[Boatanchors] BC-314 Questions

[Barry Hauser]

Hi all ..

I've got a BC-314D made by RCA here that looks pretty good (no not
selling it).

Looks to be complete, despite the customary missing "snorkel", however:

1.  There is an open spot with some drilled and tapped holes just to the
right of the tuning capacitor.  That area has no MFP coating as if
something were removed, but, well, not exactly. The "shadow" is like a
bowed rectangle, best I can describe it.  Anyone have any ideas what, if
anything, was there?  I suppose it's possible that the area was masked
during manufacturing for some other model or version.

2.  It has the correct dynamotor module, a DM-21B, made by good old Philo
Farnsworth's Television and Radio Company.  The four original leads are
clipped and there's what's left of newer wire soldered to some of the
terminals on the 8-point strip, as if somone had bypassed the dynamotor
and supplied power externally.  (Nice of them not to toss the dynamotor,
as was the custom.) Anybody know the hookups?  The schematic is still
intact inside the bottom of the cabinet, but the print's way too small to
make out.

Finally -- anyone know of a downloadable manual for the BC-314?

Barry

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