[Vintage-Radio] OT(or maybe not): Help needed in IDing a pair of 1965 CB HT's

[Will White]

I just picked up a pair of working and cosmetically very, very fine
Sears single-channel 100mW CB walkie talkies for $3.00 at a thrift
store. Apart from the nomenclature on the back of the case, which
indicates a mgr. date of 1965, it is a 9-Transistor model and "Chassis
#787.10001" There is not much to go on in IDing this pair. They do
work, on Channel 11, though with slightly distorted and weak
audio. Solid metal, black wrinkle finish back and chrome and enamel
front and a cute little analog battery indicator (they use, suprise, 9V
batteries!), took me 15 minutes to find even one small scratch in the
finish of *ONE* of them! Beautiful! And they are SOLID! A good whole pound-plus, each! We
sure made things well and to last once!

I looked through a lot of books and old old catalogs, and this set looks and specs out very, very close to the Hallicrafters CB-11 walkies in
the Dachis Hallicrafters book. Principle difference is that the speaker-mic bzel on my pair are circular, inset into a texturized square. But
same colors, meter, handstrap, ant., PTT, same number of transistors, RF power, power source, and some more. You think this might be it? My copy
(first edition, not the current second edition which has been expanded) of the Dachis Hallicrafters book says, a page or three ahead or after
the section on the CB-11, that Hallicrafters did in fact make CB's, including walkies, for Sears, Roebuck, during the late 50's and 60's. The
CB-11 dates to 1964, while my Sears units are stamped as being manufactured in 1965. Hmmmmm. . . .

I'd like to find a Rider's or Sam's sheet on these, or some other
information that will let me align the pair and make and R&R of parts as
neccesary and still possible avail. wise. Anyone have this, or know who can supply
it, or where I can find it on the web?

--
Will White, KD7BFX
Seattle WA US
King County, Grid CN87tq
ITU Zone 6, CQ Zone 3
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