[Milsurplus] Boulevard Receiver

[BSugarberg]

Hello,

This receiver was produced in limited numbers under a contract for the
Coast Guard.  After the contract was finished, the remaining parts
inventory was purchased by a company called Boulevard Electronics,
who marketed the receiver as a kit.

73, Bruce WA8TNC
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Hue Miller wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Brunner" 
> 
>> Re:
>>> "Boulevard radio" from kit. Actually, i think it's a repackaged and
>>> de-nameplated FRC-something by Wilcox, part of a one-bay
>>> transmitter + receiver. .........
>> Many years ago a friend assembled one from a kit.  I think it looks like 
>> something designed for the Coast Guard, as it's also ac/dc, and could be 
>> used on a ship.  The one that just sold on the 'bay had the nameplate 
>> missing.
>>
>> Richard, AA1P 
> 
> Tnx for your input. This kinda tallies with what the seller replied, that the
> Raymond Moore books states it was a Coast Guard receiver. I have seen
> such an advertisement in back of old Radio & Television News magazine.
> I don't recall that it was identified there as "Boulevard". I seem to recall also
> somehow that minimal assembly instructions were supplied, like maybe only
> a schematic. Possibly left over components after a contract was cancelled?
> The AC/DC revelation makes me feel relieved i didn't bid on it.
> What FRC-receiver i thought it was, continues to puzzle me, but i will find
> the manual here "someday".  -Hue