[Milsurplus] FLASH: McMaster-Carr Selling BC-610-F's

[Mike Morrow]

Robert wrote:

>Then I got to the line where he said "After reassembly of my
>BC-610E (sic) ...

Hi Robert,

Some may miss your point about  the "BC-610E (sic)" vs the BC-610-E.  As
most of us know, the letter following the component number in the US Army's
nomenclature system should have a dash in front of it.  Yet most folks write
the nomenclatures in the form of FL-8A, BC-455B, SCR-274N, etc. rather than
the correct FL-8-A, BC-455-B, SCR-274-N, etc.  The same practice occurs with
the JAN system.

It makes a **big** difference when searching, say, ebay or the web for a
particular component.  Let's say I'm searching the web for the TS-24A/ARR-2.
To cover most of the possibilities, I have to search for:

TS-24A/ARR-2, TS-24A / ARR-2, TS-24A ARR-2,
TS24A/ARR-2, TS-24A/ARR2, TS24A/ARR2, TS24A ARR2, etc.

It would be so nice if the whole nomenclature in the correct form were used
in written communications.  Computer search engines are not so forgiving.

Fat chance.

73,
Mike / KK5F