[NJARC] BC-610 - It ain't that heavy!

[Joe Cro]

John,
        I like your story! 
    
        It only goes to prove the following statement is always true: 

        "The bigger it is, and heavier it weighs, the better it will work!"

        Mod-U-Later,
                              Joe Cro N3IBX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Dilks K2TQN" <oldradio at worldnet.att.net>
To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [NJARC] BC-610 - It ain't that heavy!


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> At 02:01 PM 3/5/2007, you wrote:
>>I'd love to get a BC-610 someday -- YEAH, I KNOW I
>>GOTTA GET MY GENERAL FIRST ;-) -- or a T-368. Problem
>>with all those big rigs is that they're too darn big
>>for a basement shack. You need to run them in the
>>garage or someplace else. Or put in Bilko doors to the
>>basement.
> 
> Hi John and group,
> 
> The 610 comes apart into 3 light chassis and some cabinet 
> pieces.  You can further lighten the load by removing all the heavy 
> tubes and carrying them down separately.
> 
> Remember: Gravity works to your advantage when installing a BC610 in 
> the cellar.  It also helps a lot when the XYL wants it out and nobody 
> will help - You don't mention it comes apart - so it stays in place.  :-)
> 
> Seriously, a good hand truck and one chassis at a time and some help 
> will make it a manageable job.  I had mine in the walk-up attic/spare 
> bedroom in my rental home near Langley AFB back in the late 60's.  I 
> took it up one chassis at a time and reassembled it.  When I was 
> ready to move back to NJ, the moving company came by to survey the 
> load.  I offered to knock it down and told them they would have to 
> provide crates.  They told me they move refrigerators all the time 
> and they could handle that.  I warned them that I didn't think so.
> 
> So they moved it on a hand truck and broke every overhang on each 
> step coming down from the attic.  The landlord was livid and had to 
> sue the moving company to get paid.  I had to call the AF base legal 
> office to get things moving for the landlord.
> 
> Anyway, after all that, the 610 fired right up back in NJ and I was 
> back on the air using RTTY on 80-m.  This proves that Hallicrafters 
> engineering did a great job.
> 
> 73, John Dilks, K2TQN 
> 
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