All American Backpack- Radios from their beginning (1938) till 1990 are in the collection.
The chart can be used as quick navigation between the radios.
US Backpacks
SRC-300/BC-1000
is an American portable FM- Radio from the end of WWII.
It is one of the first FM- radios ever used by the Army.
It was meant to be a portable radio, but can easily be used as a fixed or mobile radio station.
It was the standard radio in many countries. The version
RUP-2B
from the late Jugoslavia is in the collection.
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See the picture gallery for the vibrator power- supply PP-114A / VRC 3 ; the PP-114A could be powered by 6, 12 and 24 V.
The BC-1000 was the basis to develop the BC-1335.
A comparison BC-1000 / BC1335 can be found:
Here:
 Optical comparison between BC-1000 und BC-1335
- Frequency range:
- 40 ... 48 MHz
- It can work together with:
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- PRC-8: , R-110, RT-68
Technical data:
- Measurements and weight:
- Radio: L/B/H: 430 x 130 x 290 mm;
19 kgs with
Vibrator power supply PP-114A / VRC 3 for 6, 12 or 24V
- HF ouput:
- 0.3 W
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- Mode:
- FM
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- Channel spacing:
- 200 kHz
- Frequency control:
- VFO
- Channels:
- Tunable
- Tubes:
- 18
- Powered by:
- Dry battery BA-70 or BA-80;
- Vibrator power supply PP-114B/VRC-3
- Sensitivity:
- 3 - 5 µV
- Range:
- 5 km with long antenna
- Built by:
- Galvin (USA) or
- under license in France
- Year of issue:
- 1942 / 43
- Replaced by:
- Prc-8, 9, 10
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