Yup; the TBS50 did cover 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2 meters, AM and CW.
No companion receiver; "twins" weren't quite "in" at that time yet.

I actually *did* here a rotary spark transmitter on 20 meter CW in the
fall of 1964 -- a PY2.  He was only about 10 kHz wide which was phenomenal
for a spark xmtr.  Made a nice 100 CPS raspy tone.  Very easy copy.

Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J >

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Don Bishop wrote:

> Hey Mike!
>
> I resemble that remark!!
>
> I do remember the harvey wells TBS50.  A friend of mine had one of
> those and ran it for years both on AM and cw.  I think it had 6 and 2
> meters in it too, but not sure about that.
> I don't remember there being a companion receiver with it though,but it
> had been out a while when I first came on the scene.
>
> No, I wasn't around when people used spark, before anybody asks.
> <grin>
>
> Don W6SMB
>
>
> On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:07:28 -0700, Mike Freeman wrote:
>
> >Now I'll take people back a way.  I bet Don Bishop may be the only one
> >that remembers this:  the first transmitter I used as a Novice was a
> >Harvey-Wells Bandmaster  (the TBS50 series -- I had the D).
> >Crystal-controlled, of course, though one could plug in a VFO.  CW and AM,
> >80 thru 2-meters.  Used a 807 final.
> >
> >Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
> >Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J >
>
>
>