[Milsurplus] Two BC-339s in PA

[Raymond Cote]

Does anyone have a picture of these?

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On May 3, 2013, at 8:43, "Mark K3MSB" <mark.k3msb at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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