Military Gear

Jack Taylor jack at N7OO.COM
Thu Jul 23 13:07:22 EDT 2009


Might be the same BC-452 I usta tune up on the Army MARS 4025 Kc.
channel for the weekly RATT broadcast at the DA transmitter site WAR
in Woodbridge, VA?  This in the '50's when I was an E-4 in the Signal Corps.

Jack - N7OO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wilson Lamb" <infomet at EMBARQMAIL.COM>
To: <BOATANCHORS at LISTS.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:13 AM
Subject: Re: [BOATANCHORS-TEMPE] Military Gear


> OK, sorry for the confusion.  The big XMTR is a BC-452.  Here's a picture:
> http://hereford.ampr.org/millist/pic/bc-452.jpg
>
> It's the only one I've ever seen in 50 years of scrounging!
> Bring a pickup or trailer!
> Wilson
> W4BOH
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wilson Lamb" <infomet at embarqmail.com>
> To: <BOATANCHORS at LISTS.TEMPE.GOV>
> Cc: <boATANCHORS at theporch.com>; "Nick England" <nick at 3rdtech.com>; "J.D.
> MacAulay, WQ8U" <jmac6235 at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:03 AM
> Subject: Military Gear
>
>
>>I am helping an older friend get ready to move.
>> He has several military surplus items that may be of interest to BA
>> people. They are all in Winston-Salem, NC and shipping might be possible
>> for some items.
>> BC-348   condition unknown as of now, shipable
>>
>> ART-13   one has been on the air, but may be without tubes.  There are at
>> least five more, believed unmodified.
>>
>> BC-X42   XMTR I'm not sure of this model number.  It's a big rack, six
>> feet tall and three ft wide, or so, with two RF amps at the top.  I'm not
>> sure if there are two exciters, or not.  At least one of the RF decks may
>> have been modified along the way.  Modulators are 805s.
>>
>> I'll be going over from time to time to help clean up, I think, so let me
>> know your interests and I'll see what I can do to help get more info.
>> There are probably more items I haven't seen.
>>
>> Wilson
>> W4BOH
>
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