[MRCA] BC-348 receivers on Ebay

[Mark K3MSB]

Here's my BC-348Q

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This is from one of my re-enactment events.    I've always liked
dynamotors, and mine has a rebuilt (really, re-lubed....) unit on the
inside.    It makes powering the unit in the field simple -- a pair of
tractor batteries in series.

I use a 4K:8 ohm matching transformer for the audio -- which I think is
just an old line voltage matching tranny from the parts pile.

As can be seen, I have the shock mount.   The correct connector is in the
rear.

73 Mark K3MSB





On Mon, Oct 5, 2026 at 11:11 AM Ray Fantini via MRCA <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> I think the thing about the BC-348 is that it is a great entry level
> receiver into the world of military radio collecting. I had one back in the
> seventies, and it was my first real receiver; way better than the ARC-5
> junk I had before it. Lots of coverage, works well and is easy to work on.
> I took a whole stack of them a couple years ago and built several to give
> away to friends. One ended up as part of an estate sale on eBay and just
> sold not too long ago for $375 I have one today as part of my own
> collection that looks all original with the shock mount but it has an
> internal AC power supply and normal impedance output transformer. I find
> them more valuable in a form that you can use as opposed to all original
> with a dynamotor and high impedance output transformer or at least that's
> been my experience but did want to return the outside case to all original.
> The guts of that radio are from one of my first YouTube videos from twenty
> years ago.
> You can see it getting a face transplant in the video from where I did a
> bunch of them at:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dndwgH4cns&t=22s
>
> And attached is a picture of that radio, under the Sinclair Dino.  Let's
> see what some of the others in the group look like.
>
>
> Ray F/KA3EKH
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> *From:* mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net <mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on
> behalf of Michael St. Angelo via MRCA <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> *Sent:* Monday, October 5, 2026 10:13 AM
> *To:* mrca at mailman.qth.net <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [MRCA] BC-348 receivers on Ebay
>
>
> I used to be a member of the Suffolk County Radio Club in the 1970's. We
> could sell some goods at the meeting. I used to see unmolested BC-348s for
> $10. I was, and still am, into solid state so I passed. I probably would
> have made it solid state anyway.
>
> Mike N2MS
>
> > On 10/05/2026 7:04 AM EDT Doran Platt via MRCA <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > For whatever it may be worth, I see on EBAY more BC-348 receivers than
> ever before. I assume its a sign of the times. Condition ranges from fair
> to ratty. Prices would be OK if one knew the actual condition, e.g.: recap
> or not, etc.. The J, N, and Q models seem to bear up better that the others
> and tubes for them are a bit easier to find. I see but one DM-28 dynamotor
> listed. If I'd only known back in 1959!! I still use two '348s here and
> both exhibit 1uv sensitivity on the lower bands. I have little success in
> using them on the LF bands, however. QRM crud devastating. Anyway... just a
> thought. Did any one in this area go to Howard County (MD) fest yesterday?
> >
> > Jeep K3HVG
>
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