[Milsurplus] BC-221-AC Power Supply Question

[J Forster]

I was puzzled by the professional looking metal grommet for the line
cord. Those are usually on factory made gear.

Thanks,
-John



WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

> OK.  It's home-brew.  It looks like a fairly close copy of the
> RA-133-(*) except for no tube hold-downs, open fuse holder and some
> sort of bakelite connector for the output.  Looks pretty well done,
> and I don't see any sign of the usual hallmark of the homebrew AC
> supply for the BC-221, which a rat-tail file slot so that you could
> pull the line cord out and close the battery compartment door and burn
> up the supply.  You can usually ID any BC-221 that has had a home-brew
> AC supply in it by opening the front cover and sniffing for burned
> insulation.
>
> In a message dated 8/17/2007 11:25:18 PM Central Daylight Time,
> jfor at quik.com writes:
>
>> Oops...  an extra 0 got onto the end.  Sorry,
>> -John
>>   280142417658
>
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