[ARC5] BC-312-D by RCA

[Geoff]

The 312 I sometimes use with an ATC was converted to SS by a prior owner. I 
havent even opened it up and it does well on the bands.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
To: "Roy Morgan" <k1lky at earthlink.net>
Cc: <Arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] BC-312-D by RCA


> On 11 Apr 2012 at 12:49, Roy Morgan wrote:
>
>>
>> On Apr 11, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
>> > I have two BC-342s, both bought off eBay, and both missing the wire
>> > dial- indicator, but otherwise complete.
>>
>> Ken,
>>
>> I have a BC-312 buried in storage, I think.  I don't remember what the
>>  wire dial indicator is.  Is this a little wire to let you see where
>> the dial is set?
>
> Yes.
>
>>  Would seem if so to be fairly easy to replace, that
>> is if you can get to it.
>
> That is the hard part. In addition, there were two versions: one had the 
> little
> wire, and the other was a line scribed on a piece of thin plexiglass.
>
>>  I remember that the thing is very heavy for
>> it's size and densly packed.
>
> Yes. It is unusually heavy for its size. However, once properly restored, 
> they
> are an excellent receiver, although the crystal filter was not properly
> designed nor implemented.
>
> In my opinion, they are a better receiver than the BC-348 types.
>
> Ken W7EKB
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