GE Y7010

[SmileySixguns]

I was on vacation recently and found these in a “fleatique” store. Everything looked to be in order, the box is in excellent condition, and it even has a pair of manuals inside. I don’t think they were ever used.

I decided to try them out. Each one uses 8 AA batteries. The antennas, when extended, are about 5 feet long. They only operate on channel 11. There was a lot of stupid chatter on the night we tried testing them, and since they have no squelch capability, it made it very difficult for us to hear each other. The very best we could do and still understand each other was about 1500’ apart. It’s cool that they still work, but it would be much cooler if we could use them a little bit better.

 

[W9WSS]

Those look like they came out of the 1960's. I had similar units and if you're getting 1500' consider yourself lucky. They're battery eaters, so make sure you shut them off after whatever brief use you deploy them for.

Don't feel bad. My first pair of CB walkie-talkies were Knight Kit C-100s. They would go maybe a block between units, however, if any CB'er was on in the area, no matter what channel they were transmitting on, I heard them like they were next door to me. The C-100s were also on CB channel 11.