[Milsurplus] RE: BC-312/348 (was Government Planning - BC-640

[Robert W. Downs]

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><< Also, the BC-312 and BC-348 were designed totally in Fort Monmouth
Signal
 Corps in New Jersey.  They had no civilian parallel.   >>

Sure about that on the BC-348 ? I thought ER had an article or interview =

a few years back with an RCA engineer responsible for the 348. I don't
recall Ft. Monmouth being mentioned at all. I may be mistaken. Help
me out, someone.
<
Hue & Group,

Technically, the BC-348 was not designed from scratch by anyone.  The fir=
st
BC-348 model was the BC-348-B, which was a follow-on from the BC-224-A an=
d
built at the same time as the BC-224-B.  Just as with the BC-191 and
BC-375, the 12 volt model came first, but the 24 volt model is the one th=
at
most people recognize today.  But I'm sure that Hue is correct.  Signal
Corps Radio Laboratory at Ft. Monmouth did the original BC-312/314/342/34=
4
and RCA did the BC-224 and early BC-348.  But none of them started with a=

civilian version.

73
Robert Downs
<RWDowns_WA5CAB@compuserve.com>
Houston