Its hard to pass up the BC-221's at hamfests. I must own 4 of them.
They make a great VFO/Transmitter project:

http://k4che.com/BC221/BC221pg1.htm
http://k4che.com/BC221/BC221pg2.htm

73 K4CHE

On 8/28/2025 5:41 PM, Bob Camp wrote:

Hi

I’ve always wondered what a FET conversion would do to the accuracy of the calibration book. Yes, that *assumes* the target device actually still has a book that is accurate.

Of the two, I think I’d go for converting an LM over a BC-221.

Bob

On Aug 28, 2025, at 3:21 PM, Hubert Miller <[email protected]> wrote:

I think an article on BC-221 or LM FET replacements for the tubes, was in 73 Magazine. I have the article - "somewhere". Nowhere near as involved as any complete receiver replacement. FET means "Filament Eliminated Tube."

-Hue Miller

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