[ARC5] BC-348R - fair price?

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi Joe,

Those are the guys I think of when I even look at my command receivers. 
I don't have a 348. Apparently you have kidnapped mine <evil grin>. I 
have no room to complain about your theft of my 348. I have three 
BC-453/R23 command receivers besides my own so I own four. I suppose I 
am a hoarder too. I recapped a couple of those for other hams and my 
shop then resembled a Q5er/ARC5 nest :)

73,

Bill  KU8H

bark less - wag more

On 6/22/20 9:16 AM, Joe Connor via ARC5 wrote:
> I love the BC-348s, too. In fact, whenever I see a nice one at a hamfest 
> for a decent price, I snap it up. I have at least a half-dozen of them.
> 
> I can't help but think of the guys who used these sets during the war. 
> They flew their B-17s or B-24s at more than 25,000 feet with 
> temperatures hitting -50F. They were tethered to oxygen lines and wore 
> heavy heated flying suits and bulky gloves. Their lives depended on 
> these receivers working properly. Can you imagine working under those 
> conditions?
> 
>                                    Joe Connor
> 
> On Monday, June 22, 2020, 08:24:59 AM EDT, Ben Hall <kd5byb at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Years ago, at the Huntsville Hamfest, I bought three BC-348's for, IIRC,
> $60.  They were in okay shape, not great, but certainly not packed with
> mud and not looking like they came from a crash site!
> 
> I was able to put together two good units out of the three of them with
> some help in parts from the awesome folks in and around the BA
> community.  The third one has donated parts to fix other BC-348's around
> the country, so while it was very hacked internally, it still lives on.
> Interestingly, for that unit, the front panel was in pretty nice shape.
> 
> One of my first BA's was a 348R, complete with tag saying Belmont Radio
> Corporation, not the usual commonly-seen generic tag.  It worked fine
> and in a fit of downsizing, I sold it.  :(
> 
> If I ever see another one with the "fancy" 348R tag saying Belmont for
> not insane $'s, I'm going to buy it.  :)  Unfortunately, e-pay prices on
> 348's are really more towards insane right now...plus I've not seen one
> with a tag like the one I had...
> 
> thanks much and 73,
> ben, kd5byb
> 
> 
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