BC-348-Q Receiver Restoration - Initial Inspection And Power Up!

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Published 2024-07-28
Let's power it up and see if it lights up! This is part 1 of a 2 part series involving a complete electrical restoration of a BC-348 WW2 communications receiver. To learn electronics in a very different and effective way, and gain access to Mr Carlson's personal designs and inventions, visit the Mr Carlson's Lab Patreon page here: www.patreon.com/MrCarlsonsLab

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All Comments (21)
  • To learn electronics in a very different and effective way, and gain access to Mr Carlson's personal designs and inventions, visit the Mr Carlson's Lab Patreon page here: www.patreon.com/MrCarlsonsLab
  • @TestTubeBabySpy
    I got into this channel during covid. The long form videos definitely offered distraction and comfort in the middle of all that.
  • @MrPnew1
    Paul is back in the lab - let's rock 😂
  • Very pleased to see this series continued. Hope it is a hit. That Ultra Probe is the most effective piece of troubleshooting gear I have. Thank you for the design.
  • @ronwade2206
    We bought BC-348, strip the black crinkle paint, buff and polish the fronts and knobs and sold them with speakers and solid state power supplies. Good times. 73s from KD7CKT
  • that Carlson ultra probe is one of the most useful tools in electronics i ever saw. Paul, you should ask a big manufacturer to build one professionally for you and sell it.
  • @mikefinn2101
    Hi Paul nice to see you back. Always top notch education and professionalism Very happy to have this opportunity 73s Mike
  • @PeterDyall-bn7ut
    Fantastic to see a resumption of the Grand Receiver restoration series - incredibly interesting content and so educational as well. Looking forward to part 2, and can hardly wait for the day when some of these amazing heavyweights are put to the test and slug it out for the crown! Please could you include the beautiful GE CX371 🙏
  • I was thinking if you had these radios from WW2 bombers at Oshkosh Air show Mr Carlson would be swamped and everyone would want your autograph!!✍️. Snazzy radio. Your test probe design very high quality and high end test equipment. When you mentioned checking ball bearings, I realized you have a piece of test gear that can do mechanical NDT non destruction testing to ASTM or ASME standards. You really smart Mr.Carlson
  • I would LOVE to see a video presentation on the Carlson Ultra Probe.
  • @W1RMD
    Great! Thanks, and I'd like to see more of the Ultra Probe. Always great to see a new video of yours. Take care.
  • @xJAWAx
    I would love to see a dedicated ultra probe video
  • Very interesting. Two of my interest, aviation (incensed pilot)and electronics ( a degree in electronics and a former avionics bench tech for King Radio).
  • @darrenbird2526
    I have the BC-624-A, I hope they're similar, it's complete and I've never tried to power it up....I'm a bit excited, surely they're similar.... Thanks for all the time you put into your videos, it's much appreciated and I'm proud to be a Patron, so, so many benefits! Cheers, Darren
  • @michaelcalvin42
    I would definitely love to see a dedicated video on your ultra probe. It might be fun to compare it to the super probe in that video too, so we can also see how much more sensitive the ultra probe is.
  • @terry5089
    Thanks for getting back to the BC-348Q. I'm excited to watch the next episode when it comes out. Time to get out my radio, dust it off, and fire it up.😀
  • Its so weird hearing hunarian speech coming out of that radio! maybe its lost in spirit somewhere above our land.
  • @peterdalton4370
    Dear Paul, I recently picked up a BC-243N receiver which was not designed to fly (lifting the receiver can give you a hernia) it seems to be the US Army version of the BC-24X range. The performance of these 1940's receivers in the AM mode is hard to beat, I have nothing that comes close to it's short wave performance on AM . It's a joy to listen to.