[Milsurplus] BC-348 series CORRECTION

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

The Hallicrafters EP-298 was built using surplus parts for the surplus 
market after the War.  It was built on salvaged DM-24 and DM-28 base plates, 
also using the salvaged original terminal strip.  The rest of the components 
were also surplus and sometimes have various military QA stamps on them.  The 
Navy did have some BC-348's later in the War.  Mostly in US AAF aircraft 
transferred to the Navy, like the B-24 and B-25.  The Navy acceptance stamp 
would have been on the DM-28 from one of those transactions.  Hallicrafters 
didn't waste any time or money removing any such markings.  I have also seen 
EP-298's with the typical orange Signal Corps (or AAF) QA stamps on the bottom 
of the mounting plate, sometimes with part of the stamp cut away.

After the War, the Navy, like the Army and from 1948 the Air Force, had 
plenty of AC operated radio receivers already on hand that were being surplus'd 
out by the thousands.  And if they hadn't, they had plenty of aircraft 
receivers already on hand that they would have converted instead of getting into 
the inter-service hassle of trying to obtain sets from the Army to convert.

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 06/27/2017 09:25:10 AM Central Daylight Time, 
antqradio at sbcglobal.net writes: 
> Ray
>  Can't speculate on why the Navy or any other service would need AC power 
> for the BC-348 but I easily found a photo and schematic of a Hallicrafters 
> made power supply at: http://www.ohio.edu/people/postr/bapix/BC348Q_3.htm
> 
> 
> Jim
> 
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