• Year
  • 1936–1960
  • Category
  • Military Receiver
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 198821

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 9
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage
  • Wave bands
  • Wave Bands given in the notes.
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries / 12 - 14 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • - For headphones or amp.
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: BC-312-J - MILITARY U.S. different makers
  • Shape
  • Miscellaneous shapes - described under notes.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 460 x 240 x 182 mm / 18.1 x 9.4 x 7.2 inch
  • Notes
  • The desk top transceiver BC-312-J has a Dynamotor DM-21, a quarz filter but not a squelch. It was designed at Signal Corps Laboratories Fort Monmouth, New Jersey and at least made by Farnsworth Television & Radio Corporation, Indiana. Frequency range is 1.5 - 18 MHz AM / CW.

    There is a bi range of BC-312: BC-312-A, BC-312-C, BC-312-D, BC-312-E, BC-312-F, BC-312-G, BC-312-J, BC-312-HX, BC-312-NX, BC-312-L, BC-312-M and BC-312-N. BC-312-HX and BC-312-NX work with 24 - 28 V DC with Dynamotor DM-21CX, the others with 12 to 14 volts. - with Dynamotor DM-21. Each of those models have slight differences like Quarz-Filter, Noise balancing system, tube 12A6 instead of 6F6 etc. They were mainly used for airbore and army purposes, later often found in HAM radio stations. There was also a confirmed production run in France after WW2. See also the "General page for BC-312".
  • Author
  • Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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