[ARC5] [Milsurplus] BC-348 variant?

[John Hutchins]

Mike -

yep the MRC limiter unit sold a few days ago,
Hutch

Mike Morrow wrote:
>> Saw this one on the auction block and maybe someone could illuminate:
>>  260368098224
>> What was this version for and what is the connector on the front panel 
>> for?
>>     
>
> This is a post-war modified BC-348-Q that has been re-nomenclatured as
> R-584/MRC-20.  I believe that the AN/MRC-20 was a ground mobile 
> communications system of several different units.
>
> The connector goes to the MOST important item that distinguishes this
> from a plain BC-348-Q, the external squelch/limiter unit (which contains
> two vacuum tubes).  That unit is normally mounted on the top of the
> receiver case.  The unit will not work missing the external unit without
> some re-wiring.
>
> The auction unit is missing the squelch/limiter unit, and the dynamotor.
>
> Mike / KK5F
>
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