[Milsurplus] What military transmitter is THAT???

Mike Hanz aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org
Thu Nov 19 17:36:57 EST 2009


I haven't seen the movie, Tom, but could it be a BC-307?  
(http://aafradio.org/garajmahal/bc-307-1.htm )

Thomas Adams wrote:
> Out of boredom I was watching Turner Classic Movies today, and they 
> ran C. B. DeMille's
> THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH.
>
> The circus's Boss Man (Charleton Heston) used a radio to coordinate 
> the setup and teardown
> of the circus; it was a WW2 vintage surplus HF transmitter that I 
> don't recognize at all.
>
> It's sort of a "Baby BC-375" (NO, it most definitely is NOT a 
> BC-223!). The transmitter has 3
> meters across the top of the front.
>
> It appears in the background several times in the film.
>
> Anybody know just what rig that is?


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