[Milsurplus] BC-221-xx v. LM-xx Questions

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Mike has a good point about the workbench footprint but John has a good one 
about the missing cal books.  I also have several 74028's, most of which have 
no book.  The best of both worlds is to do the TS-164/AR conversion.  The 
CY-182 case has about the same footprint and height as the 74028.  And although the 
set was intended (like about 1/3 of the LM models) to be powered from an 
adjacent radio, there's nothing preventing you from putting a temporary jumper 
across the resistors and running it off of an RA-133 sitting behind, beside or on 
top.

In a message dated 7/19/2007 4:38:20 PM Central Daylight Time, jfor at quik.com 
writes: 
> >The LM-* units are smaller, not having that big heavy wooden or metal box 
> wrapped around it like the BC-221 has.  The calibration book fits more 
> compactly to the LM-*, without the heavy panel-door mounted contraption that the 
> BC-221 uses.
> 
> The BC-221 books, being attached, are lost far less often than the LM-xx 
> ones. I have 4 or 5 LMs w/o books, making them less useful and less collectible.

Robert Downs - Houston
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