I will set a BC-453 made by, say, Western Electric or Stromberg beside one made by this other outfit, and believe me, you can instantly see the difference in quality.

I wish I could remember the name of the company.

They may have "met specs" but, just barely.

Ken W7EKB

Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone

-------- Original message --------

From: Hubert Miller <kargo_cult@msn.com>

Date: 12/27/25 14:12 (GMT-08:00)

To: arc5@mailman.qth.net, List Milsurplus <milsurplus@mailman.qth.net>

Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] [ARC5] Vintage LF/MF Fun with my BC-453B

I am surprised that Ken sez BC-453 from different mfgrs vary in quality. This, honestly, is a surprise to me, and i invite input from anyone on this. 

I am somewhat more knowledgeable abt the AN/GRC-9 radio, which had different manufacturers, but aside from some knob style variations, the quality seems very stable and equivalent. So i thought everything that got the Signal Corps stamp of approval was equivalent.

-Hue Miller

Sent from my Galaxy

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