oldschool cb radio's take a look

[NYCRADIO]

i found these packed away in the basement

i got the sonar base cb up and running and would love to get the others going to soon hopefully i'm missing a few plugs.

but not sure what i will do with these cb.radios in the future and if anyone can help me out and where i can get a power plug for the midland cb radio let me know thanks

 

[NYCRADIO]

this is the back of the midland

 

[SCPD]

Nice radios.
They look to be in very good condition. Keep a hold of those puppies.


the power plug looks like the one you would find on a Uniden BC15/996 series scanners.
or at least its pretty darn close.

 

[Murstech]

Its looks like a standard cb power cord connection. If it has three pins with the middle offset then thats what Im talking abt. You can find them on ebay for less than $10. Make sure that you check the + and - on the new cord. I cant recall specifically but I think some of those old radios had them reversed. Better safe than sorry in case im right.

 

[duchee]

those look awsome. anybody have a year for these?

 

[N5TWB]

those look awsome. anybody have a year for these?

Based on the styling and my best recollection, the Sonar probably dates to the mid-60s and the Lafayette to the early 70s. The HEC unit on top of the Lafayette is outside the scope of my knowledge.

 

[NYCRADIO]

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The lafayette is from 1970 the midland from 1977 and the sonar is 1960 the hec has no date on it

 

[mfn002]

Is the Sonar a transistor tube radio? It looks kinda big for a CB.

 

[duchee]

awsome thank you. thats what i figured but wasnt for sure !

 

[wv8mat]

my local radio shack has tons of power cords for that plug in there 99 cent bin

 

[duchee]

only thing radio shack is good for is wires and hookups lol

 

[NYCRADIO]

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Which rs? Lol mine rs has crap all the time

 

[hippieman556]

wow those are nice

 

[CanesFan95]

I recognized that Turner +2 mic right away. That's a good mic. Definitely keep it.

 

[duchee]

some heavy duty stuff there.

 

[CanesFan95]

Oh, yeah, and how about we rotate those images and add some sharpening?

 

[NYCRADIO]

rotate what homeboys scanner ? i took a side shot so you can see the side of the mic too and add sharpening you may need some glasses because those pictures are not blurry

 

[fmon]

Very nice memories

I have two FS-23's. The base radio has a Phone Patch, amplified D104 and stacked 5's made by Hi-Gain (a Hurricane in 91 took em down). The second unit used as mobile for a few years. Both have the final base shorted to ground and both have circuitry for VOX and Sonar Call. Purchased the first in 62 and second in 64. Replaced a 59 G model Sonar with the second FS-23.

Haven't used either in 17 years and one is well cannibalized to keep the other going. BTW, I designed a schematic for going to channel 40 but never put it to use. I did do this with a Cobra in 1975.