[NJARC] Uncle Bill Henderson's Radios :) :) :)

[Scott Roberts]

Well, the BC-348Q works reasonably! Had a bad 5Y3GT in
the power supply(RCA homebrew in place of the
dynamotor) which I replaced with a 5V4. Does not fit
properly- but works out of the case, which is good for
testing. Listened to all the bands, figured out how
everything seems to work.

Was flipping, about to switch off, and hit a station
at 3.225 playing Glenn Miller music. Something Just
Right about that- Glenn Miller playing on a WWII
bomber radio...  :)

Scott


--- Scott Roberts <ng19delta at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> At long last, I have arrived home with an assemblage
> I
> had been considering for a while, and waiting to
> receive since my Aunt asked me last month if I knew
> anybody who would want... My late Uncle Bill
> Henderson's Ham and SW radios!
> 
> Uncle Bill had been a "Mickey Man", or radar
> operator/mechanic with the 8th Air Force in England.
> >From what I understand, he made a couple combat
> missions, but usually was in the repair shop, fixing
> early Radar. After the war, he took a job with a
> small
> tech firm called "RCA" in Lancaster, Pa. Involved
> with
> the development of color television, he remained
> with
> the company until the mid 1980s. During the 35 years
> with RCA he made many trips overseas, including a
> few
> to Taiwan, Mexico and Russia(before we won the Cold
> War), to instruct people in how to work with color
> tv
> and other tubes. Uncle Bill was always a nice
> country
> boy from Paris, Arkansas- his drawl never left, and
> was my favorite uncle growing up... After his
> youngest
> son (of 8 children!) passed away in an auto
> accident,
> he was never quite the same; he developed
> Alzheimers,
> and passed away in 2002. I still think of him from
> time to time, and wish I had the chance to talk
> radios
> with him now.
> 
> Now that I've introduced him, let me tell you about
> the radios which my Aunt Mildred passed on to me
> from
> his "radio shack", long cold now, and in need of
> TLC.
> All have a heavy coat of dust, but I am pretty sure
> they will clean up nicely. I have not looked up what
> most of these do yet- if anyone can let me know
> their
> true potential, I'd appreciate it...
> 
> To start with, a Hallicrafters "Sky Champion", which
> appears to be a receiver;
> 
> Another Hallicrafters set, a "Super Sky Rider",
> which
> appears to be a transmitter/receiver;
> 
> A Heathkit HX-20, which also appears to be a
> transmitter/receiver, (along with a homebrew power
> supply for it);
> 
> A Johnson Messenger 250 CB radio;
> 
> A brown bakelite or plastic RCA wedge shaped wall
> speaker;
> 
> A nice CW key, looks like another nice one I have,
> with ball bearing pivots;
> 
> And last, but not least, the one I had really,
> REALLY,
> been hoping for, a Wells-Gardner BC-348Q, with a tag
> marked "Equipment Development Lab", and which had
> been
> given to him after he retired, by the RCA plant when
> they were cleaning out their old storage. Having
> looked inside this one quickly, I have high hopes
> for
> some nice listening.
> 
> I intend to use these in my own "radio shack", along
> with my Hallicrafters HT-37 & SX-111 Mk. 1
> 
> Thanks for reading along- hope you enjoyed the
> story:
> I would have shown one of the radios, and told all
> this  at RCA show and tell last month, but some
> unforeseen circumstances occured.
> 
> Scott
> 
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