My CB license call sign was KCL (Kentucky Corn Liquor)5332 issued in 1969. It expired and I was reissued KBAR1923 in 1977.
My first base station was a Black Face Johnson that had been "strapped" and had the rectifier tube replaced by a solid state diode bridge. I used an external crystal box and a PAL VFO, a Demco Power Modulator, and Western Electric #530B desk Mike. This drove a Contex 500 linear. I had 2 antennas: A Starduster omni, and a Hy-Gain 3-element beam. I ran this from my farm in Northern Indiana. Back then there was a lot less traffic on the band, and I could talk skip to the west coast almost every day. Got me hooked.
My first mobile was a Squire-Sanders 23er. It had an Astatic D104M mike, and drove a Contex 200M mobile tube amp. I ran a set of co-phased Hustler "trucker twins" mounted behind the cab of my '64 Chevy El Camino.
At night, on the beam, I could easily talk to stations in Indianapolis which was about 50 miles away. Like the man said, " The good old days...".
My Handle: Flyin' Tiger/399
- 399
My first base station was a Black Face Johnson that had been "strapped" and had the rectifier tube replaced by a solid state diode bridge. I used an external crystal box and a PAL VFO, a Demco Power Modulator, and Western Electric #530B desk Mike. This drove a Contex 500 linear. I had 2 antennas: A Starduster omni, and a Hy-Gain 3-element beam. I ran this from my farm in Northern Indiana. Back then there was a lot less traffic on the band, and I could talk skip to the west coast almost every day. Got me hooked.
My first mobile was a Squire-Sanders 23er. It had an Astatic D104M mike, and drove a Contex 200M mobile tube amp. I ran a set of co-phased Hustler "trucker twins" mounted behind the cab of my '64 Chevy El Camino.
At night, on the beam, I could easily talk to stations in Indianapolis which was about 50 miles away. Like the man said, " The good old days...".
My Handle: Flyin' Tiger/399
- 399