[Boatanchors] BC-342 WTT and recapping questions

[Bill Cotter]

Ian,

The most difficulty I had doing a total restore of the BC-342 was 
the removing the tapered pins in the main tuning and bandswitch 
assemblies, to get it really apart.

I had to make a special punch and heat up the shaft to remove the 
tapered pins. It was a very difficult procedure to keep from 
damaging the shaft or any bearings near them. What I did was a 
total rebuild of the gear assembly, which may not be needed in your 
case.

The radio turned out to be one of the best SWL receivers of that 
vintage. With the two RF stages, the selectivity is perfect for SWL 
reception and CW on the ham bands. The BC-348 gets a lot of press, 
but the BC-342 was a better receiver in my opinion, although a much 
heavier receiver!

73 Bill N4LG




At 04:57 PM 6/30/2013, Ian Wilson wrote:
>I am planning on restoring a BC-312. I have the front panel and
>controls from a BC-342. So my first question is:
>
>   - anyone have a crystal phasing unit to trade/sell?
>
>Secondly, since I will have the front panel off, etc, this seems
>like a good time to recap. I seem to have replaced a few caps
>last time I had the radio open, but perhaps I should do more. Are
>there any hidden in the CW oscillator can and/or other non-obvious
>places?
>
>Not clear what has been done to the radio. There is an S-meter.
>The IF has been brought out to a connector, perhaps for a
>Q-multiplier or Panadaptor. The detector output has been brought
>out to the front panel also.
>
>There only seems to be one audio transformer. An AC supply
>has been added (this is the best job that I've seen of any radio
>that has been modified this way, incidentally).
>
>73, ian K3IMW
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