[Milsurplus] "Great War" Radio Usage (And Surplus)

[Mike Feher]

Al -

One of the easy ways to tell an "A" from a non "A", if there is no label, is
that the plain BC-14 has binding posts for the detector and on the BC-14A it
is built onto the panel. I would have to look, as I have some of each, but I
believe the buzzer was also located in the lid of the plain BC-14, whereas
on the A it is again on the panel. 73 - Mike  

Mike B. Feher, N4FS
89 Arnold Blvd.
Howell, NJ, 07731
732-886-5960 


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[mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Al Klase
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 1:26 PM
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] "Great War" Radio Usage (And Surplus)

I restored a BC-14 (probably A) for a friend a while back.  I was pretty
underwhelmed by it's performance.  One of the big problems is that the
detector is connected across the entire secondary.  This kills the Q and
leave the radio broad and insensitive.


Here's the WWI set I'd like to play with: 
http://users.erols.com/oldradio/eha13.htm

There's an untuned winding feeding the detector.  I'll bet it worked like a
champ.  Here's a picture of the same radio in the former Ft. 
Monmouth Museum:
http://www.ar88.net/pix/WWI_xtal.JPG

Al

On 8/7/2012 12:48 PM, Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 5:39 AM, Bruce
MacMillan<bruce-macmillan3 at sky.com>wrote:
>
> ..........Would be nice to see more discussion, as this seems to be 
> the best way for new information to surface and the more common info 
> to be shared. Wish I knew more.
>
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
> ______________________________________________________________
>

--
Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/

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