[Milsurplus] BC-654 in surplus ?

[Hue Miller]

Why didn't the BC-654 get more press in the 
conversion articles and books? With overall
production north of 54,000 sets, there must
have been a decent supply, or did the US
gov't and surplus handlers sell a whole lot of
these overseas?
Granted, the power output was not up to what
hams were getting out of more compact mobile
radios, but you would think that still, the one-
piece 80 meter radio would have some attractions?
Maybe surplus dealers held the price up? Come
to think of it, after the initial postwar surplus 
offerings in the late 1940s, i don't recall seeing
much presence of the BC-654 in later surplus
dealer ads.  -Hue Miller K7HUE