I bought a BC-348 M 1942 in 2021 without a power source. I haven't any experience with electronics but was thinking about paying someone to convert it until I heard how much it would cost. So, it has just been sitting on a shelf as a display piece next to a WW2 bomber jacket with Mae West (life preserver) and a curio cabinet filled with 1/32 replicas of warbirds. Recently, I joined a group on Facebook for fans of the B-17 Flying Fortress and I had mentioned that I had hoped to get my reciever converted someday when a guy "David" replied to my commrnt saying that he he has one that works (He converted it about 30 or 40 years ago; He was an electronic tech for Sears). He said that he hasn't used it in a long time and would be willing to give it to me, IF I was able to come and get it (He was concerned that it might be damaged in shipping). Problem was that he lives in Arizona while I live in Iowa... Money was tight and I had pretty much given up on the idea but had mentonned it to my wife in passing. sl She said "Let's go get it" ...Which was a big surprise to me. We discussed the "idea" of going to see The Grand Canyon "someday" but I did not expect her to be open to the idea of doing it now. I expressed my concerns our bills and the expense of such a long drive and she said 'We'll work it out" and that I should trust that God will supply our needs... So, we took "a leap of faith" and started on our adventure on Friday Oct 2... We made it to AZ, met my new friend David and his wife and had a really nice visit with them. We spent the next few days sight seeing through Tucson, Mesa (both cities have WW2 air museums) and then turned around and headed back morth through Sedona and of course, The Grand Canyon; eventually driving back to IA, arriving home on Sat the 9th of Oct. We had a wonderful trip (thank you God) and I am now the proud owner of a working WW2 radio reciever (Thank you David); ironically, the one he gave me was made by the same company and is the same model as the one in your video. Which is why I decided to share my story. Thank you for making the video, it was very interesting, informative and fun to watch. I plan to share a link to it in a couple of the WW2 groups I'm part of on FB. Feel free to look me up and say hello. Sincerely, Hondo Murray
Well this set works perfectly with all original components except the cathode bypass on the audio output that i think might have been put there to increase the bass. Power it up and see if it works and if not find out what is causing it and only replace them. The 348 has very high quality components. Good to keep it as original as possible except if it is in very bad condition or seriously modified. I have other videos of 70 plus year old car radios and military radios that still work fine with out doing any thing to them and they still have all the original parts.
@@vk3ase Sir, thank you for your quick answer. I will follow your advice. I am radio amateur and I have some old radios of the II war, one is a Marconi Cr-300, that works very well and I used in my work as ham and the other an ex-RAF communications receiver, a R1155. I have a Hammarlund, and other receiver made here in my country. Thanks again.
I have heard recordings of bomber command aircrew and it seems strange to me as they sound like a group of old men, whereas I know from the records that the average age of the aircrew was 21 with their ages generally ranging from late teens to early twenties (I know there were exceptions, some much older men served but they were rare). I guess I remember the men my father associated with when I was very young (I am now 70) and they spoke in a similar way. It is strange to me to realise that these men spoke this way in their youth.
There were local hams that i used to listen to up to the early 2000's and they sounded like very old men as they were. Disc recordings of them exist from the 1930's when they were twenty somethings and they sounded the same. The bomber recordings are amazing and i thought they were fake but that is not the case as the people involved in them have talked and written about it.
I bought a BC-348 M 1942 in 2021 without a power source. I haven't any experience with electronics but was thinking about paying someone to convert it until I heard how much it would cost. So, it has just been sitting on a shelf as a display piece next to a WW2 bomber jacket with Mae West (life preserver) and a curio cabinet filled with 1/32 replicas of warbirds.
Recently, I joined a group on Facebook for fans of the B-17 Flying Fortress and I had mentioned that I had hoped to get my reciever converted someday when a guy "David" replied to my commrnt saying that he he has one that works (He converted it about 30 or 40 years ago; He was an electronic tech for Sears). He said that he hasn't used it in a long time and would be willing to give it to me, IF I was able to come and get it (He was concerned that it might be damaged in shipping).
Problem was that he lives in Arizona while I live in Iowa...
Money was tight and I had pretty much given up on the idea but had mentonned it to my wife in passing. sl She said "Let's go get it" ...Which was a big surprise to me.
We discussed the "idea" of going to see The Grand Canyon "someday" but I did not expect her to be open to the idea of doing it now.
I expressed my concerns our bills and the expense of such a long drive and she said 'We'll work it out" and that I should trust that God will supply our needs...
So, we took "a leap of faith" and started on our adventure on Friday Oct 2... We made it to AZ, met my new friend David and his wife and had a really nice visit with them.
We spent the next few days sight seeing through Tucson, Mesa (both cities have WW2 air museums) and then turned around and headed back morth through Sedona and of course, The Grand Canyon; eventually driving back to IA, arriving home on Sat the 9th of Oct.
We had a wonderful trip (thank you God) and I am now the proud owner of a working WW2 radio reciever (Thank you David); ironically, the one he gave me was made by the same company and is the same model as the one in your video.
Which is why I decided to share my story.
Thank you for making the video, it was very interesting, informative and fun to watch.
I plan to share a link to it in a couple of the WW2 groups I'm part of on FB.
Feel free to look me up and say hello.
Sincerely,
Hondo Murray
Thanks for the great video. I am going to pick one of these up in a week or two.
Your video's are second to none......you have a to die for voice as well.....good stuff
Delightful vid in honour of prev owner Barry VK3JB. Miss him on 160m.
Thanks for this nice video. I just bought one of these radios & hope it is as nice.
I love these vintage HF receivers. Also good for MW dx listens.
Very nice...73s Brian
very good receiver, i have the same model, runs great and i changed a 220 vac power supply
CE 2 RKL Mario
I have a Bc348 for repairing, it is of a friend. A friend suggested to change all the capacitors.
Well this set works perfectly with all original components except the cathode bypass on the audio output that i think might have been put there to increase the bass. Power it up and see if it works and if not find out what is causing it and only replace them. The 348 has very high quality components. Good to keep it as original as possible except if it is in very bad condition or seriously modified. I have other videos of 70 plus year old car radios and military radios that still work fine with out doing any thing to them and they still have all the original parts.
@@vk3ase Sir, thank you for your quick answer. I will follow your advice. I am radio amateur and I have some old radios of the II war, one is a Marconi Cr-300, that works very well and I used in my work as ham and the other an ex-RAF communications receiver, a R1155. I have a Hammarlund, and other receiver made here in my country. Thanks again.
I have heard recordings of bomber command aircrew and it seems strange to me as they sound like a group of old men, whereas I know from the records that the average age of the aircrew was 21 with their ages generally ranging from late teens to early twenties (I know there were exceptions, some much older men served but they were rare). I guess I remember the men my father associated with when I was very young (I am now 70) and they spoke in a similar way. It is strange to me to realise that these men spoke this way in their youth.
There were local hams that i used to listen to up to the early 2000's and they sounded like very old men as they were. Disc recordings of them exist from the 1930's when they were twenty somethings and they sounded the same. The bomber recordings are amazing and i thought they were fake but that is not the case as the people involved in them have talked and written about it.
Lovely rx.They certainly don't make em like that anymore.73 G7HFS
I think a lot of time went in to designing this set and what was needed for the Airman.
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