[Milsurplus] BC-348 series CORRECTION

[Mark K3MSB]

Here's the manual for the EP-398

http://s670.photobucket.com/user/mikeinkcmo/library/Radios/BC%20348/Halli%20PS?sort=3&page=1

73 Mark K3MSB

On Jun 27, 2017 12:19 PM, "WA5CAB--- via Milsurplus" <
milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> 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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