One more BC-348-R toy...

[wavebourn]

One more toy, seller told it had been removed recently from Duglas, so I expect it is all original... What is interesting, it still has a nameplate. Searching the Google, I found a lot of them without nameplates. Why?

[W1GFH]

What is interesting, it still has a nameplate. Searching the Google, I found a lot of them without nameplates. Why?

1950's hams who bought these rigs for $5 often did silly things like remove nameplates, change knobs, paint chassis silver, etc.

[wavebourn]

What is interesting, it still has a nameplate. Searching the Google, I found a lot of them without nameplates. Why?

1950's hams who bought these rigs for $5 often did silly things like remove nameplates, change knobs, paint chassis silver, etc.

Wow! 20 excellent rigs for $100.00!

[W1GFH]

Tolly, "Ashtabula Bill" W8VYZ is one of the most famous AMers in the USA. And please notice what his main receiver is...

http://hamgate.sunyerie.edu/~buffaloam/images/99_dayton_w8vyz.jpg

[wavebourn]

Tolly, "Ashtabula Bill" W8VYZ is one of the most famous AMers in the USA. And please notice what his main receiver is...

http://hamgate.sunyerie.edu/~buffaloam/images/99_dayton_w8vyz.jpg

Mine too! Would you be so kind to introduce me to this exceptional gentleman?
I'd like to discuss his 2'nd IF and demodulator on top of the receiver...

[W1GFH]

Would you be so kind to introduce me to this exceptional gentleman?
I'd like to discuss his 2'nd IF and demodulator on top of the receiver...

Yes, Bill was a co-pilot in a McDonnell Douglas bomber and had this radio in front of him on every trip.

He is on 14.286 mhz AM every day around 5PM PST depending on propagation. He is happy to discuss secrets of 2nd IF and demod for BC348 with you, but first you must visit....

http://www.eham.net/exams/
 :grin:

[wavebourn]

Why you still did not invite him to the greatest BB of the century if you know him personally?

[w3jn]

OK, Tolly, looks like you're in for a restoration job on that BC-348R.

As you know the lettering is raised on the BC-348 which makes repainting the radio fairly easy.  Strip and clean the front pane using a chemical paint stripper, then go to your local Harley-Davidson dealer and buyu a can of black wrinkle spray paint.  You probably want to experiment a little one something else before you paint the radio because wrinkle paint is kinda tricky.  You'll want to bake the thing in an oven at low temp, or you can build a heat box with a 100watt bulb and a cardboard box (watch the fire hazard here!)

When you get it painted to your liking, you can sand the paint off the lettering using a small block of wood and #400 sandpaper.  Makes it look like new.  I've done this on a couple of BC-348s.

73 John

[xe1yzy]

Nice rig Tolly!

I'd really like the mechanical VFO of that radio, those BC348, was widely used among the Mexicans hams back in the 50's, looks nice beside any transmitter...

Looks this pictures;

http://people.csail.mit.edu/people/sw/html/NS1W/hb-tx.html

Saludos!

[W1GFH]

Why you still did not invite him to the greatest BB of the century if you know him personally?

I know him only from talking to him on 20 meters, but I know Bill does not "do" computers, so even if invited, he would not join here.