Radio Receiver BC-224-E

Radio Receiver BC-224-E:  Aircraft receiver

• covering long - and shortwaves in six bands
  • 0.2 - 0.5 MHz
  • 1.5 - 3.5 MHz
  • 3.5 - 6.0 MHz
  • 6.0 - 9.5 MHz
  • 9.5 - 13.5 MHz
  • 13.5 - 18 MHz
• modes
  • AM (A3)
  • CW (A1, with BFO)
• powered by 14 V DC from aircraft on-board power system.

The successor of the original BC-224-B came with a modified frequency coverage, the 200 - 500 kHz longwave / beacon band was added and the shortwave coverage was compressed into five bands.

The included original power supply was the DM-24 dynamotor supply and the shock mount the matching FT-154-(*).

The RCA (Radio Corporation of America) produced the BC-224-E receivers from around 1940.

It was followed by the technically identical variant BC-224-G also made by RCA under contract and by the technically identical variant BC-224-H also made by RCA.

The Belmont Radio Corp. produced the variant BC-224-F with the output tube modified to a 6K6 under contract 634-WFSCPD-42, and the technically identical variant BC-224-K also was produced by Belmont Radio Corp.

Some models of BC-224-C were refurbished by Belmont Radio Corp. in 1943, and the 200 - 500 kHz longwave band was added.  These sets were labeled BC-224-L.

Produced in even bigger numbers were the very successful 28V DC versions of these receivers, the BC-348 receiver series, from BC-224 and BC-348 variants.  A total of over 100 000 sets were made.

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