[Gonset] Gooney Birds

[wa4aw at juno.com]

I still have mine, Paul. In fact, I still have abt 50 of them,
Communicator I, II, III, IV, GC-105 & G 50s.
6M, 2M & 1 1/4 M units. The only one I'm missing is a G 28. CD yellow &
the standard grey or white cabinets.
They all are great radios. As you say, they were the " Model T " of  VHF
radios in the 50s & 60s.

Jeff  WA4AW


On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:15:32 EST W0rw at aol.com writes:
>   There were gray ones and yellow ones and white ones, but they all 
> worked 
> just the same...fa la..la.
>    The Gonset Communicator took over 2 meters in the San Fernando 
> Valley , 
> all the ARC4's and SCR522's were left in the dust. There were 
> probably more 
> Gooney Birds there than anywhere in the world. W6VR made them on 
> Main St., 
> Burbank, CA.
>    They were cube shaped and they were found everywhere, It was the 
> favorite 
> picnic table portable station. i used one from a train, from the LA 
> River, 
> from Mt. Pinos,
> and on the beach.
>    Gonset made rectangular fixed frequency models (3111/3112) for  
> Aircraft, 
> 144 and 220 MHz. They also made a Business Communicator (Mine is on 
> aircraft 
> frequencies). The Civil Defense models were all painted yellow.
>    The paint around my T/R switch got so badly scraped up i had to 
> repaint it.
> My Gooney Bird was sold but i know i will see it again in heaven, it 
> is the 
> only
> Communicator II that is painted white.
>    You can see all the history at the Gonset museum and pictures are 
> at
> http://www.rigpix.com/gonset/gonsetselect.htm
> The Gonset history is at
> http://www.ominous-valve.com/ba-mfrs.html#GONSET
> What happened to your Gooney Bird?
> Paul  w0rw
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