[Milsurplus] BC-156...what is this thing? How "rare"...?

[Hue Miller]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <keng@moscow.com>

>Subject: [Milsurplus] BC-156...what is this thing? 

Well, the listing's text pretty well answers that.

>How "rare"...?

When was the last time you saw one?


> Here is the URL:
> 
> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2214928731&categor
> y=4721>

If you have ever seen some old Radio mag photos of Army guys using a radio
with a large rectangular loop antenna built right on the radio, and powered by
a guy cranking a generator, this is a similar set, but built for external wire antenna
only.
I think the circuit is 3 x 30, autodyne (not regen) receiver, receiver detector
always oscillates, and single type 10 in power-oscillator, free running. CW only,
of course. Someone made off with the key, which was mounted on the front. 
Reason i know some of these details is, i have one.  These of course were pretty
old fashioned even in 1941, by that time they were used only in a training role,
and i think also farmed out to the Philippine national army, under control of
US Army at this time.  Pretty interesting rig, i think. The meter has an armored
face so only the narrow slit of the current scale shows. 
Hue Miller