[Milsurplus] Tuning the ART-13/BC-348

[Bob Wilder]

Just a short story about a stupid (ME) operator.  When the BC-375 was 
replaced by the ART-13, operators found that maximum output was not 
achieved by looking at the meters.  Normal procedure was to take your 
pencil and draw arc off the ART-13 antenna terminal.  Longer the arc, 
greater the power.  Being a ground radio operator, at one time I was on a 
flight to Washington in an old C-47.
so I tuned up the ART-13 in the ham bands.  Without thinking what I was 
doing, I grabbed a mechanical pencil from my pocket and proceeded to draw 
an arc.  Boy did that smart. Thereafter only carried wooden pencils when 
flying.

Bob & Carole Wilder
6032 Idlemoore Court
Theodore, AL 36582-4117
251-653-5274
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