bc-1000 radio set up help needed

[Nebkheper-re]

Brian,

No problem. I'll scan the bottom of the battery tomorrow and I'll send it to you in PM.

Do you need something more?

I can also scan the label and send you a "ready to print" file in psd format for photoshop.
Just le me know.

Thibault.

[brian in denver]

that would be great, save some time.
BB

[wa5cab]

The PP-114/VRC-3 originally came out in early 1945 (manual is dated February). The most commonly found PP-114's are the B model, dating from 1951. But there are probably only three or four of us who could spot the difference from a distance of greater than 3 feet (one meter).

[Nebkheper-re]

Here is a BA 70 made in 1975 by SAFT Leclanché for the french army.

NOS, sealed in a waterproof plastic bag.

[brian in denver]

thanks very much , now all we got to do is find a tinner,
BB

[sgtpeter]

Robert, Dallas and all the other radio gurus -

Anybody know of a source for the plugs? Are all the prongs the same size and what size are they?

[sgtpeter]

Thibalt - can I get a copy of that bottom scan as well?

[wa5cab]

No, and No. The eight pins are on a decidedly odd-ball pattern, almost heart-shaped except that the top center pin isn't lower than the ones to left and right. The top and bottom center pins are 5/32" dia. and the remaining six are 1/8" dia. Like the connectors for the BA-41, the connectors for the BA-70, 80 and 2070 appear to have been made specifically for those batteries.

I suppose that it's possible someone might turn up a case of replacement sockets for the PP-114. Some were probably made and stocked. But unfortunately, whoever designed the BA-70 did not use any standard connector pin pattern as was done with the BA-39 and BA-40.

[sgtpeter]

Oops, wrong thread.

[sgtpeter]

Thanks for the reply Robert. Sounds like the typical story of the Army making things complicated.

Actually, I would guess they used the oddball config is to make harder for some farmer kid to plug the battery into the radio the wrong way and frying the radio internals. Nowadays we do that with the various size nubs on the plugs, but I have still seen Joe SOMEHOW get the plug together and wonder why things don't work!!

[Nebkheper-re]

sgtpeter:

Here is the view of the bottom, on an A4 paper sheet. Print it an verify that the scale is OK (in inches).

Cheers.

Tibault

[brian in denver]

ever try to mold your own?
cover the male end with a release agent,(vasoline)
slip on the female ends alredy soldered to the wire
make a dam around the thing with cardboard/ ducttape.
pour in some rhino liner or clearcast
(please sir, may I borow a cup of rhino liner?)

I'v tried using silicone and it wont dry if its to thick.
you need somthing with a catalist.

I preformed surgery on a soup can, and the reverse hook and reverse bends, would be imposable to do whithout the tooling.
but I think you could make a fake seam just by soldering a "U" shaped
strip around the top and bottom edge of the body,
then you can cut out a flat lid and solder it against the fake seam.
if you went to the trouble to make a positive and negitive mold, you might even be able to get the bevil in the lid. and the hump around the hole.
BB

[Nebkheper-re]

For the female plug, you can contact Eliseo CHIARUCCI in Italy at :

liso57@bluesardinia.com

He as some NOS rubber cords for the BC 1000. The wires are often roten, but you can use the plug.



It is the solution used by the guy who built the BA-70 shown in the other post.

On ebay, is an other model of cord for the BC 1000, (CD 1108) with both male and female connectors / Object nbr: 120258829187



Cheers.
Thibault

[wa5cab]

CD-1108 was a maintenance extension cable from the ME-40 test equipment set.

[Radtech]

The socket that the army finally went with was a vibrator socket from late 30's-early 40's.The battery cables with socket sometimes turn up on ebay.I had some of the vibrator sockets but I have used them up on custom battery packs for the BC 1000.


Dallas