(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.

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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

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


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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...
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