[Qcwa] old brute BC610 repairs during WW2

Wed, 3 Apr 2002 20:05:59 -0500

Wow......what memories.  I had a power supply problem with a BC610 in a
SCR299 van.(on Saipan)......that meant getting down into the
bottom........had to turn the entire thing over on its side.......it weighed
a few hunded pounds for sure.  A real test of ingenuity...
Otherwise used them in several radio stations without any problems......a
very rugged radio.

73    Norm    K1AA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Augie" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Qcwa] old brute BC610 repairs during WW2

> Hi -
>
> The local radio station at Ketchikan Alaska (c.a. 1960 - 1962) had two
> BC-610s for their transmitters.  One of them used to spit out spurs all
> over - especially on 2182 kcs (maritime distress and calling) and the
Coast
> Guard would call them up and chew out the engineer until he got the thing
> retuned.
>
> We had a BC-610 for a ham rig at CG Base Ketchikan, but I never finished
> putting it together before I got transferred home.  Man! I wanted to light
> that one off sooooo bad!
>
> 73,
>
> Augie
> KW4AW (ex-W1CRO)
>
> At 10:15 4/3/02 -1000, you wrote:
> >Okay fellas,  a little closer to "on topic" on this one.
> >How many of you remember what a beast the old BC610 was to work
> >on while in the field?
>
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