[NJARC] Uncle Bill Henderson's Radios :) :) :)
Scott Roberts
ng19delta at yahoo.com
Sat Oct 27 20:42:20 EDT 2007
Joe- I would like to get the proper transmitter- Got a
spare? Unfortunately, after my friend's grandfather
passed away, the box for the big aircraft transmitter
for a B-17, which took the interchangeable tuning
units, was not recovered in time, and apparently
tossed by the new owners of his house... We have most
of the tuner units- new in the boxes, for the most
part!
I have an ARC-5 set, two transmitters, three
receivers, on their respective mountings, but I
haven't checked into their operation yet... Also a
pair of SCR 522 transmitters.
Scott
--- JOE CRO <n3ibx at verizon.net> wrote:
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> Scott,
> If you enjoy your BC-348 rx, you NEED it's
> matching transmitter,
> namely the autotune "ART-13". It uses a single 813
> modulated by a pair of
> 811's. The original DY12 dynamotor would be great to
> have as it's power
> supply, but you can whip up a 28V/1250V supply that
> would work FB. Both the
> BC-348 and ART-13 were standard equipment in the
> famous B-29 "flying
> fortress". If you'd like to see one in operation,
> let me know and you're
> welcome to stop over and do so, and get a "gander"
> at the homebrew supply I
> use with it. Everything is built into a mechanics
> tool cart, including all
> of the meters.
>
> Once you get "bit" with playing with a ART-13,
> you'll be hooked. Think of
> having a medium power AM/CW/MCW (modulated CW) 100W+
> class rig that you can
> preset everything from loading and tune, down to the
> frequency. All you do
> is flaick a switch and within 24 seconds (per
> milspec) you'll be ready to
> modulate the aether!
>
> Mod-U-Later, and keep on having fun with stuff that
> glows!
>
>
> Joe Cro N3IBX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Roberts" <ng19delta at yahoo.com>
> To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club"
> <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 12:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] Uncle Bill Henderson's Radios
> :) :) :)
>
>
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> > 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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