Geo,
Wasn't the whole "kit & kaboodle" called the SSC-229(???). This
included the deuce 1/2, 10 KW generator, BC-610, and usually a SX-28?
Mike(y)
W3SLK
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From: K0FF <K0FF@arrl.net>
To: <W8JI@contesting.com>; <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [AMPS] BC610... no 833's
>
> The BC 610 was a 390 pound mobile transmitter using 250 TH final modulated
> by a pair of 100 THs for 400 W. It was "mobile" because it was part of an
> army RTTY station mounted in the back of a duce-and- a- half. They towed a
> 10 KW generator trailer behind. My kinda station. (Actually it WAS my
> station, more or less, years ago, including the generator. Model 15 Page
> Printer, 14 typing reperforator , paper tape reader and all).
>
> The ART-13 was airborne in the B-29 along with the BC 348 receiver. It
used
> a pair of 811's modulating an 813 and was rated as 100W. The Collins
> Autotune made this radio a hAM favorite after the war. Monster PSU needed
to
> drive the motors. I used the ARC-3 VHF too, it was autotune.( Still have
and
> use a BC 348 P...interesting instruction manual, has a section on the
proper
> use of a parachute and life boat, as well as useful information on how to
> combat in-flight fires!).
>
> Happy Building, Geo>K0FF
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
> To: amps@contesting.com <amps@contesting.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
> Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 9:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [AMPS] BC610... no 833's
>
>
> >
> >> Wrongo Tom! The later models, (specifically the I model, which was the
> >> last) and the when the government no longer needed them Bill Halligan
> >> returned the old HT-4 label to them, always had an a 250-T(L?)
modulated
> >> by 100-TH's. The BC-610 was later replaced in military by the durable
> >> T-368 transmitter which used a 4-400 modulated by 4-125's, (Not my
> choice,
> >> I prefer triodes as modulators.). But they were never made with 813's
or
> >> 833's. Mike(y) W3SLK
> >
> >I wasn't sure about the 813's, but I knew they never used 833's!
> >
> >I think I might have mixed up an ART-13 with the BC-610. Was the
> >ART-13 the rig with the 813 PA and 810 or 812 modulators?
> >
> >
> >73, Tom W8JI
> >w8ji@contesting.com
> >
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