[NJARC] BC-610

[john ruccolo]

Hi Joe,

"There's plenty of room for them in most basements."

That's not the problem -- *access* is the problem. And
getting them down the stairs without damaging the
stairs (witness John Dilk's story). Jeez, you have
BOTH?! And I thought I was a big shot because I have
both a DX-100 and an Apache! ;-)

I enjoyed your comparison of the two rigs.

Later,

JR


--- Joe Cro <n3ibx at verizon.net> wrote:

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> 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"
> >> <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 5:50 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [NJARC] BC-610
> >>
> >>
> >> > Visit our web site - See http://www.njarc.org
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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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