[ARC5] BC-939 tuner

Kenneth G. Gordon kgordon2006 at frontier.com
Sat May 8 13:50:24 EDT 2021


On 8 May 2021 at 15:58, Fuqua, William L. wrote:

> 
> So what do you do with a BC-939 tuner when they sell for not much more, at 
> best, than the turns counters are worth?  A few parts, vacuum variables, tubes 
> (813s, 811a, 4-400s ....) a tapped coil for 20,15,10 meters and some other stuff.
> All the stuff removed can be put back some day if I want since it all unscrewed or 
> unbolted.
> 73
> Bill wa4lav

Well done, William. :-)

I bought just the coil from a BC-939 some time ago off eBay for peanuts. I am using it as the 
remotely-tuned base loading coil for my vertical on 160 meters.

Works a treat.

Ken W7EKB




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