[Milsurplus] BC-611 solid state ?

[Hubert Miller]

Some of you have seen that article on solidstating the BC-611. As I recall, it was pretty much
JFETs all the way thru. I wondered about that approach, which seems to me a little unsophisticated.
Like, with 12 volts, that's 1/10 the usual transmitter operating voltage, and I don't recall the JFET
circuit taps down on plate coil, so the new transmitter power is going to be even more miniscule.
Maybe the point was just to demonstrate that it can be done, forget actual range. 
I recently looked at 3 of BC-611 I have in storage, that's what got me thinking about these again.
-Hue Miller