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For all you CB old timers!
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Thanks for posting that. We had a Johnson Messenger 223 base and my dad had a Pace 2300 mobile. I have them in my shack somewhere I think.
Token
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A quick cruise through that brings back a lot of memories of stuff I have owned at one time or another, and some stuff I still have. Not going to bother listing the stuff I used to have, only the stuff I still have today.
Page 1, Tram Corsair and Browning Golden Eagle Mk II, still got them, still working.
Page 3, Johnson Messenger 223 and 323, still got them both worked last I checked, but that was years ago.
Page 4, Messenger 124, I have one but it was sold rebadged under another name, I don't recall what it was off the top of my head, still worked last I knew.
Page 6, Lafayette 525, still got it.
Page 21, Avanti Moonraker 4, I have several of those here dismantled, none in the air.
Page 24, Phantom 500, I still have one squirreled away, although the relay is bad.
Page 26, Palomar 150 Watt Bi-Amp, still got one, no idea if it works or not, don't think I have ever turned it on since taking it in trade.
Page 27, microphones. Turner Plus Three, +2, and 454X. Various Astetic D-104's of differing flavors.
Last page, Tram Titan II, although mine is pretty much a basket case. Maybe one day I will restore it.
Nice catalogue, thanks for posting it.
T!
Page 1, Tram Corsair and Browning Golden Eagle Mk II, still got them, still working.
Page 3, Johnson Messenger 223 and 323, still got them both worked last I checked, but that was years ago.
Page 4, Messenger 124, I have one but it was sold rebadged under another name, I don't recall what it was off the top of my head, still worked last I knew.
Page 6, Lafayette 525, still got it.
Page 21, Avanti Moonraker 4, I have several of those here dismantled, none in the air.
Page 24, Phantom 500, I still have one squirreled away, although the relay is bad.
Page 26, Palomar 150 Watt Bi-Amp, still got one, no idea if it works or not, don't think I have ever turned it on since taking it in trade.
Page 27, microphones. Turner Plus Three, +2, and 454X. Various Astetic D-104's of differing flavors.
Last page, Tram Titan II, although mine is pretty much a basket case. Maybe one day I will restore it.
Nice catalogue, thanks for posting it.
T!
wa2sqq
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Lol, I had a 102" whip on my 20" sting ray bike!
jhooten
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Okay, how many of you have ever been in one of their stores?
Thanks for posting, I feel young again! 
Hello Nob SQQ: Yeah that hit the spot, for this old timer.
I use to get Layfaette, Allied, and a few other catalogs to droll over. It was a important part of life at 15 years old. Knowing there was a better way that a old car battery and battery charger on the floor eating out the carpet, with a 102 inch whip antenna held up with a broom stick. The Gonset G11 has 4 hole channels, that Dad traded his bowling ball for.
Thanks again
Jay in the Mojave
I use to get Layfaette, Allied, and a few other catalogs to droll over. It was a important part of life at 15 years old. Knowing there was a better way that a old car battery and battery charger on the floor eating out the carpet, with a 102 inch whip antenna held up with a broom stick. The Gonset G11 has 4 hole channels, that Dad traded his bowling ball for.
Thanks again
Jay in the Mojave
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I was in the Phoenix store in 1974 around Christmas when we went to visit relatives and attend the first Fiesta Bowl. I was in college at Oklahoma State which played Brigham Young in that game.
At that time, I was using a Pace 2300, as featured on page 9. I later got into SSB with another Pace that was stolen from the car and replaced with a Midland. I never went 40-channel.
My next time in Phoenix was moving there to work in 1987 and Henshaw's was long gone, along with the CB boom. I transferred my radio interests over to ham and spent a lot of time at HRO.
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RC286
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I may not be an old timer, but it was neat to see my CLR-2 in there.
Running that antenna off of a Midland 79-892
Running that antenna off of a Midland 79-892
CyberWarrior
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I loved my Lafayette Comstat 25B,it was a tube unit for base use.
Lafayette used a very effective system in their audio side.
It was called Range Boost, and I think it was an early type of speech processor.
That radio was my workhorse,I remember selling it at a coffee break in NJ.
Lafayette used a very effective system in their audio side.
It was called Range Boost, and I think it was an early type of speech processor.
That radio was my workhorse,I remember selling it at a coffee break in NJ.
K5MPH
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Wow thanks for the link,i remember those days ......
WA2E
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First rig was a Globe President VIIII then had a Johnson Messenger II. When I started working bought a Johnson 223 for the house and Johnson 323 for mobile. When I was in H.S. I used to walk a mile to the Lafayette store in Plainfield, NJ. After I had a driver's license I primarily used a family owned business in Fords NJ called Mark Radio. That's where I bought the 223 and 323. This was circa '66 to
'75. I was out of CB just before 40 channel rigs came out. Then the bug bit in '85 and I got my amateur license.
Mike
'75. I was out of CB just before 40 channel rigs came out. Then the bug bit in '85 and I got my amateur license.
Mike
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I had the Comstat 25 which came out in 1966!! It had the 2 extra "HELP" channels which very few CBers had access to. Was amazing to have those almost totally clear channels for working skip!!!
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