[ARC5] OT? bc-348 bfo question

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

> No other '30s receiver is a SSB receiver either, but none of my others
> era's rx (SP200 and SP400, ARC-5, Halli) are that bad at handling strong
> signals.

Many years ago, I was given an essentially never-used BC-779 with power supply. The BFO 
injection level was so low that with the RF gain 1/2 open, there wasn't enough injection to 
copy CW signals.

At that time, I really didn't know enough to look for a bad coupling cap or other problem, and 
had no test equipment other than a VOM.

I did have access to some manuals for other equipment, and a couple of handbooks.

I modified the 6N7 noise limiter into a triode product detector I took from the manual for a 
Heathkit SB-100.

The improvement in the way that receiver worked from then on was so amazing to me that I 
have never forgotten it.

I used that receiver for many years afterwards as my main RTTY receiver.

It was the quietest, most sensitive receiver I had in the shack.

Ken W7EKB