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guitar_199

guitar_199

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late afternoon yesterday, searching for "CB RADIO" on the marketplace... an ad only 16 minutes old popped up showing 2 pictures of a ton of gear (several tubs with mobile radios, antennas, meters) and a small table with several radios on it..... all for $50. I made contact and she said it had to be picked up at her home. She said the first one to tell her that they were "on the way"... locks it. I made sure that was me.
It was an hour and 15 mins away on the other side of town.

Turns out it was a cleanout of her dad's house. None of them are into radio ... and they didn't care. They just needed it gone ... and they picked $50 as the number.

Cobra 21(23ch),
Cobra 29(23ch),
Gemtronix GTX-2300 23ch base(decent appearance),
JC Penney 6247 (4ch/SSB mobile),
Johnson 123A (black),
Midland 13-862B (23 ch mobile),
President Teddy R (40ch),
Realistic TRC-24 (23 ch mobile),
Realistic TRC-48 (23 ch SSB mobile),
Royce 1-600 (23 ch mobile),
SBE Console V (40 ch SSB base),
SBE Trinidad (23 ch AM base),
SBE Trinidad III (40 ch AM base)

Firebird F100/BM amp, Penetrater HB-1000 amp, another amp that just says 606 on the front (not marked with a brand)

PDC 600 SWR/PWR/MOD meter,
Palomar 500 SWR/PWR meter

Colt Z28 scanner,
UNiden RD9XL radar detector (most likely useless!),
CDE Rotor control - XL-1
CDE Rotor control: Ham II/CD44
3 position coax switch,
2 position coax switch (HyGain)

A number of RG/8 jumpers
A number (about 8 or 9) various Turner hand power mics
A couple of crap antennas (best one was a Firestick II but a real short one.. maybe 3 feet)

was the inventory after I got home last night. YEE HAH!!!!!!
 
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guitar_199 said:
late afternoon yesterday, searching for "CB RADIO" on the marketplace... an ad only 16 minutes old popped up showing 2 pictures of a ton of gear (several tubs with mobile radios, antennas, meters) and a small table with several radios on it..... all for $50. I made contact and she said it had to be picked up at her home. She said the first one to tell her that they were "on the way"... locks it. I made sure that was me.
It was an hour and 15 mins away on the other side of town.

Turns out it was a cleanout of her dad's house. None of them are into radio ... and they didn't care. They just needed it gone ... and they picked $50 as the number.

Cobra 21(23ch),
Cobra 29(23ch),
Gemtronix GTX-2300 23ch base(decent appearance),
JC Penney 6247 (4ch/SSB mobile),
Johnson 123A (black),
Midland 13-862B (23 ch mobile),
President Teddy R (40ch),
Realistic TRC-24 (23 ch mobile),
Realistic TRC-48 (23 ch SSB mobile),
Royce 1-600 (23 ch mobile),
SBE Console V (40 ch SSB base),
SBE Trinidad (23 ch AM base),
SBE Trinidad III (40 ch AM base)

Firebird F100/BM amp, Penetrater HB-1000 amp, another amp that just says 606 on the front (not marked with a brand)

PDC 600 SWR/PWR/MOD meter,
Palomar 500 SWR/PWR meter

Colt Z28 scanner,
UNiden RD9XL radar detector (most likely useless!),
CDE Rotor control - XL-1
CDE Rotor control: Ham II/CD44
3 position coax switch,
2 position coax switch (HyGain)

A number of RG/8 jumpers
A number (about 8 or 9) various Turner hand power mics
A couple of crap antennas (best one was a Firestick II but a real short one.. maybe 3 feet)

was the inventory after I got home last night. YEE HAH!!!!!!
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The JC Penny 6247 is a good old radio, worth the $50 alone.
Good Score!

73
Jeff
 
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Have you tried the trc-48 yet? I have a trc-47 that I really like the trc-48 looks the same but with a s meter and more switches.
 
That's a good haul of stuff !! All REALLY old gear though....... I bet there's not a single radio in that pile that doesn't at least need a good cleaning and a recapping.

If it were I, I would keep the JCP 6247, the SBE Console V, the CDE controls, a couple of the Turner mics, and the coax switches and sell all the rest on a best offer basis.........
Oh I might keep the Johnson 123A as well, a classic for sure !
 
AudioShockwav said:
The JC Penny 6247 is a good old radio, worth the $50 alone.
Good Score!

73
Jeff
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I had a 6247 as a kid. Modded for locked clarifier and extra channels. Worked well for 20 years, but was certainly not a power house. Even after being 'peaked' it barely made 10 watts even with a power mike. (On AM it actually put about 8-9 watts if you turned the pot up, but then it modulated backwards)
 
edfiero said:
I had a 6247 as a kid. Modded for locked clarifier and extra channels. Worked well for 20 years, but was certainly not a power house. Even after being 'peaked' it barely made 10 watts even with a power mike. (On AM it actually put about 8-9 watts if you turned the pot up, but then it modulated backwards)
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If I do anything at all with that one it will most likely be to "fix it" if it is broke and align it to spec. This is just a fun hobby for me..... gettin' back to my electronic roots!
 
Enterprise312ok said:
Have you tried the trc-48 yet? I have a trc-47 that I really like the trc-48 looks the same but with a s meter and more switches.
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The 48 is a 23 channel SSB radio. I have not tried it. It did not come with a microphone and (according to the SAMS book) the mic has a remote volume control that works when you punch the "REMOTE" button on the front. It will work with a non-original mic you just can't mash that REMOTE button. At least that is the way I understand it.

But no, I just got it home and stacked it in the garage for now.
 
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BC Coyote said:
That's a good haul of stuff !! All REALLY old gear though....... I bet there's not a single radio in that pile that doesn't at least need a good cleaning and a recapping.

If it were I, I would keep the JCP 6247, the SBE Console V, the CDE controls, a couple of the Turner mics, and the coax switches and sell all the rest on a best offer basis.........
Oh I might keep the Johnson 123A as well, a classic for sure !
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BC, that Console V makes my third one. I have my original which has been recapped but I have been to lazy to align it, I have a spare parts radio that a guy sent me just for covering the shipping. I need to pull it in and put it on the bench and see what shape it is in!

As far as the CDE rotor controls, I doubt seriously I will ever have a tower/beam setup so I don't know what I'd do with them. I guess that if I trip over somebody that needs one we would work on that.

I've always liked the Johnson 123 models. A friend had one back in the late 70's early 80s when I worked at the Johnson Space Center down here.

On the mics, I really need to go grab the crate that I put them all in and just kind of go through them and see what all is there. While there are a number of Turners... I was hoping for an JM+2U and there isn't one. There is an MN+2U which is the same mic wired for relay.... but I have a special reason for wanting the JM model. (my father in law that got me into CB way back in 1975 had a Royce 1-600 with a JM+2U on it. In his honor, I have a 1-600 radio but am on the watch for a JM+2U to put on it..... as I say... just in memory of him!). By rough count, I think there are about 10 or 12 microphones.... a bunch of them are Turner power mics. Might clean them up and put decent cords on them... who knows?

At the moment, I am just counting them all as good restoration projects. That is what I am in this "collecting business" for!!!! :)
 
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