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  Dave, W3ST
  Secretary to the Collins Radio Association
  Publisher of the Collins Journal
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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Marty Reynolds" <[email protected]>
  To: <[email protected]>
  Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
  Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 6:24 AM
  Subject: [Milsurplus] Re: ongoing BC-342


  > The BC-342 is a tank designed @ Ft. Monmouth.
  >
  > I think it rolled out as the BC312 for half-tracks & tanks.  Replaced
  > Army's 1st plug-coil superhet who's ID I've forgotten
  >
  > There, lost all the rivet counters.
  >
  > '312 p/o the SCR245 that had the BC223 TX as the army's 1st xtal tx.
  > This to get rid of stupid xtra radioman in armor - so to be like
  > Galvin/Moto 9M push-button cop sets
  >
  > SCR245 ended fast 'causa FM anihilated the idea AM in qrn-making
  > tracked vehicles in Louisiana/TX grand tests of '41.  And tho
  > buttons on '223, none on 312.
  >
  > Big Link 6V SCR 298 FM cop radio order followed.  Pissed Galvin/Moto
since
  > they had prelim. contract fm Wisc. Guard.  But SCR504 WECo/Colonial
  > prevailed short time later.  Common belief is limited Link prod'n
  > abilities but real story is chrome buttons
  >
  > Bling bling won
  >
  > So anyway, BC312 dyno swapped for 110 p-s & BC342 muddled on w. HT-9
  > aka BC610 in SCR-299/399/499 things... which satisfied army's need
  > for "100 miles in motion."  That's talking for 100 mi.s on HF while
  > the 6x6 & the running PE95 jounced along
  >
  > There's 200p of "history of Sig Corps in 7 paragraphs.
  >
  > You ask what time it is, & you get a watchmaking lesson
  >
  >    Marty
  > --
  > Time flies like an arrow
  >
  > Fruit flies like a bananna
  >
  >    Groucho
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