This is the second in a series of videos covering the repair and restoration of a WW2-era SCR-284 radio set. In this video, I complete the receiver section of the Crosley BC-654 restoration, and demonstrate the receiver in operation on an amateur radio band. This process includes cleaning, fabrication of a WW2 reproduction battery pack, circuit checks, capacitor replacement and restuffing, speaker repairs, and testing using on-air ham radio CW (Morse code) transmissions.

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See https://github.com/wartimeworkshop/BC... for dimensions and decals from the BA-43 reproduction.

CORRECTIONS (thanks to those who comment and help us all learn something new!):
7/1/2020 - The wax on Battery BA-43 is over the label; it seems the blob of material covered by the label in the reference photo is not wax. I intend to fix this in a future revision. Correction credit: John
7/1/2020 - The driver in the LS-7 shown is not correct. The real driver should have an impedance matching transformer; this model of BC-654 expects a 4000Ω speaker. It will be apparent in the future if there is any damage due to the much lower impedance used here, but I suspect all is well. Future testing will use an appropriately matched load, and I will be sure to update if I obtain a proper, original LS-7 driver. Correction credit: Cheif Santana
7/8/2020 - While I've never heard any horror stories about these particular caps, I've decided to replace the electrolytics in the receiver (2-C-42 through 2-C-45). There are only four, and they are relatively small. This will be addressed in a future video.

Special thanks to these sites:
K4CHE's Website - http://www.k4che.com/SCR-284/SCR-284%...
N6CC's Website - https://www.n6cc.com/scr-284-radio-set
G503 Military Vehicle Forum - https://forums.g503.com/
Radionerds SCR-284 entry - https://radionerds.com/index.php/SCR-284
Scanned user manuals - http://www.radiomanual.info/
MicaMold capacitor restuffing instructions - https://antiqueradios.com/forums/view...
World Radio History (source for MicaMold ad) - https://worldradiohistory.com/
Carl's M37 Website - https://web.archive.org/web/202105132...
[EDIT: Carl has updated his website to include a reference to the channel. Thank you so much, Carl, for your kind words and involvement in the community!]

00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Power Supply Concepts
01:47 - Battery BA-43 Reproduction
11:36 - Capacitor Repairs
13:56 - Loudspeaker LS-7 Repair
15:40 - Receiver Testing
16:31 - Acknowledgements and Closing Remarks

Made in 2020 by Wartime Workshop.