[Milsurplus] BC-348 series CORRECTION

[Hubert Miller]

One of the online texts states production something like 100,000. This number would be exceeded only by the HF Command Sets models, I think. 
For "general" training, such as CW practice, I am guessing the military used less expensive radios, such as Halli S-20's or Echophones. In fact I think I may have a photo of the Echophone being used
that way.
As for Cold War buyback, I think I have only seen ads seeking to buy VHF and in HF air, only the ART-13 - not the BC-348, which I thought was odd.
-H 

>Ray
As I understand it, there were perhaps thousands of BC-312 / BC-342 receivers made but 10's of thousands of BC-348's were made.  Was there any other HF receiver made in these numbers for WW2?  

Sorry that Hallicrafters isn't up to your build standards but it is obvious, at least to me, that this was a military rush job to meet a specific need.  Could have been used in Tech School as a teaching aid for all I know.

Yes, thousands of BC-348's were disposed of after WW2.  When the Cold War broke out five years later, the brass was alarmed that not enough NOS BC-348's were in inventory to meet projected needs but this is a discussion for another time....
Jim