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US Army BC 312 N Military Radio Receiver Signal Corps U.S.
US Army BC 312 N Military Radio Receiver Signal Corps U.S.
US Army BC 312 N Military Radio Receiver Signal Corps U.S.
US Army BC 312 N Military Radio Receiver Signal Corps U.S.
US Army BC 312 N Military Radio Receiver Signal Corps U.S.
US Army BC 312 N Military Radio Receiver Signal Corps U.S.
US Army BC 312 N Military Radio Receiver Signal Corps U.S.
US Army BC 312 N Military Radio Receiver Signal Corps U.S.
US Army BC 312 N Military Radio Receiver Signal Corps U.S.
US Army BC 312 N Military Radio Receiver Signal Corps U.S.
US Army BC 312 N Military Radio Receiver Signal Corps U.S.

US Army BC 312 N Military Radio Receiver Signal Corps U.S.

$ 157.87

Availability: 100 in stock

Description

US Army
BC 312 N
Military Radio Receiver Signal Corps U.S.
Serial number 3837
Order No 4611-PHILA-42
Designed by Signal Corps Labrotories, Fort Monmouth, NJ
Mfg by Farnsworth radio & television corp in Fort Wayne, IN
Manuals included on CD with purchase
TM-4001   Repair instructions manual for radio receivers BC312
TM 11-850 N technical manual for BC 312 N
This model was manufactured 1936-1960, but the order number suffix of "42" leads me to beleive it is a 1942 unit.
Weighs 57 lbs.
Size: 18" W x 10" H x 9" D
The BC-312 is a U.S. Army Signal Corps HF-communications receiver from the WWII era. It covers 1.5 to 18 MHz in six bands. It can receive AM (voice) and CW (Morse code) signals (for the latter it has a BFO, which nowadays can also be used to receive SSB signals). The BC-312 was designed at the Signal Corps Laboratories in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey in the mid 1930s. It was made by several manufacturers including Farnsworth Radio & Television Corporation and RCA. The receiver was used extensively by the US Army during WWII. It was mainly used in ground vehicles and field installations (due to its high weight it was not or seldomly used in aircraft). It was part for instance of the SCR-299 and SCR-399 mobile communications units (in combination with the Hallicrafters transmitter BC-610), which went ashore early during the Battle of Normandy. The BC-312 has a dynamoter built in and runs off a 12-14V DC power source.