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Rarest cb / export you’ve owned
- Thread starter Big Kahuna
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I had a Hallicrafters CB-3 when I was a kid (I'm old now - close to 50) that my grandpa gave me. He had a mic on it which looked like a d104, but it did not have the PTT - someone added a separate pushbutton switch for PTT lol - something someone had rigged up long before my time. Anyway, the thing worked and it was cool as hell. Rare just because it was so old, even when I had it in the 80's.
Here is my old post.Where's all the photos??
Rarest cb / export you’ve owned
Samson tube-type base station. Made by Demco, they say. 73 My dad gave me his complete Demco Satellite model CB-1A 5-piece system: T110-A transmitter, R101-A receiver, VM-12-120 power modulator, M-10 SWR meter, R-102 speaker. (same as the SAMPSON that Nomad has). Dad bought it new in '65 (I...
Did anyone know that GM had a base station?
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I'm sure it was a scary day for the other manufacturers when they did that. "Oh, no! GM's showing off their Johnson!"Did anyone know that GM had a base station?
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Thanks, and yes, they were great rigs back in the heyday! Well this one does look nice, and werks great --- but the clock mech (which would be out-of-frame) is totally missing. I took it out to repair it, and then it mysteriously 'disappeared'. The 13-898B was my first "real plug-in" base station rig. I had a PAL model "E" VFO and Turner +3 hooked up to it (not this same one), and even talked to Australia on 12W PEP.
I had a lot of fun with that thing.
Well, I can't say that my projects sometimes end up missing parts, bad management on my part. I start, get interested in something else and nothings where I put it, or where I thought it was.
My first base was a 79-892 mobile with a power supply and stock mic as the clarifier was built into the mic. Talked all over the world on 12 watts. Late 70's to early 80's. Fun times
I know I submitted one radio (SBE SIDEBANDER III) many posts ago, but here's another one - An MRC-458 portable, battery powered AM/SSB
It probably wasn't that rare, but I never saw the same model again. It was a Sears Roadtalker 40, that basically was built on the Cobra 29/Uniden PC76 chassis/board. I successfully installed a 40up/down channel kit, echo board, and talkback in it for the Cobra/Uniden radios. Was decent.
Oh, and there's the little 2 channel HT that my dad had a pair of when I was a kid. I was able to find a pair like it on ebay a while back. The speaker is also the mic. They have a front red PTT, A/B switch, volume and squelch on the left side, a call button, battery LED, telescopic antenna, metal belt clip, and run on 2 N cells.