[NJARC] BC-610

[Joe Cro]

John,
        I have both a BC-610 and a T-368-E in my basement shack. There's 
plenty of room for them in most basements.

There are some big differences between them though. The T-368 puts out a bit 
more power (500W+ on 'fone vs 315W+ from a BC-610)), has bandswitching on 
the exciter and PA, is a lot more civilized to operate, easier to service 
with it's three roll out drawers, has a pi-net output, and in general is a 
much more modern transmitter.

The "Beastly 610" can be nasty, will talk back to you through it's relays 
and/or modulation transformer, is subject to arc over and rectifier 
flashing, isn't band switching (hence the different coils for every band) 
has those drifty-wobbly tuning units that take forever to stabilize, has an 
inherint 60 and 120 cycle low level AC hum while you modulate (reminiscent 
of Radio Moscow in the early 1960's). the list just goes on and on.

Overall, I still prefer a BC-610 to it's much more civilized successor, the 
T-368. There's something about the orange glow of the tantalum be-plated 
250TH in the final, the "red-in-the-face 100TH's in the modulator when you 
push 'em hard enough, and the feeling behind a TRIODE link coupled high 
powered AM rig that the T-3 can't match. Just my preference. The BC-610 is a 
real "OldBuzzardly" Veteran!

Either transmitter is a great piece to have in one's "shack"!

Best Regards,
                     Joe Cro N3IBX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john ruccolo" <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>
To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [NJARC] BC-610


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> I have some BC-610 coils, if anybody needs them. I did
> see three tuning unuts at Parsippany; haven't seen
> them in years.
>
> 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.
>
> Al Klase -- I don't know if you saw my email from
> Sat., but I did find some nice 1N54A diodes at Parsip.
> that would be ideal (I hope) for the Xtal set clinic.
>
> --- Joe Cro <n3ibx at verizon.net> wrote:
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>> Rob - I know of a converted BC-610 RF deck about to
>> receive a RK-65 -)
>>
>> Are you looking for one for sale? If so, I have a
>> friend in Minnesota (Skip,
>> K7YOO) who may have one. Do you want me to inquire?
>>                                          Joe N3IBX
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "John Dilks K2TQN" <oldradio at worldnet.att.net>
>> To: <robandpj at earthlink.net>; "New Jersey Antique
>> Radio Club"
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>> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 5:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: [NJARC] BC-610
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>> > I had one a loooong time ago.  Loved it.  It was
>> an "I" model.
>> >
>> > 73, John
>> >
>> > At 04:32 PM 3/4/2007, you wrote:
>> >>Does anyone other than Vortex Joe have one of
>> these?
>> >>
>> >>Rob Flory
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