[Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] Companions to a BC-312 & a Halli SX-24

Meir WF2U wf2u at ws19ops.com
Mon Jun 1 22:29:40 EDT 2009


 
Michael,


BC-223's pop up on eBay or even at hamfests once in a while (I got mine at a
hamfest, in almost pristine condition, with all the tubes, for $50).
Later I found a dynamotor and a vibrator supply at an estate sale, so I have
mine running and used it several times on various "Old military radio" nets.
There is even a Yahoo group mailing list devoted to the BC-223.
BC-191's are not that scarce either, in fact there are more of them around
than -223's.
Mine puts out 20 W on CW which is a pretty good power from original
equipment dyno/transmitter. It's amazingly stable for a MOPA transmitter,
and the chirp is not bad. I got good audio reports with it on AM.
So definitely keep your eyes open, they're definitely out there.
To go with the SX-24, you could use a Millen transmitter which is modular, I
also see them once in a while up for sale, Gross transmitters were popular
in the 30's, (so I read), as well as Harvey radio (not Harvey-Wells);
National had the NTX-30 transmitter in 1938. RCA had several ham transmitter
models in the 30's as well as Stancor.

This is your homework...

Start------NOW!

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Tauson" <wh7hg.hi at gmail.com>
To: "arc5" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; "boatanchors" 
<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; "milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:06 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Companions to a BC-312 & a Halli SX-24


> In the somewhat near future, a BC-312 will be arriving at my doorstep
> and I would like to pair it with something more or less appropriate.
> Memory serving, its usual companions on the back of a Jeep were the
> BC-191 and the BC-223, neither of which are readily available these
> days.  If I had a choice, I’d rather a BC-223 with at least the TU-18
> tuning unit plus a hacked TU to put on 40m.  This will fit nicely on
> the back of the Jeep with room left over for me and my “support” (read
> as: huge coffee urn and some SPF-something sun block) so I can enjoy
> some good old time hollow state CW.
>
> Coming back to reality (or what passes for it), I would like to find
> something hollow state of about the right vintage (or perhaps
> post-war) to pair up with the BC-312 that wouldn’t be a problem
> operating from 12vdc and would be a reasonable substitute for the
> basic set plus hacked TU – i.e., 80 & 40m CW, around 25 watts out into
> whatever sort of antenna I can raise where ever I am at the moment.
>
> Also, what would be appropriate to mate to an SX-24?  I know military
> surplus but I have no clue about civilian equipment that would have
> been used with it that I would be able to acquire without financial
> heartache.  Speaking of that self-same SX-24, does anyone have a meter
> for one.  The example I’m acquiring is missing its meter, leaving a
> rather unpleasant hole in the panel.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael, WH7HG
>
>
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