[MRCA] BC-779 RECIEVER

[D. Platt]

On 2/3/2013 6:23 PM, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> Mainly point-to-point voice, RATT and FAX.  Some intercept.  The 
> SP-600's mostly replaced the SP-200's when they came out in the 50's.
>
> In a message dated 02/03/2013 16:56:55 PM Central Standard Time, 
> kc7rjt at msn..com writes:
>> Hello folks,
>> Where and what duty were BC-779's used for?
>> I hear about SP-600's being used at big recieving sites, but not much 
>> about the BC-779.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any info or stories,
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> =
>
>
> Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
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I'll second what Robert said.  I have pictures of AAF (later AACS and 
AFCS) radio sites with rack after rack of BC-779's and BC-1004's.  They 
may well be one of the most prolific HF receives for the era in which 
they were used.

Jeep K3HVG
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