Electric Radio (#27,p. 2) talks of Bill Deans/ W2AZA's estate collection of TMC equipment and memorabilia from his time there. Bill Deans was VP, Sales, for TMC, and headed up the team for Navy sales during the 1960's. Bob purchased the memorabilia (brochures,manuals,etc) from Parker Heunemann/ W1YG, as he was the "Deal Pending" mentioned, and this picture was from that memorabilia.

TMC Logo on front of building in Mamaroneck, New York

QSL picture submitted by John Samuels K2CIB. It is of the Mamaroneck Amateur Radio Club 700 Fenimore Ave., Mamaroneck, NY from the 1960/62 Callbook (now there's a familiar address).

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