B&W 370

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

B&W 370

Description

SSB Receiving Adapter

Category

Other

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Barker & Williamson

Date made

1955 - 1957

Valuations

Value

$131.50

General Notes

Note

QST, Aug 1955, p. 121. QST, Sep 1955, p. 151. Walter Ashe catalog 1957 (probably issued in 1956), p. 3. Still available as new-old-stock: CQ, Feb 1963, p. 98. Barker & Williamson's model 370 receiving adapter delivered selectable sideband SSB or AM as well as single-signal CW reception with its 17-20kHz toroidal IF filter. It resembled the selectable sideband adapters from the 1940s, before the advent of amateur SSB activity, more than it did the side-band adapters of the 1950s. The 370 could be used with a receiver having an IF of 450 to 500 kHz. Its Gating control provided vernier tuning of the adapter's passband.