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(Scott Dorsey) writes:
I thought building a kit CB transceiver was illegal due to the type acceptance issue? --scott There was a period, long, long ago, when CB was young, and I was not yet but a leering glance, that building CB gear was okay. It stopped being okay before the explosion of the mid-70s. -- Lawrence Statton - m s/aba/c/g Computer software consists of only two components: ones and zeros, in roughly equal proportions. All that is required is to place them into the correct order. |
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Lawrence Statton wrote:
(Scott Dorsey) writes: I thought building a kit CB transceiver was illegal due to the type acceptance issue? --scott There was a period, long, long ago, when CB was young, and I was not yet but a leering glance, that building CB gear was okay. It stopped being okay before the explosion of the mid-70s. There were a number of kits as I remember. Heath had several, as did Allied (Knight Kits). These could be at least as sophisticated as the mid-range factory units of the day. jak |
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Many years ago I worked in a Motorola service shop. One
day a gentleman came in with a Heath CB kit he had built and wanted to know if we could fix it for him. I explained our minimum charge and hourly rate and he agreed to an hours work to see if we could get it running. Several days later we had a lull in the important work so I pulled the CB off the shelf and opened it up. I was astonished! All component leads were full length! He hadn't trimmed a one! It must have taken him hours of carefully bending leads so he could get it into the case without shorting anything. Needless to say, virtually every stage in the RX was oscillating. I did a bunch of cutting and resoldering and finally got it working. I wish I had a picture of my face when I pulled it out of the case! 73, Roger -- Remove tilde (~) to reply Remember the USS Liberty (AGTR-5) http://ussliberty.org/ |
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Roger D Johnson wrote:
It must have taken him hours of carefully bending leads so he could get it into the case without shorting anything. Needless to say, virtually every stage in the RX was oscillating. I did a bunch of cutting and resoldering and finally got it working. I wish I had a picture of my face when I pulled it out of the case! an artificial rats nest... what a hoot! best regards... -- randy guttery A Tender Tale - a page dedicated to those Ships and Crews so vital to the United States Silent Service: http://tendertale.com |
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