[Milsurplus] Oh my....and I thought I had seen every mod known...

[Mike Morrow]

Mac wrote:

>In all likelihood, the original owner used what was then 
>a CHEAP B.C. band receiver to use as an I.F. for a ham 
>band converter such as those made by Gonset, Morrow, 
>and others.

>Don't berate somebody for making a decision to modify what 
>seemed at the time to be an unlimited supply of stuff that 
>hardly anybody really wanted at the time. 

The BC-band command receivers were always the least common
and most expensive of the command receivers ever since they
were released to the surplus market.  Adjusted for inflation
from any particular year, they approach the 2008 equivalent of
$150 to $300.  The BCB units were really never low cost.

I have ARA/CBY-46145, BC-946-B, and R-24/ARC-5 receivers, each
with the appropriate power adapter intended for the ZB-* or
R-1/ARR-1.  I've also got the post-war A.R.C. R-10A.

I guess all I need now is the RAV/CBY-46103 (fat chance) and
the post-war A.R.C. R-22.

Mike / KK5F