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Hey all, I have received more classic radio gear after my parents visited family for Thanksgiving.

I have received an E.F. Johnson Viking Messenger CB of early 60's vintage, an E.F. Johnson CB of slightly later vintage late 60's possible early 70's, a CDE antenna rotor control, an Echo swr/power moldulation tester, a second Astatic desk mic, a Turner desk mic, a code key with an Ameco Code Practice Oscillator, and various cables and crystals.

Probably on Monday, I will bring the camera over from my parents house, and get some pictures to post.
 
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DieselFF918 said:
Hey all, I have received more classic radio gear after my parents visited family for Thanksgiving.

I have received an E.F. Johnson Viking Messenger CB of early 60's vintage, an E.F. Johnson CB of slightly later vintage late 60's possible early 70's, a CDE antenna rotor control, an Echo swr/power moldulation tester, a second Astatic desk mic, a Turner desk mic, a code key with an Ameco Code Practice Oscillator, and various cables and crystals.

Probably on Monday, I will bring the camera over from my parents house, and get some pictures to post.
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I recall the Turner Mic when I was involved in CB's back in the 70's.

What is the name of the mic that is round about 3.5-4 or so inches in diameter with a wire mess front?
That's the type mic. this guy that was running that 1K Watt linear with his system used.
 
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I now have 2 D-104 mics, only problem is, one stand doesnt have a connector on the end of the cord, and the one that does, doesnt even register on the pwr meter on my base unit when I key it.

So I have to do some investigating, to see whether the problem is in the mic or in the base unit.
 
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Hey all, I finally got a couple of pics of my CB collection.

The first pic from left to right: E.F. Johnson Viking Messenger 1 on bottom, Viking Messenger 3 on top, Cobra 78x mobile, Cobra 26 mobile, Sonar linear amp on bottom, Black Cat amp on top, Cobra 142GTL base, Echo SWR power & modulation tester on bottom, Lykes swr bridge on top.

Mics: back left Astatic D-104 on a T-UG9 stand, back right Astatic D-104 on a G-stand, center in front Turner 254 desk mic, front left original Viking Messenger mic.

The second pic: code practice key with Ameco oscillator on left, CDE antenna rotor control on right.
 

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That straight key is a very common Speed-X, cheap and dirty so there are many in use. The Ameco CPO was great for practicing Morse code, I have a transistor version kicking around somewhere. Now put that Astatic "banana mic" on the Messenger 1 where it belongs, those Turner mobile crystal mics can be used for other tube type rigs. Hmmm, that Turner 254 sure brings back memories (as if the whole collection doesn't) and for whatever it's worth all those Turners came with crystal cartridges or if ceramic the suffix would be C as in the classic 254C.

Now I wouldn't be a true blue ham if I don't tell you to squirrel those amps away and never use one. I'll bet that Black Cat is dirty as hell but I'll let you in on a secret, the Sonar and Courier amps of the day were very clean and distortion free when properly tuned. DC input to the tubes was around 80-90W which gave something like 30-40W RF output, not so much as to attract attention unless turned on and off so we left them on full time. (;->) So why do I rant against "leenyars"? The reason is simple, even a few early tube amps were QRM and RFI boxes, then today's "pill boxes" made in the back room of a truck stop are the worst of all. A good operator is a Boy Scout, always considerate of others.

Eh, I was a Girl Scout. I scouted for girls and always came prepared. (;->)
 
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