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injunear

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Do you remember your first radio, back in the late 70's mine was a radio shack mini 23 with a 104" on a pinto
 

It was a wal mart brand road master combo for $49.00
It came with a cb radio and one of those cheap mag mount antennas. Kept it for a very short time then bought a midland compact size radio with a k40.
 
Realistic Trc 9 ( 3 channel ) with a power supply an 1/4 wave ground plane 1972 I'd sit outside in a shed in the winter with no heat my parents thought I was crazy . I believe my number was KMA-5280
 
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A little Midland from WalMart including the stick-on center loaded antenna. It would talk a little, but what I remember most is it would let you know when you were near a powerline. Graduated to Cobra 25's '94-ish.
 
General Radiotelephone 6 channel CB and a 1/4 wave gp. Then I came into the 70's with a Lafayette Comstat 25B, AS Super Mag for base and the same tube radio mobile with a 102" white fiberglass whip.
 
Realistic TRC 30 (not a 30A!) and the quarter-wave ground plane base antenna.

Took me all summer working 2 paper routes to save up the money for it.

Signed on as KYR-4486 on Sept. 13 1975. Been OTA ever since.
 
A Radio Shack 23 chanel with a Radio Shack mag mount, Power Mic was a Turnner with that dam 7 Volt battery. Bought it out of the news paper in 1980-81 ? from a guy That I would talk to up to last year. R.I.P. King Pin from southern New Jersey. Might be the best 35.00 dollars I ever spent. And the Greatest person I ever talked to on the radio.
 

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