[ARC5] SCR-522: Rethinking The Old Gal

[hwhall at compuserve.com]

The BC-639 looks sexier for a public display piece. At least it looks more like someone's preconception of a radio receiver. And it doesn't need externally cabled controls, etc., so maybe simpler to set up?

WayneWB4OGM

-----Original Message-----
From: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
To: hwhall <hwhall at compuserve.com>; mikebracey <mikebracey at att.net>; arc5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Mon, Apr 27, 2020 5:08 pm
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 wrote:
  
 
Is there a recommended WWII period set to look for, for the same monitoring purpose?
 
 Wayne WB4OGM  

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