[ARC5] Fwd: [ANGRY-9] [Radio Officers, &c] Raft L'Egar Deux

Fri Aug 22 10:32:07 EDT 2014

That has coverage from 3.8 to 5.8 MHZ. That's Only 200KHZ of the ham band. Do hams just use the top end of 80 meters or do they re-tune them? Personally I'm not a fan of modifying the original bandspread of any of these old military pieces, id rather restore one that has the bands that I want. 

On Friday, August 22, 2014 10:17 AM, Dennis DuVall <duvallddennis at gmail.com> wrote:

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Dennis DuValll <w7qho at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [ANGRY-9] Re: [Radio Officers, &c] Raft L'Egar Deux
> Date: August 21, 2014 7:08:46 PM PDT
> To: ANGRY-9 at yahoogroups.com
> Cc: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea at arrl.net>, armyradios at yahoogroups.com, ARC-5 List <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>, spudroscoe at eastlink.ca
> 
> There is a short glimpse of a a BC-654 in the video but the knee-key seen in a couple of clips is not the type normally used with the BC-654.  Still a good number of SCR-284 (BC-654) units surviving and in use today but typically go on eBay (and elsewhere) for a lot more than $15!
> 
> Dennis D.  W7QHO
> Glendale, CA
> 
> **************
> 
> On Aug 21, 2014, at 4:59 PM, "Tim timsamm at gmail.com [ANGRY-9]" <ANGRY-9 at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi David - Here's the note you sent me from Spud Roscoe requesting assistance in locating a BC-654:
>> 
>> Good Evening
>>  
>> I just learned that the Quebec government is going to sponsor the rebuilding of the raft L’Egare Deux that crossed the Atlantic in 1956 and the Halifax Amateur Radio Club provided the communications on the first part of the voyage. This will be rebuilt at the Maritime Museum 300 miles north of Montreal and they hope to have it completed in 2016.
>>  
>> I promised them that if they rebuilt the raft I would do all I could to find a radio for it. Thanks to Fred VE1FA “the radio was a BC-654 transmitter-receiver, part of the SCR-284 radio equipment. They were first used in North Africa in 1942, then throughout the war by army, navy, and most of the Allied forces. It covered 3800-5800 KC, and put out about 17W of AM or 24W of CW. Pretty basic, but effective! They were run on batteries, generator, or hand-crank generator. I read somewhere that about 150,000 were made, and after the war you could buy a complete unit for $15-20!”
>>  
>> You can read all about this voyage in my history of the Halifax Amateur Radio Club VE1FO starting on page 143 in my web www.ve1bc.com
>>  
>> If anyone can help me find one of these radios I would be forever grateful.
>>  
>> 73
>> Spud VE1BC
>> -----------------------------
>> 
>> Pretty interesting!  I did a Web search on L'Egare Deux.  I had not heard about that adventure....I had heard about the Kon Tiki raft voyage in the Pacific - seems it got a lot more publicity.  I understand the Kon Tiki had a BC-1306 radio with hand cranked generator and a Hallicrafters receiver for backup.
>> 
>> There is a CBC video about the Atlantic raft  http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/NL/ID/2239445642/  That pretty much confirms that there was a BC-654 aboard.
>> 
>> The video shows a brief shot of the BC-654 (turned off) and then in operation sending CW with a "knee key", possibly requesting a weather report.. (Times 3:00 and again at 5:45). 
>> 
>> By way of this this E Mail I am forwarding this request to a couple of military radio Groups who may be able to provide a lead for a BC-654.  When all else fails, sometimes there is a BC-654 for sale on E Bay if you need to go that route.
>> Can any of your Mil radio guys lend a hand here in locating a suitable BC-654?  As stated, please contact Spud (VE1BC) directly.
>> 
>> FYI and thanks,,
>> Tim
>> N6CC
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 3:54 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
>> Tim,
>> 
>> Can you help Spud Roscoe, VE1BC and the Quebec government find one of these?
>> 
>> Answer Spud directly at his email below.
>> 
>> 73
>> 
>> David N1EA
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Spud Roscoe <spudroscoe at eastlink.ca>
>> Date: Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 6:30 PM
>> Subject: [Radio Officers, &c] Raft L'Egar Deux
>> To: Radio Officers Radio Officers <radio-officers at googlegroups.com>
>> 
>> 
>> Good Evening
>>  
>> I just learned that the Quebec government is going to sponsor the rebuilding of the raft L’Egare Deux that crossed the Atlantic in 1956 and the Halifax Amateur Radio Club provided the communications on the first part of the voyage. This will be rebuilt at the Maritime Museum 300 miles north of Montreal and they hope to have it completed in 2016.
>>  
>> I promised them that if they rebuilt the raft I would do all I could to find a radio for it. Thanks to Fred VE1FA “the radio was a BC-654 transmitter-receiver, part of the SCR-284 radio equipment. They were first used in North Africa in 1942, then throughout the war by army, navy, and most of the Allied forces. It covered 3800-5800 KC, and put out about 17W of AM or 24W of CW. Pretty basic, but effective! They were run on batteries, generator, or hand-crank generator. I read somewhere that about 150,000 were made, and after the war you could buy a complete unit for $15-20!”
>>  
>> You can read all about this voyage in my history of the Halifax Amateur Radio Club VE1FO starting on page 143 in my web www.ve1bc.com
>>  
>> If anyone can help me find one of these radios I would be forever grateful.
>>  
>> 73
>> Spud VE1BC
>> 
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