[ARC5] CX Fun With A BC-375

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 25 Jan 2009 at 15:58, David Stinson wrote:

> Someone once told me you couldn't use a BC-375 on 40 meters.
> Just did my first CX contact to W8TM in Ohio using my 
> dynamotored BC-375 and it wasn't bad.

The dyno was probably one reason it was OK. I presume 
you have PLENTY of primary (12/28VDC) current to it.

>  Loosened the 
> link coupling, which helped with the chirp, and the 
> drift wasn't all that bad either. 
> 73 Dave S.

I always thought the BC-191/375 would be fun to play with.  
It is so kinda crude.

I used one for a few days back in the early 1960s. There 
was one set up at the local sheriff's office. I was the commo 
man at that end during the search for a lost hunter.

Drift didn't seem to make a lot of difference on AM.

We used 3910 Khz. The ham on the other end used a 
GRC-9 with that cute little 2 cycle generator for power.

He was one of my Elmers. Good fellow.

Ken Gordon W7EKB