[Milsurplus] Two BC-339s in PA

[Mark K3MSB]

Took a look at them yesterday.   What a pair of monsters!

Mark K3MSB
On May 2, 2013 7:35 AM, "C.Whitaker" <whitaker at pa.net> wrote:

> de WB2CPN
> I've used the BC-339 in a RTTY mode with the BC-340.
> USAF  AACS  After WWII.
> Lot of them, and Press Wireless amplifiers, in use
> before the MS amps came out.
> They come apart with knurled screws, but only to facilitate
> maintenance.  They have some nice soft aluminum, but thick,
> sides which can be removed easily.  Only one Kilowatt CW,
> but the BC-340 took it up to 10 KW.  Back then all good
> transmitters were heavy.  I think the basic racks were shipped
> empty, the major component shelves (?) were shipped
> separately.   For those AACS types who know what I mean,
> I was in I&M and E&I on two overseas tours.  But my time
> maintaining and operating those things started at Andrews
> in 1950.
> 73  Clete
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++**+++++++++++
>
> On 5/2/2013 6:25 AM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2013-05-01 at 20:43 -0400, Mark K3MSB wrote:
>>
>>> I work about 15 miles from that location - but 1500 pounds....yikes!
>>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does that have removable "drawers" and/or tuning units, power supplies,
>> etc so that it can be divided into smaller chunks that can be handled
>> with less difficulty?
>> I have just passed my old trucks long to somebody else and got a late
>> model car that would need a couple of trips to drag all the pieces home
>> but the fuel for two 15 mile trips would be negligible now (grin).
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Bill  KU8H
>>
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