[Milsurplus] BC-312 see SCR-299/399A

[Dennis DuVall]

Got a letter a while back from a WW2 vet who was an operator in an SCR-399 in Europe.  He reported that they ran the BC-312 continuously, usually tuned to BBC and the information from that source was frequently more up to date than what was coming in on their official channels!

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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> On Dec 7, 2014, at 9:08 AM, WA5CAB--- via Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> Although it could be used "dismounted" (as could the BC-342), the PRIMARY 
> purpose of the BC-312-(*) in SCR-299-A,B,C,D, 399-A,B and 499-A,B was to 
> operate off of the 12 volt battery in the truck, shelter or location of 
> opportunity when neither the generator nor commercial 115 VAC was available for the 
> BC-342-(*).  There was also an SCR-499-C, but that was post-war.
> 
> The other common uses of BC-312 or BC-342 were:
> 
> BC-312-(*)
> SCR-177-B, SCR-193-(*), SCR-210-(*), SCR-245-(*), AN/VRC-1
> 
> BC-342-(*)
> SCR-188-A, AN/MRC-1, AN/MRC-2,A,B, AN.MRQ-2, AN/TRQ-1
> 
> 
> Note that this is another example where the nomenclature actually does 
> matter.  SCR-177-A and SCR-188 (no suffix letter) used BC-189-A as the receiver.
> 
> 
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