FenderGuy1 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPDEN Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Do they work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfox14 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Breaker, breaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinner 13 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor? Breaker, Breaker Rubber Duck I think we got a convoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69tele Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 before mobile phones were out we use to have those to communicate hell we didnt even a have a house phone for several years due to shortage of lines. they where somerkamps I believe sim to this. with the home base unit you could hear the truckers in the states on a good day ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I actually even had a tube version I used as a home base unit with a nice outside antenna. You can still get the things if you want one. They're a lot less expensive in adjusted dollars than they were in the '70s, too. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxom Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Breaker, Breaker Rubber Duck I think we got a convoy! Come on join our convoy, ain't nothin gonna get in our way! I love that song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor? Dont call me shirley :) But seriously I used to have one of those.. a really fun and annoying thing to do was if you happened to be situated between two people having a conversation you could block out the signal as yours would be stronger.. haha, it used to annoy people alot but I was young (13 at the time). I also had a roger bleep that annoyed people too.. for those that dont know its a bleeping sound to signify that you have let go of the mic button.. but you could get custom ones made which I did. Ahh they were much simpler days :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredD Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I actually even had a tube version I used as a home base unit with a nice outside antenna. You can still get the things if you want one. They're a lot less expensive in adjusted dollars than they were in the '70s, too. m Just interested... What was the make of the valve CB radio milod ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest farnsbarns Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I had a friend who was into CB when I was about 15. I very quickly realised that (In the UK at least) having one put you in touch with a few hundred idiots who had nothing to talk about except the CB radios they were using for the talking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I can't remember exactly what the old CB was - I think it was a Heathkit, but it was back in the late 60s or early 70s.... so I'm not at all sure. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPDEN Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 As a Ham Radio operator, I'd be interested if you found an old pair of Collins transmitters and receivers... Then we'd be talking!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenderGuy1 Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 they worked last time i checked, i want to get power cords soldered to them, so i can plug them in and plug em into a amp or a stereo for a little PA or maybe a extended speaker, put the antenna in the plug for the antenna and tune in the antenna then talk to other randoms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teer Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Can you or the radios play the guitar? This is a guitar forum right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Can you or the radios play the guitar? This is a guitar forum right? I guess so, but it can relate anything back to music and audio. Its a lot better then TV's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenderGuy1 Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 the radios have a ext. speaker out and a PA out inputs on the back and i wanted to test that function on them to see if it worked, i have not got a battery to test it on right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPDEN Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Can you or the radios play the guitar? This is a guitar forum right? Tube radios I mentioned have a tie in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teer Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I bet the radios play music better.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BT Bob Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I had a friend who was into CB when I was about 15. I very quickly realised that (In the UK at least) having one put you in touch with a few hundred idiots who had nothing to talk about except the CB radios they were using for the talking. Before they were legalised in the (would have been around '81-'82?) I had an illegal AM one in my car and got busted for it. Luckily, I escaped with a confiscation order. It was actually pretty cool at that time as the people using them were enthusiasts. Then they legalised the FM ones and it turned to chaos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredD Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I can't remember exactly what the old CB was - I think it was a Heathkit, but it was back in the late 60s or early 70s.... so I'm not at all sure. m Might I respectfully suggest mlod, that you memory may be playing tricks with you ? I have been involved with RF communications (as a licensed radio amateur) since 1959. I have no recall of a valve based citizens band radio ever having been produced. As an old man, and a stroke victim, my memory may be playing tricks on me !! So please forgive me if I missed something back in the day !! Kind regards, F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 The guy I got them from was an EE - heaven knows what he may have done or exactly what company. Heck, that's well over 40 years ago for me, too. <grin> And my memory may also be playing tricks. I think there also often are different products in the US. I'm not sure whether CB frequencies were available as early in the UK as in the US. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aster1 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I remember all my road racing friends traveling to Elkhart Lake track having me tune up their CB's. They all had, best I recollect, been de-tuned to 4 watts as legal limit. Didn't take much to tune the peaking coil on the output to about 8-9 watts and they really could get out & talk on the road traveling. Then out came the "linear amps" and best I remember, about 50+ watts. You really had to be careful with those babies cuz if caught, even with running 8watts, you're busted. Tuned the SWR (Standing Wave Ratio) on many a CB antenna back in those days. Don't know how I remembered any of that stuff, but it just came back when I read this post. Thanks for the memory lane. Life was pretty dang good then for sure. Aster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aster1 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Thinking about it, I believe Milod is right on the Heathkit & Tube type CB base stations. Here's one that I found that I believe is a Tram. Think a company called Browning or something like that may have had them too? Too long ago, but good excersise for the gray matter. Aster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredD Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Well Milod, I should not have questioned your memory playing tricks ! Indeed it was mine that was missfunctioning ! The Heathkit GW42 is a very rare model in the Heathkit range, made/sold in the early 1960s. Around that time I bought and built a Heathkit AF Signal Generator kit, which was a valve circuit, and was using it to do my first experimenting with 'Music Concret' (Early Electronic Music). I recorded various frequencies onto quater inch tape, using a Ferrograph reel to reel tape machine, then cut and spliced different lengths and 'notes' together. The result was then 'multitracked' using a second tape machine, and various analogue effects added. Shades of the early BBC Radiophonic Workshop ! Any way I digress, here is a man who recently found an old Heathkit GW42 : Kind reards, F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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