[Milsurplus] Radio designations

Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:29:29 -0500

A typical BC-191/ BC-342 installation can be seen at http://www.pinetreeline.org/photos/p37-52.html.  Youy might want to look at some of the other pictures on those pages.  The RA-34's are on the floor under the desk.

At 01:05 PM 4/19/2004 -0400, [email protected] wrote:

>In a message dated 4/19/04 1:12:01 AM, [email protected] writes:
>
>
>> I got the 191 and the 375 mixed up - just sleepy fingers I guess (or old) - 
>> how about the BC-342?  I suspect it was used with the BC-191 in ground 
>> installations intended for 115V AC power?  Would it have been still one 
>> of :  SCR-177B, 185. 188 and 193 ?
>> 
>
>Bill,
>
>According to TM 11-487A, the SCR-188A was a BC-191 based ground systems 
>intended for use where 115 vac was available.   The system included the RA-34 
>rectifier unit to provide 12 and 1000 vdc for the BC-191.   TM 11-487A does list 
>the 115vac BC-342 as being used in this system. Curiously, the Ft. Gordon 
>website (http://www.gordon.army.mil/ocos/museum/) lists the 12 volt BC-312 instead.  
> This may be in error, although the RA-34 would probably have been able to 
>run a 312 and 191 together.
>
>Main use of the BC-342 was probably in the more powerful 115vac SCR-299, 399 
>and 499 systems.   The 342 was a general purpose short wave receiver widely 
>used.
>
>Dennis D. W7QHO
>Glendale, CA
>
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