bc-1000 radio set up help needed

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bc-1000 radio set up help needed

Post by lindyp38 » Fri May 14, 2004 5:49 am

id like to purchase a battery setup for my vehicle mounted bc-1000 radio set up....i dont have a battery for it....

anyone out there have one for sale...?

i dont have to tech expertise to set it up.....

thanks
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Post by MPMB45 » Fri May 14, 2004 8:16 pm

Well, I wish you luck !!!

Just abit of a run down:

Power output:
Transmitter................0.3 watts (rf)
Receiver....................2 milliwatts (af)

Power Input:
Transmitter:
Filaments.................4.5 volts (normal), 3.6 volts (min), 0.5 amps (max)

Plate........................90 volts (normal) , 66 volts (min) , 25 ma (max) 150 volts (normal), 110 volts volts (min), 50 ma (max)

Receiver:
Filaments................4.5 volts (normal), 3.6 volts (min), 0.3 amps (max)

Plate......................90 volts (normal), 66 volts (min) , 25 ma (max)

Other info:

The BC-1000 has the samr frequency coverage of 40 to 48 megacycles (me) which is exactly the same as the Radio set AN/VRC-3.....Therefor these two sets can be used for intercommunication.


Compared to the battery pack (BA-70 OR BA-80) THAT THEY USED THEN.........it's a heck of a job to hook one up now $$$$$$$........

Not sure about where you live but here in Sonoma County - if I got mine working - I'd be sharing the same frequency as the CHP Radio's :cry:

Good luck w/ you adventure!!!!

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Post by Paul FitzGerald » Fri May 14, 2004 11:05 pm

Mario and Matt
You can make a battery pack for this item from the following.
1 and 1/2 6 Volt lantern batterys as well as 17-9 Volt batterys. I made a setup for one of the Barrow Bros before TP. There is a Gent in Italy (Europa) that makes a complete inverter running off a six volt Gell-cell. Maybe Dallas or Willy can help here as to his E-mail.
Anyway some other parts can be purchased from Radio Shack to make the "sockets".
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Re: bc-1000 radio set up help needed

Post by jklier » Mon May 17, 2004 6:51 am

I've been checking into this myself.

I exchanged a few emails with Dallas a while back concerning my unit. First of all he informed me that wartime units are difficult to get functioning due to the age of the capicitors. You would have better luck with a unit that had been rebuilt or that was produced later on.

The contact email I have for a batter adapter produced in Italy is pietronoto@tiscali.it . He responded back to me but I don't remember what the cost was. I opted not to purchase one since i did not know if my wartime unit was functional.

There was also a vehicle power supply unit called a PP114. This would allow operating off of the vehicle power. From what I gathered this was a post war addition. One of these recently sold on ebay.

Here's a link that another list member sent me. This could possible work for a power supply but would need to be adapted to run of of your vehicle power.

http://www.arbeiii.com/

I hope some of this helps. If you get yours going please let me know how you did it.

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lindyp38 wrote:id like to purchase a battery setup for my vehicle mounted bc-1000 radio set up....i dont have a battery for it....

anyone out there have one for sale...?

i dont have to tech expertise to set it up.....

thanks

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Post by lindyp38 » Sat Jun 05, 2004 5:16 pm

thanks..i have since discovered..that mine was redone for use by the cdc in 1957...so i should be in good shape..once i get a power supply for it....

ill keep everyone informed....thanks for the link too..ill check that out....
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Post by brian in denver » Mon May 05, 2008 12:22 pm

surprised there not more on this subject.
any body got a pic of a war time ba-70
I take it, no one is making up a false box for these?
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BA 70

Post by Radtech » Mon May 05, 2008 12:54 pm

It is a giant spam can a little smaller than the battery box.I have only seen 2 original batteries and they were in very poor condition.


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Post by brian in denver » Mon May 05, 2008 1:00 pm

keeping it strac here boss
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BA 70

Post by Radtech » Mon May 05, 2008 3:10 pm

They were the same Signal Corps color as BC 603 and BC 604.


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Post by hell-fire » Wed May 07, 2008 2:53 am

Hi,

I have one of the invertors from Italy, Takes a 12 battery & it works just fine, they are well made.

I got mine when he was selling them on eBay for $75.00, more than likely gone up in price now.

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Post by brian in denver » Wed May 07, 2008 8:08 am

yep, wached that band wagon go buy,
but I need a repop battery for an air borne display,
evedently radio guys jumped with one in the radio, and carried 2 extra.
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Post by Nebkheper-re » Wed May 07, 2008 11:58 am

Hello,

I have a vintage BA 70. I 've emptied it and put in the italian power supply.
It works great and looks vintage.

Thibault

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BC 611(s), BC 348(s), BC 721(s)+ BC 722 control box, BC 1000(s), BC 603, 604, 605, BC 1306(s), GRR-5, AN/GRC-9, GN 58, PE 237 and DY 88, BC-620, Bc-659, BC-728... all in good working conditions. Thanks to this Forum!

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Post by Nebkheper-re » Wed May 07, 2008 12:32 pm

Hello again,

Here is the BC 1000 AC adaptator made in 1952 for the french signal corps.
It's perfect for checking a BC 1000 without batteries BA70 or BA 80.
It works with 100 to 240 V and has a fuse protection. So I can warm up my old tubes from time to time and check the vintage capacitors still in place in this BC 1000 A dated 1943 in pristine condition.

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BC 611(s), BC 348(s), BC 721(s)+ BC 722 control box, BC 1000(s), BC 603, 604, 605, BC 1306(s), GRR-5, AN/GRC-9, GN 58, PE 237 and DY 88, BC-620, Bc-659, BC-728... all in good working conditions. Thanks to this Forum!

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Post by brian in denver » Wed May 07, 2008 1:07 pm

perfect just what we were looking for.
found the measurments in the manual.

7-23/32" high X 10-5/16" long X 4-1/2" wide
at 15,LBS.

can you provide the radius for the corners?

thanks again
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Post by Nebkheper-re » Wed May 07, 2008 2:10 pm

I use wood sheets used in aero-modelism for recovering the internal sides of the medal battery case. They were tared and not in good condition with rust and stains.

They are now clean and it is possible to glue anything you want on the wood surfaces.



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BC 611(s), BC 348(s), BC 721(s)+ BC 722 control box, BC 1000(s), BC 603, 604, 605, BC 1306(s), GRR-5, AN/GRC-9, GN 58, PE 237 and DY 88, BC-620, Bc-659, BC-728... all in good working conditions. Thanks to this Forum!


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