[ARC5] SCR-522: Rethinking The Old Gal

[Scott Johnson]

I have a BC639, with power supply.  I will give away, if you can pick it up or arrange transport.  I am in the Phoenix , AZ area.

Not that I don’t like them, but does anyone really need more than two BC-640/BC639 setups, both with dual receivers?

 

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From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of David Stinson
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 5:08 PM
To: hwhall at compuserve.com; mikebracey at att.net; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ARC5] SCR-522: Rethinking The Old Gal

 

About your only readily (relatively speaking) available WWII-era
VHF receiver is going to be the R-28, as has been mentioned.
There's supposed to be a simple mod to make it tunable.
I'm sure someone here knows it.
Though it's another "plain girl at the dance," I've always liked the
BC-639.  It, like so much military surplus, got a bad rap about being
"deaf" and "broad," neither of which is true within the long years
of valued service it gave the forces.  It's well suited to casual listening
to your local Unicom.    With proper refurbishing and careful alignment,
it will deliver good audio at under 2 microVolts input.
Fair Radio has them and you sometimes see them on Ebay,
but they're pricey.  I haven't seen one at a hamfest in decades.
Probably drowned in basements and holding doors open.
73 Dave AB5S

On 4/26/2020 3:19 PM, hwhall at compuserve.com <mailto:hwhall at compuserve.com>  wrote:

Is there a recommended WWII period set to look for, for the same monitoring purpose?

Wayne 

WB4OGM

 


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