[ARC5] Broadcast or beacon?

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

Looking at the photos I see the front stamp is a square and seems to say SC
over 71? The little triangle on the back corner appears to have a 16 in it.

Look before you leap. Or, in this case, type.


On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Todd, KA1KAQ <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Kenneth G. Gordon <
> kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:
>
>> On 21 Jan 2014 at 10:29, David Edsall wrote:
>>
>> > Write and ask.
>> > K1ANX is knowledgeable and honest.
>> > David W1TDD
>>
>> Yes. K1ANX is George Rancourt. He is a very fine person.
>>
>
> Had to call George today on another radio matter, so I asked him about the
> receiver. He said it's exactly how it came to him, doesn't appear to have
> any ham mods but he doesn't recall pulling the bottom plate either. Said he
> checked it and it works, BFO too. Inspection stamp next to the tag (a
> triangle with a 10 over a 71 inside) and another on one of the back side
> corners. He thinks the drawer replacement is postwar as it's just a plate
> and socket. I seem to remember reading that someone produced these as an
> aftermarket item.
>
> He also thought he recalled reading an article possibly by Gordon that
> said something about some BC-453s being converted to the BCB before the
> BC-946 was produced, but asked me not to hold him to that as he couldn't
> recall specifics of the article like title, date, etc.
>
> George is indeed a great guy, as trustworthy as the day is long. As David
> suggested, I'd encourage anyone interested in more info to contact him via
> email and discuss it. He'll bend over backward to respond to
> reasonable/sensible requests. He's not a dealer into hyping his stuff for
> higher profits, but like many of us, is just trying to lighten the load.
> And having been in his basement, I can assure you - it's quite a load!
>
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
>