[Milsurplus] Lo and behold, what have we here ?

[Al Klase]

Hue,

One of my favorite radios.  See my blurb: 
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/mil/SCR-288/SCR-288.html

AL

On 7/18/2024 2:51 AM, Hubert Miller wrote:
>
> Jim said he thought this other case was the second tube tester. So i 
> decided i would take a look, altho i had no interest in a tube
>
> tester at this point. I moved a couple things off it and opened the 
> case. Lo and behold, what do we have here? Someone took a
>
> whole lot of effort to make this conversion – and not a bad 
> conversion, if i may opine. Maybe better to have it in the original issue
>
> cabinet, but not a bad conversion, and look, he actually retained the 
> original equipment nameplate too. The thing is HEAVY.
> It has a dual voltage DC / AC power supply in it, and the transformer 
> looks “key down 24x7” size, much bigger than called for in
>
> a 10 watt input radio. The covered cabinet has two levels, fits 
> snugly, and had to be specially made for this project. I need to learn
>
> who SK ham did this work so i can honor his name .
>
> ( BC-474 U.S. Army radio, 1942 – 1945. 2.5 – 6.5 MHz, 10 watts input, 
> 6V6 final.  A U.S. Army modification – improvement of an RCA
>
> commercial product. )
>
> -Hue Miller
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Milsurplus mailing list
> Home:http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/milsurplus
> Help:http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post:mailto:Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by:http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list:http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

-- 
ARK Sig Block Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/milsurplus/attachments/20240718/0f060699/attachment.html>