BC-342/312 series of receivers.
 

I have noticed that the serial numbers and history of
BC-348 and R-39x radios have been collected at various web sites.

I have a fair collection of BC0312/342 stuff and thought I should start a list
for them. I have been pulling nameplate photos off of Ebay and taking photos
of my own units. As a start I have:

BC-312 SN 236 14598-NY-37 GE
BC-312-D SN 1189 1263-NY-41 RCA
BC-312-F SN 156 2903-NY-42 Farnsworth
BC-312-M SN 10707 31916-PHILA-43 CRV (RCA for Navy)
BC-312-M SN 13013 33060-PHILA-43 CRV (RCA for Navy)

BC-342-D SN 1413 1263-NY-41 RCA
BC-342-N SN 2075 4611-PHILA-42 Farnsworth
BC-342-N SN 178 14364-PHILA-43 Farnsworth
BC-342-N SN 2037 16133-PHILA-43 Farnsworth (rebuilt as OA-65-A by B&W)
BC-342-N SN 2517 4222-PHILA-44 CFN (Farnsworth for Navy)
BC-342-N SN 2837 10651-PHILA-44 Farnsworth

I will be putting the nameplates on a web site (the ld BC-312 is already
up at: http://novatech-instr.com/Ebay_Images/bc312plt.jpg ). Anyone have
others to share. It would be nice to have at least one from each version.
According to my docs, there a

BC-312, A, C, D, E, F, G, J, L, M, N, HX and NX
BC-342, A, C, D, F, J, L, M and N

as well as their LF versions:

BC-314, C, D, E and G
BC-344, D

These were still being used well into the 50s.

Steve.

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Steven D. Swift, , http://www.novatech-instr.com
NOVATECH INSTRUMENTS, INC. P.O. Box 55997
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