[Milsurplus] BC-610 humor

[Paul Thekan]

For me the heaviest (smallest) radio that I have ever had to move was the
WW2 Navy TDZ xmtr at 700 lbs. Its about the same size as a BC 610. I was 18
and loaded 2 of these in my '65 El Camino by myself and it was like taxing
a tail dragger all the way to my friends house.

Paul
N6FEG

On Sun, Sep 6, 2020, 5:18 PM Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
wrote:

> On 6 Sep 2020 at 23:46, Hubert Miller wrote:
>
> >
> >     Wait. The "most dense mass":  BC-312 series.
> >
> >     -Hue Miller
>
> Yes.
>
> Many years ago, a friend (Bob Preston W7DPG) and I lifted a complete
> BC-610E out of the
> back of his pickup, carrried it into his shack, and set it, carefully, on
> the floor.
>
> We didn't find out until much later that it weighed over 400 lbs.
>
> I wouldn't attempt that at my present age and condition....
>
> We eventually found that the BC-610, when properly modified, makes a
> "superb" 2600 watt
> linear amplifier for MARS use.
>
> The power supply is good for 3 kV at over 1 amp continuous duty. Amazing.
> We used 3B28
> rectifiers.
>
> We used a pair of 304TLs in Class B. IMD was probably not very good, but
> at that time we
> didn't know any better. And no one ever complained.
>
> We were doing phone patching into SEA for AFMARS at the time.
>
> Ken W7EKB
>
>
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