[Milsurplus] [ARC5] Gibson Girl question ( BC-778 ? )

[B. Smith]

The mods are simple and my favorite was to put the low frequency section 
on the AM Broadcast band to demonstrate at Military Meets and Ham Fests.
k4che

On 7/18/2023 8:46 PM, howard holden wrote:
>
> Don’t remember which system the Gibson Girl in the NJ Naval Museum/USS 
> Ling had. But, the Gibson Girl is ONLY transmit, and only as long as 
> the crank is turning. Should be on 500KC and 8364KC. I guess you could 
> tune the 8364KC one to 40M, or the 500KC one to 630M, but they only 
> put out a few watts.
>
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> *From: *Hubert Miller <mailto:Kargo_cult at msn.com>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, July 18, 2023 5:04 PM
> *To: *ARC-5 List <mailto:arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject: *[ARC5] Gibson Girl question ( BC-778 ? )
>
> I received this email from a friend from the Northwest Vintage Radio 
> Society ( NWVRS ) club based in Portland, Oregon:
>
> "Hi Hue -
> My folks gave me a Gibson Girl emergency transmitter many years ago.  
> In comparing it to another that I found recently, I noticed that there 
> are two different systems for attaching the leg straps to the cabinet 
> of the radio.
> One version uses a system kind of like a door hinge where the radio 
> and the straps have interlocking metal loops that are joined by a 
> "hinge pin."
> On the other version, the end of the strap is simply folded over and 
> sewn, creating a loop.  The cabinet has two simple metal ears.  A long 
> pin passes through the ears and the loop, joining the strap to the 
> cabinet.
> I realize that this is a rivet-counter type of question.  But, I was 
> hoping that you, or one of your contacts in the green-radio group 
> might have some thoughts on the two different versions.
> - Dan
>
> Any comment from the members here? I have never been interested in 
> this set, altho i am very interested in the category of two-way, full 
> receive and
> transmit, lifeboat radios, so i am not equipped to answer.
> -Hue Miller
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