Put this radio in your truck

Just think WA4GCH was on the air when that radio was being used in it's early days. And he could have talked to the owner. And I started 2 years after that license expired.

 

YES I WAS ...

Built many a heathkit .....

 

I think you should look into getting that cleaned up and serviced.If it's crystal variable,I'm sure you can swap out the crystals.

 

What ?

There were kits for 6 and 10 meters such as the HW-29 and HW-30....
I modded a few CB radios for both 6 and 10 meters but it was NOT worth the time even then ....The HE-15 was the same as a Lincoln you could rewind a HE-15 coils and put it on 6 AM (or find a HE-35) ... I did they to several of them.
The SWAN/SILTRONIX 1011 was a low end radio ment to fill the freebander market the SWAN 250 ( AKA TOO DRIFTY ) was 6 only they also made transverters to go on 2 meters with the 250 and some were modded to work with 1011's ... a Swan transverter for 2 meters in on the left in the 1970 photo .....

As for novice licenses they were only good for ONE YEAR and not renewable crystal control and 75 watts CW only I never used mine because of school and had to go get my tech ticket to stay licensed .....

 

Awesome find.

I love old CB's and seeing the licence sticker is awesome as well.

Great piece of underapreciated history.

 

Yep some old stuff is neat to look at ....

 

Yes it was 5 years SO was a HAM license ...

 

I'd love to see the face on some so called "techs" as you lay that on there bench for repair....