W4UDX wrote:
I bet they didn't have a rubber antenna with a BNC connector....

Heh, heh, I'll bet you're right. The one I had was about two
feet long plus a telescoping antenna and loading coil.
Batteries were the biggest problem for me at the time.
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Tdonaly wrote:

W4UDX wrote,

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I bet they didn't have a rubber antenna with a BNC connector....


"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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W4UDX wrote:

Forgot to mention.... it kinda reminded me of when that one guy who was
looking for a 160M HT...

We had quite a few 160M HT's right after WWII, thanks to MARS
and military surplus equipment.
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They were probably called "walkie-talkies," too. Who thinks up the names
for things like this?


Careful! Isn't Nextel trying to claim copyright on "walkie-talkie? Or
was that "Push to Talk"?

- Mike KB3EIA -