RidingDownUnder
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As rare as hens teeth here in Australia, I came across a video of a M CB radio back from the 70’s.
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If Motorola made a CB radio, what would it look like.
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my parents had a motorola service shop for nearly 40 years, we used to have several of those. up until cell phones got super cheap to use we would use them when taking multiple vehicles on vacations. had mag mount antennas and cigarette lighter plug adapters for them so we could move them around easily.
I.think a lot of these Motorola CBs were in police cars back in the day.
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I have a freind who worked in final test of the mobiles and he had a secret paint dot for the boxes that held radios that were exceeding power and sensitivity specs.
In the mid 70s until about 1981 I worked at a CB/car stereo shop as an installer, repair tech and eventually a store manager and we sold the Motorola line of CBs. The first models were MOCAT made in Schaumberg, IL alongside the commercial/police radios including AM and SSB models and later they imported AM and SSB models from Japan as the system 500 series.
All were top quality and had very good performance. I still have two MOCAT AM CBs in perfect working condition.
All were top quality and had very good performance. I still have two MOCAT AM CBs in perfect working condition.
ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
These were sort of common in the US in the 70s.
My mom worked for Motorola and had the opportunity to buy one through employee sales. She said at the time, CB radios had no purpose.
She was ultimately right.
She was ultimately right.
They're not that rare here and pop up on Ebay quite often although they still fetch a high price. Here's a link to a non-SSB version currently for sale: Motorola CB Radio Base Station T4025A CB1136 With Original Mic Vintage | eBay
I've got a 4020 and a 4022 MOCAT. One is the version sold to consumers and the other was sold to public safety.
I've got a 4020 and a 4022 MOCAT. One is the version sold to consumers and the other was sold to public safety.
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If anyone has a CB555 for parts, I need 5 of the small front panel knobs. My guess is that a little one figured out that they come off many years ago, went to get it out and found them missing. This unit has the best extender (noise blanker) of any CB I have used.
I still have a Mocat 40 I bought used a number of years ago but the mic cord is starting to turn to goo. Still works well otherwise.
I would like to see a scanner!!
RidingDownUnder
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I can just remember I think these were or a similar model were used in taxi cabs in the 70’s in Australia. I remember I always pestered the cab drivers to let me speak back to base and they were always accomodating. But I went mic shy. The base op sounded like Mick Dundee from Crocodile Dundee. Crikey roger that.
These were sort of common in the US in the 70s.
‘’115 to the 101, 2 passengers from Parramatta to the city do I have any calls.’’ Then you hear all this heterodyne.
Then base would say, ‘’OK, OK, 1 at a time. You all sound like a gang of kangaroos at a watering hole.’’
That’s how they gave out there jobs back then.
Maybe that’s what inspired me to get my ham license. Lol.
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I remember I think it was the Uniden Pro 640e when it came out in Australia the ACA (FCC) back then found out it was transmitting a couple of watts high of regulations. So Uniden had to pull them from the stores and retune the PA stage back to ‘below’ 12w pep SSB instead of about 14w then restock them.
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