[Gonset] Please identify (with correct pic)

Soundval soundval at foothill.net
Thu Jun 19 12:28:13 EDT 2008


Hi Peter

I am the one who had labled it 3025.
I placed it in "Tube Type Transmitters Guide' that way.
But, I now see that 3025 looks different.

Also, it is not a mirror image.

I wish I could find someone who worked at Gonset.

Gene



> Your link has "3025"embedded in it. Model 3025 was the Communicator II.
> Same as the Communicator I except Model 3025 was the "Deluxe" version
> (how it was noted on the schematic). Model 3025 is the same as
> Communicator I, Model 3026, except Model 3025 has an adjustable squelch,
> phone jack with speaker muting, and dial light switch. The switch is
> missing from your front panel so it's probably a Communicator I, Model
> 3026.  As Glen pointed out, the front panel seems to be a mirror image of
> the Communicator I's more commonly seen. Maybe it's a rare "left-handed"
> version. Might be similar to the case of the more common right-handed bug
> versus the left-handed bug type keys.
>
> Although Glen show his Communicator I with knobs for all the transmitter
> adjustments, all the ones I've seen, owned, have pictures of (I have some
> proof photos that came from Gonset) show these as screwdriver
> adjustments.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
>
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:58:36 -0700 (PDT) Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com>
> writes:
>> It looks like a Communicator I except that the front panel is a
>> mirror image of the Communicator I.  The original Communicator has a
>> round speaker.  The Communicator II series has a slightly different
>> logo and the Communicator III has a sliderule dial.
>>
>> I have a Communicator I that I have completely redone more in the
>> color of the Communicator IIB.  However, the original panel was
>> exactly like the one in the photo except that it is a mirror image.
>> Go to
>>
>> http://k9sth.com/uploads/restoration.JPG
>>
>> for a photo of the original front panel with the chassis removed.
>>
>> Glen, K9STH
>>
>> Website:  http://k9sth.com
>>
>>
>> --- On Wed, 6/18/08, Soundval <soundval at foothill.net> wrote:
>>
>> Please identify the following.
>> I would like to know the Name and model numbers. I suspect that it
>> is a "Communicator" (first model Communicator)
>>
>> http://www.muchstuff.com/pics/GON3025N/image002.jpg
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