BC-312 and BC-342 Radio Receivers Name Plate Page

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Eventually it will be great if the table would have all the units. According to the latest documents I have (TM 11-850 manual supplement of 8 April 1954) the following units were produced:

BC-312, -A, -C, -D, -E, -F, -G, -J, -L, -M, -N, -HX, -NX
BC-342, -A, -D, -E, -F, -J, -L, -M, -N
BC-314, -C, -D, -E, -F, -G
BC-344, -D

The BC-342 was modified for use in OA-65/MRC-2 and OA-65A/MRC-2 and ended its life as an R-336.

I have found copies of the some of the original qualification testing on the prototype BC-312 in April 1936. That probably means the design started at least a year before that. According to Sibley's "Tube Lore," the tubes used were registered by RCA in June of 1935.

BC-312	236	14598-NY-37	GE
BC-312-D	1189	1263-NY-41	RCA
BC-312-F	156	2903-NY-42	Farnsworth (Ebay)
BC-312-M	10707	31916-PHILA-43	CRV (RCA for Navy)
BC-312-M	13013	33060-PHILA-43	CRV (RCA for Navy)
BC-342-D	1413	1263-NY-41	RCA
BC-342-N	2075	4611-PHILA-42	Farnsworth
BC-342-N	178	14364-PHILA-43	Farnsworth
BC-342-N	2037	16133-PHILA-43	Farnsworth (rebuilt as OA-65-A by B&W)
BC-342-N	2517	4222-PHILA-44	CFN (Farnsworth for Navy)
BC-342-N	2837	10651-PHILA-44	Farnsworth (Ebay)

These first two are curtesy of http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/bapix/ (used with permission)

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Last modified: August 15, 2006.