[TenTec] 610 Has started shipping today

K0BX k0bx at arrl.net
Sat Aug 29 19:06:20 PDT 2009


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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