[Milsurplus] BC-348 cabinet wanted

[Jack Antonio]

On 8/27/2018 9:27 AM, Jim Whartenby wrote:
> Please share, what was "wrong"?
Not so short story.

I have a BC-348-J that had a bad tuning capacitor, the oscillator section
had too much capacity and it threw dial calibration and tracking out
the window. (270pf vs the specified 242 pf). The capacitor from the
parts unit fixed that, and that radio is now in my AN/ARC-8 setup.

In the process of removing the cap, I found that a number of wires
were missing  around the detector coil box.  Taking the covers off
that box revealed a leaky AA cell that had been shoved in there.
This was done to provide mixer bias when the grounded B-
modification was done. However, the leakage had destroyed
the band switch and most of the wiring around it.

But I did have a spare coil box. The rest of the receiver showed
mods, but the modifier did not remove wires, just disconnected
taped up and shoved out of the way.

Undid his mods, replaced the coil box, and installed the bad
tuning capacitor, and the receiver came to life. Put a fixed capacitor
in series with the oscillator section in an attempt to lower the
maximum capacity, and it did help, end points are closer, but
dial calibration is way out in the middle of the range.

Overall the receiver still needs  TLC, but does function, and
is too good to scrap. I will have to repaint the front panel, but at
least there are no unoriginal holes.

Thinking about finishing it this winter, but thought I'd cast out for
the cabinet now as hot weather makes wrinkle finishing easier.

(And I am still looking for another main tuning capacitor for a
Wells Gardner BC-348).

Jack Antonio
WA7DIA