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Kd4amg
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 12:11 pm: | 
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were there ever any 23 channels hand held ( walkie - talkie ) cb radios ? If so what were therir models. prices, and features COMPARED to a mobile/base cb of that time ? Did they have plugs for external antennas/microphones.chargers/etc ?...also was there ever a 23 channel walkie-talkie with ssb ?...also how many 40 channel ssb walkie-talkies are there out there ( heard of a cherokee ). ? |
bruce
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 1:40 pm: |
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yes there were 23 ch ht laffette made one i played with it back in the mid 70's like most ht's it had a fair reciver but not as good as a mid priced moble/base ive never seen a ssb one most 23 ch radios are simplistic by todays standards few feaures and few are good as even cheep 40's of today. As for 40 ch ht i have one its am only i think the ch-100 is a cb ssb ht but ive never had one |
Arcangelny
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 5:25 pm: |
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Yes the Lafayette was a Dyna-Com 23A. It was well made. Recieve, at least on the two I had, was good. Used external speaker, HT speaker was small ands tinny. May have been the reason some thought recieve was not good. Price was around 89 dollars. Strong transmit. Had a spacer to use 2 less batteries when using alkalines. If you wanted extra kick you left out the spacer and used all alkalines. Used on my boat in the 70's worked well.
Only HT I ever saw with SSB was the one Cherokee put out a few years back. Heard they were problematic, don't see them anymore. Eagle makes a 10 meter model that can be modified... |
bruce
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 6:32 pm: |
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arcangelny i could not remember what they call them like all 23 ch they along with lafayette are now history..... the cherokee was pushed of the market by the fcc since it expanded so easy the spitfire 454 is a great 10 meter radio i have worked costa-rica from my frount lawn with it. |
radiodude
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 8:55 pm: |
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For sure their were 23ch HTs I have over 300 of them . If you want to know more email me |
Kd4amg
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 8:57 pm: |
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ok now a variation of the CB handie - talkie idea...are there any 10 meter walkie talkies ?
http://www.copperelectronics.com/cgi-bin/checkitout/checkitout.cgi?catalogSTORE:CKIE:prodE00-06006+
Lon
Tech808 |
bruce
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 10:17 pm: |
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my spitfire 454 is a 10 meter ht ..... bought from copper ..... |
Sarge
| | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 10:38 pm: |
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Radio Shack at one time sold a 23-channel walkie-talkie that was double sideband / suppressed carrier. That allowed it to still be compatible with AM mode radios, but put out 12-watts as permitted by the FCC rules.
It was rather expensive and was only offered the one year. By the following year it had been dropped from the catalog. This would have been around 1977 or 1978. |
Arcangelny
| | Posted on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 12:00 am: |
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Radiodude,
I thought I was king of the walkie talkies with 35 (not all are 23 channel even)... I bow to your collection...
You aren't married are you? If so does the missus make you sleep in the garage with the HT's 80) ?
I used to be married. Wife said either CB and all the other hobbies go or I will! I miss her when I have to get up and get my own soda... |
Red Bird
| | Posted on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 12:47 am: |
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Saw a pair of 23 channel walkie talkies once at a yard sale. Think they were Midlands not sure now as this was back in 1990 or so.. Guy wanted 10.00 for the pair.... |
bruce
| | Posted on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 7:21 am: |
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Sarge it could not have been 77-78 but could have been 76-77...regency was the one who started the DSB reduced carrer thing it never cought on it wasn't very good. |
radiodude
| | Posted on Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 12:49 pm: |
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Well I do spend ALOT of time out there LOL!!!
I am always looking for more tho!! |
