[Boatanchors] OT: What are these 60's SS CB HT's I found?

[Will White]

No inidication of manufacturer, though they do have "JAPAN" stamped on
them in several places.

Joe Foley wrote:

> The first thing to do it to find out who made them for
> Sears.
>
> Someone has a model that looks JUST exactly like that
> one, probably NOT Motorola, but maybe Johnson, or some
> company like that.  They probably aren't much
> different inside either, than one of their standard
> models.
>
> Joe
>
> --- Will White <googlyelmo@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > 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
> > modeland "Chassis
> > #787.10001" There is not much to go on in IDing this
> > pair. They do
> > appear to work, on Channel 11, though with slightly
> > distorted and weak
> > audio. Solid metal, black wrinkle finish back and
> > chrome and enamel
> > 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! They are SOLID! A good
> > whole pound-plus! We
> > sure made things well and to last once, even the
> > kid's stuff!
> >
> > I'd like to find a Rider's or Sam's sheet on these,
> > or some other
> > information that will let me align the pair and make
> > and R&R of parts as
> > neccesary and still possible avail. wise. Nice
> > addition to my general
> > collection of all things old(er) and
> > electric/electronic, and maybe
> > handy in two folks getting antennas installed
> > without a lot of shouting
> > and running up and down ladders (I don't own a 2M
> > HT, and am not really
> > interested in them; a nice pair of BC-611s might be
> > my next boon,
> > when/if I can find them). Anyone have this dope, or
> > know who can supply
> > it, or where I can find it on the web?
> >
> > --
> > Will White, KD7BFX
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> >
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Will White, KD7BFX
Seattle WA US
King County, Grid CN87tq
ITU Zone 6, CQ Zone 3
***************************************************
"The wireless telegraph is not difficult to understand.
The ordinary telegraph is like a very long cat.
You pull the tail in New York, and it meows in Los Angeles.
The wireless is the same, only without the cat."
                                                      - Albert Einstein
***************************************************