[Milsurplus] Info needed...BC-375...

Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:54:09 EST

Ken et. al.
The cost (I was going to say value) of a 375 varies according to wheather on 
not it has tubes installed.
First of all, I did an experiment with inexpensive VT-4/211 s from Penta 
Labs. At $62 per pair they are a good buy and work just fine. There is no need to 
pay audio fool prices for original GE tubes when the others will work just 
fine. The type 10, 10Y, 210, or VT-25 SA tube might be a problem but those show 
up on the auciton place from time to time. You could also dispense with the SA 
and go backward through the side tone line into the modulator driver 
transformer directly.
It is really come down to what you want to do. If you need absolute 
authenticity, then be prepared to pay the price. But if you want to get on the air with 
a fine old transmitter, then you can do it in the ham tradition .... make it 
work with what you have!
73
Ken 

ps. My 191 has had about 2000 hrs on the original 211s since the mid 80s when 
I put it on the air, and the tubes were not new then. I bring the filaments 
up with variac. I do not run my 375s in the "quick heat" filament mode, which 
is sure to kill tube lifetime.

In a message dated 12/5/2003 1:25:01 PM EST, [email protected] writes:

<< Subj:     [Milsurplus] Info needed...BC-375...
 Date:  12/5/2003 1:25:01 PM EST
 From:  [email protected] (Kenneth G. Gordon)
 Sender:    [email protected]
 To:    [email protected]

 A friend just e-mailed me with a question I can't answer very 
 well. He has a BC-375 which he has had a number of years and 
 has apparently never done anything with it.

 Now someone he knows is interested in buying it, but he (and I) 
 have no idea what it would be worth.

 I have asked him about its condition and accessories but he has 
 not yet answered me back.

 In the meantime, can the collective wisdom advise me about 
 approximate value of something like this?

 If I could afford it, I would get it for myself, but I can't.

 Ken Gordon W7EKB >>