RESTRICTED SECTION DESCRIPTION OF RADIO RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER BC—474—A* General Radio Receiver and Transmitter BC-474—A (figs. 1 and 2), a component of Radio Set SCR-288, is a portable amplitude-modulated transmitter and receiver. It transmits and receives both voice- modulated (phone) and c-w (continuous-wave) signals. 2. Transmitter a. USE. Radio Transmitter BC—474—A is used for ground operation. b. FREQUENCY RANGE. The 3-tube transmitter is designed to operate within the frequency range of 3,500 to 6,300 ke (kilocycles). c. OPERATING RANGE. The operating range is 15 miles for c-w operation and 8 miles for voice-modulated operation. d. POWER INPUT. Power is furnished by hand-operated Generator GN—44—A which sup- plies 290 volts de (direct current) to the plate circuits and 6.6 volts dc to the heater circuits. e. POWER OUTPUT.
DesignationTM 11-4006
EditionMar 1944
StatusSuperseded
Pages52
FunctionComms Signal
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)