{"id":11979,"date":"2015-01-13T12:52:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T16:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=11979"},"modified":"2015-01-13T12:53:04","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T16:53:04","slug":"want-a-new-in-box-signal-corps-bc-454-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/want-a-new-in-box-signal-corps-bc-454-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Want a “new in box” Signal Corps BC-454-B?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BC-454-B\"<\/a>My buddy, Eric (WD8RIF) noticed a rather unique find on eBay<\/a> this morning: a “new in box” Signal Corps Western Electric BC-454-B receiver. While BC-454-Bs are far from rare, it is certainly a treat to find one with its original box and in mint condition.<\/p>\n

I have no plans to bid on this unit–I’m sure the ending bid will be a little too rich for me–but it will be fun to see how high the price climbs. Some day, I hope to acquire a functioning BC-454 of my own. (Santa…are you listening?)<\/p>\n

Click here to view on eBay<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My buddy, Eric (WD8RIF) noticed a rather unique find on eBay this morning: a “new in box” Signal Corps Western Electric BC-454-B receiver. While BC-454-Bs are far from rare, it is certainly a treat to find one with its original box and in mint condition. I have no plans to bid on this unit–I’m sure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1271,3,26,43],"tags":[3528,331,3529],"class_list":["post-11979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boat-anchors-2","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bc-454-b","tag-ebay","tag-signal-corps"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-37d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17858,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/us-signal-corps-horseback-mobile\/","url_meta":{"origin":11979,"position":0},"title":"US Signal Corps: Horseback mobile","author":"Thomas","date":"March 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, I stumbled upon this 1940 photograph of the US Army Signal Corps communicating via radio in the field. 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