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

[peter markavage]

HB-525 series (A, B, C, etc.) of mobile CB transceivers was probably one
of our best sellers for a number of years. Common problems generally
were, killing the audio output device in the receiver, output transistor
in the transmitter, putting the red and black 12 volt wires on the wrong
polarity and shorting the protection diode in the rig.

Pete

On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 11:30:20 -0800 Mark Lassman <kb6kgx at socal.rr.com>
writes:
> 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