[Lafayette] Re: Lafayette Digest, Vol 7, Issue 6

[Mark Lassman]

I had a Lafayette HB-525 CB which I bought in 1979, I believe. There  
was a Lafayette store near me, then, which is now one of those "Big  
and Tall" mens stores. Anyway, 23 channels, AM only, built like a  
tank... paid $200 for it back then and also got the portable battery  
pack that took about a dozen C batteries and had a telescopic  
antenna. Beautiful radio, but at some point it just stopped working  
so I gave it to a work buddy "for parts", and also he was some kind  
of electronics genius who might be able to fix it up, but he never did.

Saw my old $200 radio on eBay recently in the $10-20 neighborhood.  
Sigh...


On Jan 8, 2006, at 4:56 AM, richard.arland at verizon.net wrote:

> All this talke about old Lafayette ham rigs has me yearning for  
> more info. Is there a particular site where I can go to glimpse  
> some of the gear you are talking about?
>
> I had a 2 chnl Lafayette CB set in the mid-late 60s, that was  
> portable (luggable?) with a shoulder strap.
>
> The, in college I had a multi-band receiver (not sure of the model  
> number) that I used for general SWL work. Dual slide rule dials.
>
> Other than that, I am a little un-informed when it comes to  
> Lafayett gear.
>
> HR-10 receivers: Got one....nice old Heathkit Novice receiver and  
> it is in primo condition. WHat type of tube preamp were you  
> refering to to increase it's usefullness on 10M?
>
> vy 73 es sri abt the "newbie questions"
>
> Rich K7SZ
>
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Mark Lassman
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