[Motorola] May Need Help on Older Unit

[Charlie Chisholm]

Thanks for the info.

It does indeed say "Consolette" on the manual.

The only way I know when it was made is because many
of the parts are stamped with a date, and they all say
either 1965 or 1966.

I will be adding info to the listing in the next
couple days - I have been getting a lot of comments
and questions on this item.

Many Thanks,
Charlie

--- Geoff Fors <wb6nvh@mbay.net> wrote:
> Charlie-
> 
> The Motorola 10 Meter FM base you have on eBay
> should be an L41GGB desktop
> "Consolette" base station which must be one of the
> last ones, if it's dated
> 1966, since that style is all tube type and was
> manufactured from
> 1956-onwards.  I would have thought they were
> discontinued by 1963 when the
> Motrac Consolette bases came out, but evidently not
> !
> 
> It uses the same strips inside as the T-Power and
> the Twin-V mobiles.  They
> are very reliable and a neat collectible.  Perhaps
> the best thing about them
> is that you can see one in the Sheriff's office on
> the Andy Griffith Show in
> the later episodes.
> 
> There was also a desktop remote control which looked
> almost identical to the
> actual base station, but the remote uses a row of
> plastic panels across the
> control area which could be customized depending on
> application.  You will
> regularly see some doofus trying to sell one on eBay
> as a base station when
> all it is, is a remote control.
> 
> Geoff Fors WB6NVH
> 
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