[Boatanchors] OT (or maybe not): help needed IDing set of 1965 CB HT's

[Will White]

I just picked up a pair of working and cosmetically very, very fine
Sears single-channel 100mW CB walkie talkies for $3.00 at a thrift
store. Apart from the nomenclature on the back of the case, which
indicates a mgr. date of 1965, it is a 9-Transistor model and "Chassis
#787.10001" There is not much to go on in IDing this pair. They do
work, fairly well excepting a small amount of audio distortion heard on
one of the pair, and loud noise from the volume controls that *could* be
the pot or bad caps, but good strong audio out to at least 500 feet LOS,
on Channel 11.  Solid metal, perfect telescopic whips, black wrinkle
finish back and chrome and enamel, not a scratch, and not a blemish, I
think, that won't come clean with careful and patient use of a sponge
and warm water. front and a cute little analog battery indicator (they
use, suprise, 9V
batteries!), took me 15 minutes to find even one small scratch in the
finish of *ONE* of them! Beautiful! And they are SOLID! A good whole
pound-plus, each! We sure made things well and to last once! These
babies are almost as sturdy and high quality as the big Motorola
aluminum HTs cops have been carrying for years.

I looked through a lot of books and old old catalogs, and this set looks
and specs out very, very close to the Hallicrafters CB-11 walkies in the
Dachis Hallicrafters book. Principle difference is that the speaker-mic
bzel on my pair are circular, inset into a texturized square. But same
colors, meter, handstrap, ant., PTT, same number of transistors, RF
power, power source, and some more. You think this might be it? My copy
(first edition, not the current second edition which has been expanded)
of the Dachis Hallicrafters book says, a page or three ahead or after
the section on the CB-11, that Hallicrafters did in fact make CB's,
including walkies, for Sears, Roebuck, during the late 50's and 60's.
The models listed do not seem to corellate or correspond to the Sears
numbering system in use on this pair (which I have learned from another
source, as used above, refers in one part to the original manufacturer
and a model number or the part of the number on the *other* side of the
period in the "Chassis Number". The CB-11 dates to 1964, while my Sears
units are stamped as being manufactured in 1965. Hmmmmm. . . .

I'd like to find a Rider's or Sam's sheet on these, or similar, or some
other
information that will let me align the pair and make and R&R of parts
(such as old caps, a volume pot w/switchas
neccesary and still possible avail. wise, a schematic, or more, or less,
whatever I can find Anyone have this, or know who can supply
it, or where I can find it on the web?

--
Will White, KD7BFX
Seattle WA US
King County, Grid CN87tq
ITU Zone 6, CQ Zone 3
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