[Milsurplus] BC 191 info needed

[Bob Wilder]

At 11:16 AM 12/16/2002 -0500, BrRonK777@aol.com wrote:


>I used one in the Army Signal corps in WW II. I really liked it. It has a lot
>of character. Yes, you can make it chirp, but I don't remember that being a
>big problem when operating according to he manual.

When I first entered the Air Force in 1948, my boss was a former bomber radio
operator and used to tell the story about the chirp of the BC-375.  On 
their return
to England after a run over the continent they were supposed to use radio 
silence.
Some operators used to key the 375 just right so it would sound like a rooster
crowing to let the home base they were K and on the way home.  The way you did
it was to load the transmitter just as heavy as possible which would cause the
oscillator to pull when keyed.  I have done it and it really did sound like a
rooster ( DIT DIT DIT DITDAAAAH DIT).



Bob Wilder, AF2HD/AFA2HD
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