Got an urge for a classic rig - SBE console II

[n7lrg]

Found this on EBAY, no scratches, original desk mic. The seller was great and helped me through an issue with the mod switch on the front. The mod adds most channels above 23 up to 40. I get great audio reports. I remember these as a kid. I read these were built in the late '60's early '70's.

 

[dispatch235]

One of my mentors back in the early years ran one of these with a 8 element home made quad beam... he lived on a small lot close to a highway going through town and when he cranked up the tower and turned the beam it literally hung out over the highway. I remember many nights at his little shop out back making contacts via groundwave to people in states a couple hundred miles out just on what power the radio put out. His radio had 3 switches, it went up above channel 40 and below channel 1 several channels, above 40 we used sideband, and below 1 was usually am.

 

[danesgs]

The good ole days of CB in the 70's. chatting with locals at Andrews AFB or truckers on the road to and fro. There was much more decorum back then on the air for the most part and even though we all had "handles" we did not talk over each other or spout political nonsense or racist crap. Times have definitely changed. Too bad.

 

[n7lrg]

We have a group that meets every evening on 33LSB. No profanity allowed. We've gained participants who have listened over time and pop in once in awhile. It's mostly old timers like me but there are younger ones and it's fun listening to their experiences with the hobby.

 

[KB4MSZ]

No profanity allowed.

Please post in full detail how you accomplished this.

 

[AxelsHumanDad]

That is a nice radio.
I had a SBE Land Command 40 channel SSB base with extra channels added. Really liked that radio, always got positive comments on how great the audio sounded.

 

[n7lrg]

Please post in full detail how you accomplished this.

Well it's just that our group are all older folks, some are hams like me. Our discussion topics are fun, informative, technical etc. There are two who are currently studying for their ticket so mentoring and sharing info takes place. Command of the English language to describe something keeps interest instead of using the F-bomb every other sentence. We grew up with CB as kids (I'm 59 now) and CB has always been an environment that you could have children around. Noted once in a great while some idiot will drop in to cause trouble but the key is not to acknowledge them and they go away in search of someone who will feed their need for de-constructive behavior on the air.