[Milsurplus] [Army-Radios] BC-611 solid state ?

[w8au at sssnet.com]

My record with BC-611 is 7 miles over water from ship to shore. obviously
the salt
water and line-of-site helps a lot. :-)

Perry w9au


> I never thought that the 611 was a bad performer as it is. Actually I was
> pretty impressed. 73 – Mike
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> From: main at Army-Radios.groups.io <main at Army-Radios.groups.io> On Behalf Of
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> Subject: Re: [Army-Radios] BC-611 solid state ?
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> The same will be true for the AF power output if they just subbed
> everything with FETs !
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> The radio was a rather "weak" performer with the original parts,so it
> seems like one is going from bad to worse with such a mod.
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> On Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 11:02:46 PM EDT, Hue Miller
> <kargo_cult at msn.com <mailto:kargo_cult at msn.com> > wrote:
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> Some of you have seen that article on solidstating the BC-611. As I
> recall, it was pretty much
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> JFETs all the way thru. I wondered about that approach, which seems to me
> a little unsophisticated.
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> Like, with 12 volts, that's 1/10 the usual transmitter operating voltage,
> and I don't recall the JFET
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> circuit taps down on plate coil, so the new transmitter power is going to
> be even more miniscule.
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> Maybe the point was just to demonstrate that it can be done, forget actual
> range.
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> I recently looked at 3 of BC-611 I have in storage, that's what got me
> thinking about these again.
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> -Hue Miller
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