LeoG Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 I put up the wristwatch walkie talkie thread and it seemed to spark some interest in radios you've had. So list'm here. Radio Nostalgia of days past when you were just a youngster or just starting out at whatever age to remember your radios of the past whether they be plain jane simple HTs to CB and ham radios of the past. Myself I had a GE pair of walkie talkies. Pull up antenna, on/off volume and PTT were what you had. When I got a bit older I ended up with a few CB radios and I think the last was a 40 CH SSB Midland. And I think this was the one I had but I'm not positive. JBRPong and Rulander 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rulander Posted October 9 Report Share Posted October 9 I've got around 4 or 5 vintage handheld Realistic radios. 1 or 2 are CB radios, and the others use CB crystals for channels but are limited to 3 channels, so they were considered walkies. I'll have to dig them out and take photos to post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nokones Posted October 9 Report Share Posted October 9 Here is my brand new still in the box Tandy Corp Radio Shack TRC-24 22 Ch. CB radio. This is the model back in the day where as if you clip the black wire on the channel selector you activate the channel that is in the blank space between channels 22 & 23 known as Ch. 22A or the "Alpha" channel. It was kinda of a private channel that not a lot of CBs had in those days before the 40 channel CBs were introduced. Today that Alpha channel frequency is Ch. 24. RayDiddio, WRPQ991, JBRPong and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkInTampa Posted October 9 Report Share Posted October 9 Me back in the day with a Siltronix 1011D that popped up on my sisters FB page yesterday... WSDD439 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSarcastic Posted October 9 Report Share Posted October 9 On 10/4/2024 at 11:25 AM, LeoG said: I put up the wristwatch walkie talkie thread and it seemed to spark some interest in radios you've had. So list'm here. Radio Nostalgia of days past when you were just a youngster or just starting out at whatever age to remember your radios of the past whether they be plain jane simple HTs to CB and ham radios of the past. Myself I had a GE pair of walkie talkies. Pull up antenna, on/off volume and PTT were what you had. When I got a bit older I ended up with a few CB radios and I think the last was a 40 CH SSB Midland. And I think this was the one I had but I'm not positive. I had a pair of the GE walkie Talkies. They transmitted on channel 14. Did some research and they were called RECON1 walkie talkies from about 1974/1975 - in the height of the CB craze. SteveShannon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoG Posted October 9 Author Report Share Posted October 9 I couldn't remember what channel they were on. CaptainSarcastic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSDD439 Posted October 10 Report Share Posted October 10 Our “set up”, back in the ‘80’s ! Midland 23ch with SSB and a “VFO”, to get to channel 40, and higher ( that’s where you’d find me ! ), a 750watt linear, and a D-104 desk mic. This was hooked to a Super Penetrator ( standby ), and a four element quad beam for skip ! FUN TIMES !! JBRPong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRQI663 Posted October 10 Report Share Posted October 10 I've had this one for a long time, and it still works -- only 4 memory channels and 2 meters only It still works but has no PL so I use in on simplex most of the time. Yaesu FT-207R JBRPong, WRQD922 and WSDD439 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoG Posted October 10 Author Report Share Posted October 10 LEDs Yup, that's old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXB215 Posted October 10 Report Share Posted October 10 24 minutes ago, LeoG said: LEDs Yup, that's old. I was so fascinated by LEDs. Then LCDs showed up. Funny thing, I'm still fascinated by LEDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoG Posted October 10 Author Report Share Posted October 10 Yup, 7 segment led displays were fun to play with. My 1st calculator was LED. I made a LED clock using a kit. Had round LEDs to separate the Hours, Minutes and Seconds. I think I still have it up in my attic, but unfortunately I don't believe it works anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rulander Posted October 10 Report Share Posted October 10 My old stuff from the 80's. The emergency CB kit has never been used. The others are in mint condition and they all work perfect. WSDD439 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoG Posted October 10 Author Report Share Posted October 10 Pics aren't showing (for me) WSDD439 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rulander Posted October 10 Report Share Posted October 10 9 minutes ago, LeoG said: Pics aren't showing (for me) On my post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoG Posted October 10 Author Report Share Posted October 10 Yup. All I see are JPG links and when I click them I get nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rulander Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 Hmm...not sure what's wrong. They're showing when I open the thread. Is there another way to post pics beside the "add files" in the reply box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoG Posted October 11 Author Report Share Posted October 11 Copy/Paste I believe. Yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rulander Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 WSDD439 and JBRPong 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoG Posted October 11 Author Report Share Posted October 11 There they are. Rulander 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXB215 Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 Some of us are dealing with enhanced security while at work so the links usually don't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoG Posted October 11 Author Report Share Posted October 11 Understandable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSDD439 Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 On 10/10/2024 at 8:13 PM, Rulander said: That’s better ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralFloridaGMRS Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 Our Radio Shack.(First photo) Dad would go into the local Liquor Store after giving me $10 to spend on whatever I wanted. Our First radio was purchased by a local CB Store.(Photo 2) A Royce. My Favorite Radio. We purchased this tower (see photo 3) for our Roof before putting up the Radio Shack Base Antenna. The Antenna is missing in this photo. It lasted one season before crashing during an Ice Storm. WSDD439 and JBRPong 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcp2525 Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 Nice!!! I wish I had pictures of my Pearce Simpson Bengal with the Siltronix 90 VFO connected to a PDL2 from back in the 70s. Talk about a fun setup. I had so much fun and made so many contacts around the world which yielded boxes and boxes of QSL cards. As a ham now, I have absolutely no interest in swapping QSL cards. CentralFloridaGMRS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRPQ991 Posted October 13 Report Share Posted October 13 We lived on a farm in western Nebraska, used the CH 14 walkie talkies alot for communication, as I grew up we would touch the antenna to the lightning rod on the barn, gave us a BIG antenna. we could talk for many miles. But nobody could get back to us except a few local truck drivers. JBRPong and CentralFloridaGMRS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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