[Milsurplus] WWI spark transmitter

[Mike Feher]

In over 30 years of collecting I have had about 10 or so BC-14As and only
half as many BC-15As. Seems like all of the BC-15As were made by Connecticut
Electric, where about a half a dozen (deForest, Liberty, General Radio,
Wireless Specialty, Lowenstein come to mind) made the receiver. - Mike

 
Mike B. Feher, N4FS
89 Arnold Blvd.
Howell, NJ, 07731
732-886-5960
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of William Donzelli
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 3:58 PM
To: Mike Morrow
Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] WWI spark transmitter

> BC-15-A sets, in other words.  Not real rare, yet not cheap either.
> 
> I have a BC-14-A crystal set (SCR-54) receiver, not related to the BC-15
> transmitter, AFAIK.

Very related. The BC-15 was used in observation aircraft, with guys
listening in on them with BC-14s. 

How well this worked is up for debate - none were probably used in World
War 1 (most US WW1 radio sets were not used - made for the big push of
1918 that never happened).

>  For some reason those tend to bring high bids on ebay
> (sometimes over $2000), yet I don't think they're all that rare either.

I would bet an average of 1 BC-14 or BC-15 hits Ebay every week.

William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org

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