[BC] AM Radio Kit

[Mark Garrett]

I have one of the early units.  It has no bottom.  Just do not set it 
on anything condutive or you can catch on fire.  It still works but a 
little hummy due to dried out caps.  I think they started putting 
bottoms on them in the late 50's.


I bet a lot of kids learned a lot about electricity with one of these 
units ( and their little brothers as well).


Mark Garrett, KA9SZX
ka9szx at hotmail.com

From:  Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com>
 >------ At 01:39 PM 2/6/2006, Rob Atkinson wrote: -------
 >
 >>The chassis consisted of a single piece of stamped steel in the
 >>shape of an upside down U with flanges on the ends.  It was a U
 >>when viewed from the sides.  i.e. there were front and rear panels,
 >>with the tubes on top, but no bottom and no sides.  so the
 >>components and 120 v. were all exposed underneith.
 >
 >Mine must have been a later mode. It had another U shaped piece that
 >formed the bottom and sides. No matter which it was, the chassis was
 >potentially at 120v in the days before polarized plugs. I finally
 >bought a cheap voltmeter to check before I connected anything else
 >to it.
 >
 >>no company would ever sell this thing to kids today in a million
 >>years.
 >
 >If they did, they'd have line cords with dozens of warning labels.
 >Look at hair dryers today. Labels tell you not to use the device
 >while in the bathtub.