Re: [TenTec] 610 Has started shipping today

[K0BX <k0bx@arrl.net>]

There is a very good video of Hallicrafters building the BC-610 on the 
Internet.  Too bad I can't remember where.
But it was a B&W video made by Hallicrafters.

Joe K0BX, now back to TT

Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:

> According to the Wikipedia article, the BC-610 was the Signal Corps version
> of the HT-4, and over 25,000 of them were built during WW2 by "Hallicrafters
> and other allied companies"
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> I think it's pretty reasonable to assume that in time of war, when the
> Military needs so many radios -- now -- that manufacturing would be
> subcontracted (by the military or the original contractor) to multiple
> manufacturers.  Heck, that's why so few of the original WW2 Jeeps were built
> by the designer, Willy's!
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