[Milsurplus] BC-221 as Outboard CW SSB Detector

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi,

Once upon a time in a Navy-Marine Corps MARS traffic net we had a member 
who sometimes logged in by keying an LM into his antenna. He had a nice 
CW signal.

I wonder what ever happened to those nets.

73,

Bill  KU8H

On 12/30/2016 02:25 PM, B. Smith wrote:
>         The BC-221 is unique and very stable  and can be used for many 
> applications. I've posted  some info on using it as a "transceiver" 
> and as a VFO and low powered transmitter - No major modifications have 
> to be made and its a great way to get the set off of the shelf and 
> into operation.
> Happy New Year
> breck k4che
> http://k4che.com/BC221/BC221pg1.htm
> http://k4che.com/BC221/BC221pg2.htm
>
> On 12/30/2016 2:07 PM, howard holden wrote:
>>
>> I did this as a lark some years ago, and it worked OK. I also had put 
>> a long wire on my BC-221, and found it made a neat, although totally 
>> non-selective DC receiver, able to copy signals on both 80 and 40 at 
>> the same time. That simply made further use of the BC's utility to 
>> both monitor a transmitter frequency, as well as provide a marker.
>>
>> My BC-348 BFO is pretty weak, and I'm planning on trying the 221 on 
>> that. Will be interesting to see how it fares.
>>
>> Howie WB2AWQ
>>
>>
>> On 12/30/2016 8:02 AM, Dave Merrill wrote:
>>> The http://www.americanradiohistory.com/ site is a terrific resource 
>>> and even better, all the pages have been OCR'd so they are easily 
>>> searched.  I found this from the September, 1958 issue of /Radio 
>>> News/ - anybody ever try using a BC-221 in this way?
>>>
>>> 73 de N9ZC Dave
>>>
>>>
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