Were they on 465.000 MHz, and what that the only channel? Joe M.
Joe wrote: > You probably saw a Vocaline Company of America, JRC-400, Citizens Radio > Class B transceiver. These were made many years ago in Old Saybrook, Ct > close to where I now live. A couple of hams in this area used to work > there. They were an AM modulation oscillator (with some FM too) and a > regenerative receiver. I had a set back in the '60s that I think I put > on the ham band. I'm really not sure of what frequency I tuned them to > because I was using a device called "Leecher wires" to determine the > frequency. Anyway, if I was illegal I didn't transmit very far. These > only had a range of 1/4 mile with the whip on the top of the radio. > Vocaline also made a few for the ham bands, but they are very rare. > > Joe, K1ike > > Ben wrote: >> Does anyone have any info on the old class B CB? I'm thinking it was >> a single simplex channel on 465.000 and 5 watts. May have been >> another frequency. Could have been AM too. I remember seeing an old >> lunchbox type radio for this service at a flea market once. I'm >> betting they are pretty rare now since the service was short lived. >> >> > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
