BC-342

BC-342 radio receiver

The BC-342 was a World War II U.S. Army Signal Corps high frequency radio receiver. It was a 115 Volt AC version of the BC-312 receiver that used the RA-20 rectifier instead of the BC-312's DM-21 dynamotor. It was used primarily as part of field installations such as the SCR-188A, but could be used with mobile sets such as the 2 1/2 ton mounted SCR-399. First designed at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey by the U.S. Army Signal Corps, it was built by various manufacturers including RCA. Many of the later units that are encountered today were manufactured by the Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Its low frequency counterpart is the BC-344 radio receiver that is almost identical to the BC-342.[1]

Specifications

BC-342 radio receiver seen at bottom center, in use by Signal Corps operator in New Guinea
BC-342 in Schweizerisches Militärmuseum Full

The BC-342 could be operated from fixed and mobile positions.

10 vacuum tubes[2] included:

The BC-342 was similar to the BC-348. Heavy chassis design was employed to minimize drift and oscillator instability due to temperature changes and vibration.[3][4]

BC-312

(note also SCR-210 In stand alone configuration)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/bapix/BC342.htm BoatAnchor Pix, Signal Corps BC-342N Receiver
  2. ↑ http://www.antiqueradio.com/Nov03_DAntuono_BC342.html Antique Radio Classified
  3. ↑ http://www.gordon.army.mil/OCOS/Museum/bc1.asp Fort Gordon Military Museum
  4. ↑ http://www.nj7p.org/cgi-bin/millist2?mode=normal&name=BC-342J7P Military List Database

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