Saw this oldie in one of the display cases at the old Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield this past weekend.
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Saw this oldie in one of the display cases at the old Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield this past weekend.
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That's a Channel Master 6423, bunches of them for sale on ebay, I had a GE 7020A that resembled it somewhat.
That's a Channel Master 6423, bunches of them for sale on ebay, I had a GE 7020A that resembled it somewhat.
These were the first walkie talkies that got me into CB. Far before the truckers took over the CB world. And before the big solar cycle around 1967. They had crystals that one had to have for the "channels". If you wanted to change "channels" had to remove and replace with other crystals. No squelch controls, only on and off and volume. Still have them today, but not sure where the w/t are. Had a range of 1 mile if no skip for talking, but could receive over 30 miles [non skip times]. Large by todays standards. Had a telescoping antenna. Volume not bad by walkie talkie standards. Have crystals for channels 11, 19, 7 and 14 [which walkie talkies came with in those days-early 1960s]. Channel 11 was our towns and highway monitor/calling channel, 19 and 7 were "working/talking" channels [for halloween patrols, talking]. These were not "scanners" but CB radios in USA, General Mobile Radios in Canada working in the 11 meter band. In those days only 1-22 were authorized in Canada.
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I had one of these with another name on it, I can't remember what it was, too many walkie-talkies over my childhood. My dad sold them and I got new ones all the time as most of them broke quickly. This was one of the better ones, it held up well. Some of them were built really well, even if they were, well, junk inside.
The best ones I ever had were some "LLoyd's" 3 channel ones that were sold under a bunch of different names in different colors and battery setups. Mine were blue and silver with solid aluminum cases, with 6 AA batteries instead of the 9volt batteries used on most of them. Radio Shack sold the exact same radios with the same battery set up for a year or so, but they used an odd black/silver/gold color scheme. These radios had a resistor that could be clipped to raise the power to about 300mw, with awful battery life.
The best ones I ever had were some "LLoyd's" 3 channel ones that were sold under a bunch of different names in different colors and battery setups. Mine were blue and silver with solid aluminum cases, with 6 AA batteries instead of the 9volt batteries used on most of them. Radio Shack sold the exact same radios with the same battery set up for a year or so, but they used an odd black/silver/gold color scheme. These radios had a resistor that could be clipped to raise the power to about 300mw, with awful battery life.
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Wow, the stuff we had back then. About a year ago, I was rummaging around a local clearance shop when I spied a pair of walkies that looked familiar, in their original box. Then I realised they were the very same type that I had in the mid 60's! Made by Lancer of Japan. They're very basic, just three transistors. On receive it is configured as a 'rush box' super-regenerative radio and on transmit one of the transistors is a crystal oscillator (27.065 MHz IIRC) and the other two are the modulator. Range about 400 yards if the wind blows in the right direction.
I had to have them and they are in great condition. Just looking at them takes me back to my early teens when we lived in an old farmhouse with fields all around and the sun shone all day....
I had to have them and they are in great condition. Just looking at them takes me back to my early teens when we lived in an old farmhouse with fields all around and the sun shone all day....
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