[Milsurplus] NOS BC-348-R

[wf2u at starband.net]

Sometimes I find a BC-348 with an "hammified" AC supply but otherwise
undrilled/uncut and in good cosmetic condition for a fairly low price at a
hamfest. Also, sometimes I see very dingy/corroded looking ones and pull
them out of the cabinet just to find the original dynamotor in them. Just
because of the looks I picked up a few of these for under $50. Marrying
the dynamotors to the good looking ones (after i get rid of the AC supply)
gives me fairly decent looking "original" receivers.
A few times I also picked up virtual wrecks of BC-348's for next to
nothing, but they had the shock mount.
Now I have a few nice looking BC-348's with the shock mount and the
dynamotor...
The same story with BC-312's...

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC


> Altho the NOS BC-348 will go for a premium price, someone will "need"
> that  specification, remember there were a LOT of BC-348s made. Wasn't
> the figure something like ~100K ? This plus the general oversupply of
> shortwave equipment for today's fewer HF users means that you see them
> continuously on Epay. If a person can live with one that's not
> officially NOS then there are ones still  around that  are in exceellent
> condition, as well as all the others down the scale.
>
> I am recalling now one i saw that was in "great" condition but so
> totally reworked on the cabinetry that i hardly recognized it as a
> BC-348. Now i wish i had bought it. I am kinda actually getting to have
> a tender spot for hamified surpus radios. I recently got an APN-1
> converted to some kind of ham transceiver. Got to trace out the circuit.
>
> I also remember pretty well the BC-348 i bought from a TX fellow
> advertising in ER a decade back. Ad said "excellent condition BC-348-B".
> Looked like it had been stored on his back porch for some time - lots of
> mud and some corrosion. This from a "Collins collector" - imagine!  -Hue
> Miller