[MRCA] [Milsurplus] BC-611 Antenna Insulator Replacement

[Ray Fantini]

3885 has been used for years now, although it has not been called the BC-611 net for over ten years now, we do a 3885 AM WW2 them net at 1200 hours local on Saturday and a 51.0 FM Cold War net at 1400. There is also a Man Pack portable net on seventeen meters at 1300 hours but that’s a mixed bag where the other two are almost all military.
One of my web pages with pictures of last year’s net:

http://staff.salisbury.edu/~rafantini/Dayton%202016.htm

The High Power AM people usually have a huge transmitter running on 3885 or 3890 from the event but they will shut down for a short period of time to allow the low power HF AM people to run our net. Although we will be in a different location this year we will still be running the same nets.

Ray F/KA3EKH



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What frequencies are going to be used so i can listen, maybe give signal reports on back channel.
k0css
Rick

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On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 0:18, WA5CAB--- via MRCA
<mrca at mailman.qth.net<mailto:mrca at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
That's a good idea for an emergency repair.  The white nylon should have pretty good dielectric properties at 75 Meters.

However, I thought that I had better answer up and say that I'm not actually sold out of the NOSB polystyrene insulators.  The reason that my web site says Sold Out is that because of eBay and their pushing next day shipping, I only show on hand what is overhauled and ready to ship PDQ.

The reason that the NOS ones have to be overhauled before selling is that they are only a year younger than I am.  And after 72 years, the seals are about as hard as shoe leather.  No way that you would ever get an antenna through them.  So I have to first remove and discard the old seal.  And then install new ones.  It takes a couple of hours start to finish to do about 10 or them.  And I haven't had a couple of hours to spare recently.

FWIW, if I really sell out of something, I don't usually leave it visible online unless I expect to have more sooner or later.

In a message dated 04/08/2017 16:09:34 PM Central Daylight Time, smithab11 at comcast.net<mailto:smithab11 at comcast.net> writes:

     I know dozens of you are busy preparing your BC-611 for the Dayton
Ham Fest and will participate  in what used to be called the BC-611 net.
A lot of BC-611's have broken antenna insulators and unfortunately a
primary supplier  Mr. Robert Downs, WA5CAB is "out of stock".

I offer a simple "functional" replacement on my web page.

73
k4che
http://k4che.com/BC611-Insulator/BC-611Insulator.htm


Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
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