BC-654

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The BC-654 is a World War II era combination transmitter and receiver that is designed to be used mounted in a vehicle or as a ground (base) station. They have been used for Amateur radio communications as they cover sections of the 80, 75, and 60m bands.[1]

Contents

  • Transmitter output
    • AM: 17W
    • CW: 24W
  • Receiver Sensitivity: TBS

The Crosley Corporation of Cincinnati, Ohio manufactured the SCR-284 field radio, that consists of the BC-654 and support equipment, and which was a mainstay of United States military communications. Beginning in 1943, over eighteen hundred units were built and deployed to the European theater.[2]

  • There was an episode of the Munsters that show Grandpa Munster using a BC-654 as an Amateur radio operator in his ham station.

  • TM-11-275 — Technical Manual And Operating Instructions For The SCR-284-A Radio Set (BC-654-A Radio Receiver And Transmitter
  1. ^ Fucci, Antonio. Radio Set BC-654-A SCR-284-A Receiver and Transmitter.
  2. ^ (Dec 1992) "Discovering America: A Special Issue". Journal of American History 79 (3): 1102-1106. DOI:10.2307/2080804. ISSN: 00218723. Retrieved on 2006-11-15. 
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