[Standard] Standard C156A-is it THAT rare??

Sat, 25 Jan 2003 11:50:28 -0500

Yep, Standard was the best HTs made as fas as I'm concerned. 
I have 2 or 3 C228A dual band 2M/220 HTs & 4 or 5 C288A 220 HTs. 
If I remember right Yeasu Bought them out a few years ago. And 
yes they were expense, but they were built to last. There is only 
1 person who still repairs Standard Radios & I think he was the 
only authorized repair place except for Standard before they 
were bought out.  He still does repairs as far as I know & even 
had some spare parts & accessories or atleast he use to. 
The fellow you want is:

Matthew M. Adrian <[email protected]>
SAR Technical Services
1792 Nash Dr.
St. Joseph, MI  49085
616-429-2334

This is where I send my Standard radios for repair.  
Hope this help anyone in need of repairs. 
The reason for all my 220 stuff is that I own a 220 repeater. :-) 

Leroy de N9RSU 
[email protected] 

> John,
>          STANDARD did make a fine line of HT's, & most had very good 
front
> ends. The problem was their price. I bought a new C558A from 
Lentini's & it
> was over $500.
>          I now have 5 standard HT's....two C508A's (for hamfesting & 
the
> Mall), a C528A, a C228A & what I think is an uncommon model, the 
C288A.
>          The 288A is a 220 Mhz mono band HT.
> These also sold for over $500 when they came out. I stumbled onto it 
while
> searching eBay. It was listed under an oddball heading & had no bids. 
The
> auction finished with no bids & I e-mailed the owner with an offer. 
He told
> me it was from an estate & that he had some accessories. We agreed on 
a
> price ($120 + shipping) & I got a check off to him. It arrived in 
PRISTINE
> condition, not a mark on it. along with it were FIVE battery packs, 
the AA
> battery holder, the 200 memory chip, the 40 memory chip, speaker mic, 
the
> auto adapter & a CSA181 drop in charger! There ARE good deals to be 
had on
> eBay!
>          Didn't have a manual with it & I'm STILL looking for one. 
Got one
> for a C188A, same radio, but for 2M. Also have a spare as new C228A 
manual.
> Anyone want to trade?
> 
> 73,
> bob
> n2oam
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Shannon" <[email protected]>
> To: "John Geiger" <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 5:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Standard] Standard C156A-is it THAT rare??
> 
> 
> > At 01:13 PM 1/24/03 -0800, John Geiger wrote:
> > >Just picked up a Standard C156A 2 meter HT on ebay.  I
> > >am starting to wonder if the seller was the only
> > >person to ever buy one of these HTs.  QST reviewed it
> > >and give it a very good review, but there is only 1
> > >review of it on eham.net.  Every aftermarket battery
> > >place does not carry battery packs for this model, and
> > >most of the on-line manual downloads do not have its
> > >manual.
> > >
> > >Was the HT that rare?  If so, why.  Looks like a good
> > >HT at a great price.  If you also have one, would
> > >appreciate comments on it.
> >
> > I had a C156A and batteries are scarce as chickens teeth. did many
> > a net search for them. finally cut my old ones open with a small
> > dremel saw and replaced the NiCads inside with NiMh from
> > Batteries Only, out of Canada. Soldering can be a real pain so
> > watch out for that heat factor. Good Luck!
> > Bob
> >
> >
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