RESTRICTED SECTION DESCRIPTION OF RADIO RECEIVER AND LOOP ROTATORS BC-—470-D AND -F* I. General a. USE. Radio Receiver and Loop Rotators BC-470-D and are components of a portable direction finder for ground use. They use a loop antenna, rod antenna, and nine tubes in a super- heterodyne circuit. Amplitude-modulated (a-m) and continuous waves can be received, using either manual or automatic gain control. b. DESIGNATION. Official nomenclature fol- lowed by the symbol (*) indicates all models of the item of equipment included in this Techni- cal Manual. Thus Radio Receivers and Loop Rotators BC-—470-(*) represents Radio Re- ceivers and Loop Rotators BC-470-D and BC-470-F. c. FREQUENCY RANGE. The frequency range is 200 to 18,000 kilocycles (ke) and is covered in eight continuous bands. d. INPUT CIRCUIT. The input circuit consists of a balanced loop antenna and a sectional rod antenna.
DesignationTM 11-4014
EditionMay 1945
StatusSuperseded
Pages66
FunctionComms Signal
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)