Hammarlund CB-23: need crystals
 

I'm almost finished restoring a 1960s Hammarlund
CB-23 base station. The date code on some of the
parts indicates the set was built in 1963 (or at
least those parts were made in '63). I need 3
crystals to complete the electrical restoration:

Y106 = 25.335 MHz
Y109 = 25.375 MHz
Y110 = 25.385 MHz

I'll buy a whole parts rig if I have to, but I'd
prefer to buy just those crystals.

And yes, I'm aware of the multitude of crystal
houses out there, and I've done business with
most of them over the years. I'm trying to keep
the cost down. If I buy them new, those three
little rocks will cost me $45 to $60!

73,
Dean K5DH

I have a whole load of CB crystals that came from Sonar. They are in
the small holders. What size holders does it use?

73
Gary K4FMX


On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:54:19 GMT, (K5DH) wrote:

I'm almost finished restoring a 1960s Hammarlund
CB-23 base station. The date code on some of the
parts indicates the set was built in 1963 (or at
least those parts were made in '63). I need 3
crystals to complete the electrical restoration:

Y106 = 25.335 MHz
Y109 = 25.375 MHz
Y110 = 25.385 MHz

I'll buy a whole parts rig if I have to, but I'd
prefer to buy just those crystals.

And yes, I'm aware of the multitude of crystal
houses out there, and I've done business with
most of them over the years. I'm trying to keep
the cost down. If I buy them new, those three
little rocks will cost me $45 to $60!

73,
Dean K5DH

I have a whole load of CB crystals that came from Sonar. They are in
the small holders. What size holders does it use?

73
Gary K4FMX


On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:54:19 GMT, (K5DH) wrote:

I'm almost finished restoring a 1960s Hammarlund
CB-23 base station. The date code on some of the
parts indicates the set was built in 1963 (or at
least those parts were made in '63). I need 3
crystals to complete the electrical restoration:

Y106 = 25.335 MHz
Y109 = 25.375 MHz
Y110 = 25.385 MHz

I'll buy a whole parts rig if I have to, but I'd
prefer to buy just those crystals.

And yes, I'm aware of the multitude of crystal
houses out there, and I've done business with
most of them over the years. I'm trying to keep
the cost down. If I buy them new, those three
little rocks will cost me $45 to $60!

73,
Dean K5DH

They're the small holders with wire leads (as opposed to
plug-in pins). HC-18/U, I think (or is it HC-25/U?)

With a 25 MHz operating frequency, I'm going to assume
they are 3rd overtone.

73,
Dean K5DH


In article ,
says...

I have a whole load of CB crystals that came from Sonar. They are in
the small holders. What size holders does it use?

73
Gary K4FMX


On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:54:19 GMT, (K5DH) wrote:

I'm almost finished restoring a 1960s Hammarlund
CB-23 base station. The date code on some of the
parts indicates the set was built in 1963 (or at
least those parts were made in '63). I need 3
crystals to complete the electrical restoration:

Y106 = 25.335 MHz
Y109 = 25.375 MHz
Y110 = 25.385 MHz

I'll buy a whole parts rig if I have to, but I'd
prefer to buy just those crystals.

And yes, I'm aware of the multitude of crystal
houses out there, and I've done business with
most of them over the years. I'm trying to keep
the cost down. If I buy them new, those three
little rocks will cost me $45 to $60!

73,
Dean K5DH

They're the small holders with wire leads (as opposed to
plug-in pins). HC-18/U, I think (or is it HC-25/U?)

With a 25 MHz operating frequency, I'm going to assume
they are 3rd overtone.

73,
Dean K5DH


In article ,
says...

I have a whole load of CB crystals that came from Sonar. They are in
the small holders. What size holders does it use?

73
Gary K4FMX


On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:54:19 GMT, (K5DH) wrote:

I'm almost finished restoring a 1960s Hammarlund
CB-23 base station. The date code on some of the
parts indicates the set was built in 1963 (or at
least those parts were made in '63). I need 3
crystals to complete the electrical restoration:

Y106 = 25.335 MHz
Y109 = 25.375 MHz
Y110 = 25.385 MHz

I'll buy a whole parts rig if I have to, but I'd
prefer to buy just those crystals.

And yes, I'm aware of the multitude of crystal
houses out there, and I've done business with
most of them over the years. I'm trying to keep
the cost down. If I buy them new, those three
little rocks will cost me $45 to $60!

73,
Dean K5DH

Sorry to report that I can't find them! I thought I had several small
drawers with CB crystals of various frequencies. They may be around
here somewhere. I spent about an hour looking for them but no luck.

I will look some more when I get a chance.

73
Gary K4FMX


On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 18:31:35 GMT, (K5DH) wrote:

They're the small holders with wire leads (as opposed to
plug-in pins). HC-18/U, I think (or is it HC-25/U?)

With a 25 MHz operating frequency, I'm going to assume
they are 3rd overtone.

73,
Dean K5DH


In article ,
says...

I have a whole load of CB crystals that came from Sonar. They are in
the small holders. What size holders does it use?

73
Gary K4FMX


On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:54:19 GMT, (K5DH) wrote:

I'm almost finished restoring a 1960s Hammarlund
CB-23 base station. The date code on some of the
parts indicates the set was built in 1963 (or at
least those parts were made in '63). I need 3
crystals to complete the electrical restoration:

Y106 = 25.335 MHz
Y109 = 25.375 MHz
Y110 = 25.385 MHz

I'll buy a whole parts rig if I have to, but I'd
prefer to buy just those crystals.

And yes, I'm aware of the multitude of crystal
houses out there, and I've done business with
most of them over the years. I'm trying to keep
the cost down. If I buy them new, those three
little rocks will cost me $45 to $60!

73,
Dean K5DH

Sorry to report that I can't find them! I thought I had several small
drawers with CB crystals of various frequencies. They may be around
here somewhere. I spent about an hour looking for them but no luck.

I will look some more when I get a chance.

73
Gary K4FMX


On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 18:31:35 GMT, (K5DH) wrote:

They're the small holders with wire leads (as opposed to
plug-in pins). HC-18/U, I think (or is it HC-25/U?)

With a 25 MHz operating frequency, I'm going to assume
they are 3rd overtone.

73,
Dean K5DH


In article ,
says...

I have a whole load of CB crystals that came from Sonar. They are in
the small holders. What size holders does it use?

73
Gary K4FMX


On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:54:19 GMT, (K5DH) wrote:

I'm almost finished restoring a 1960s Hammarlund
CB-23 base station. The date code on some of the
parts indicates the set was built in 1963 (or at
least those parts were made in '63). I need 3
crystals to complete the electrical restoration:

Y106 = 25.335 MHz
Y109 = 25.375 MHz
Y110 = 25.385 MHz

I'll buy a whole parts rig if I have to, but I'd
prefer to buy just those crystals.

And yes, I'm aware of the multitude of crystal
houses out there, and I've done business with
most of them over the years. I'm trying to keep
the cost down. If I buy them new, those three
little rocks will cost me $45 to $60!

73,
Dean K5DH

Gary Schafer wrote:
Sorry to report that I can't find them! I thought I had several small
drawers with CB crystals of various frequencies. They may be around
here somewhere. I spent about an hour looking for them but no luck.

Try your local CB shop and see... there are a lot of them out there.
Ask around at a nearby truckstop and they'll tell you who does that
stuff.

Most of those guys probably have an old 23 channel solid state rig in
the parts bin somewhere that they'll give you to cannibalize for crystals.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Gary Schafer wrote:
Sorry to report that I can't find them! I thought I had several small
drawers with CB crystals of various frequencies. They may be around
here somewhere. I spent about an hour looking for them but no luck.

Try your local CB shop and see... there are a lot of them out there.
Ask around at a nearby truckstop and they'll tell you who does that
stuff.

Most of those guys probably have an old 23 channel solid state rig in
the parts bin somewhere that they'll give you to cannibalize for crystals.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Scott Dorsey wrote:
Gary Schafer wrote:

Sorry to report that I can't find them! I thought I had several small
drawers with CB crystals of various frequencies. They may be around
here somewhere. I spent about an hour looking for them but no luck.


Try your local CB shop and see... there are a lot of them out there.
Ask around at a nearby truckstop and they'll tell you who does that
stuff.

Most of those guys probably have an old 23 channel solid state rig in
the parts bin somewhere that they'll give you to cannibalize for crystals.
--scott


Possibly, but sometime around the great trucker phenomenon, the crystal
manufacturers weren't able to keep up with the demand for CB crystals,
and so the synthesized 23 channel CB was born. You will need to find
a CB that was built earlier than about 1975.

I haven't seen a "local CB shop" since about 1975. I must hang out in
the wrong circles. I wasn't aware that anyone tried to make a living
fixing CB's anymore.

-Chuck Harris