[Lowfer] CRYSTALS?

[Art]

My neighbor used to run a CB shop at the local truck stop, and he almost 
always had a line of customers out front. I went to his shop several times, 
and saw the demand for legal and illegal CB gear. Eventually, he got raided 
and had to shut down.

No one wants the old AM only CB's and no one wants the older 23 channel 
units. The really old stuff had crystal mixing schemes to get the right 
combination of frequencies needed to get all 23 channels. This takes a 
minimum of 12 crystals and a fancy channel selector switch. The crystal 
frequencies are widely varied in the 8, 10, 11 and 12 Mhz ranges.

My neighbor had a wall of these older models (for parts) and told me to 
take whatever I could use. At the time, I did not take any of them. More 
recently, the radios are all PLL synthesized, so they aren't nearly as 
valuable for salvaged parts.

Anyone with a CB shop locally should be able to buy xtals in bulk for next 
to nothing. Check the phone book, and ask around. Many of these places 
don't advertise, which is their way of flying below the Feds radar:>:

Regards,

Art