Hello Skip:

Great Web Site, good seeing ya out here.

Carry on...............

Jay in the Mojave


Skipp is still around wrote:
The receivers were a rather broad tuned (front end) circuit, only the
transmitter was crystal controlled. Some of the receiver circuits were
even regnerative type layouts. With minimal front end selection, you
pretty much hear anything for quite a spectral distance on each side of
the tune peak.

cheers
skipp

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remember the old sonic server? well it's moved to the above url.

Stephen wrote:
: Hi everyone;

: Perhaps someone out here can answer a question. Back in the 1960's I
: got my first pair of walkie talkies (100mw, with transmit channel 14).
: Anyway, I recall that they seemed to receive all the channels at the
: same time (23 at the time),although equipted to only transmit on 14.
: That is, I could hear my friends on 14, plus seem to hear truckers on
: 19, and anyone else in the neighborhood no matter what channel they
: were on! This was not bleed-over, but actualy reception on all the
: channels of the CB band.

: I realize that crystal control on future walkie talkies and CB's at
: the time solved that (before PLL), but can someone tell me what a
: person would need today to receive all the CB channels at once? I
: think it's rather a neat feature, to be able to monitor all 40
: channels at the same time, like my small 100mw walkie talkies seemed
: to receive all 23 back then. Just a thought! Thanks!

: -Stephen