SORRY I'M LATE, IT'S BEEN BUSY
I've gotten behind on the review of the Yaesu VX-6R, and not wanting you to go crazy trying to figure 'em out. Let's take a look at them now in no particular order.
1. E.F. Johnson Messenger 350 USB/LSB ONLY MOBILE RADIO
This is one cool looking radio! Very simplistic, with a front grill that fit on to the dashboard of many cars of the 1960's. As I mentioned in another SSB article, I have a nice looking one of these radios on its matching power supply. I can't remember if it works, but it's looked great on my bookshelf for many years!
I'm sorry that I couldn't locate these scan earlier, but here it is:
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2. MARK SIDEWINDER SSB-27
Typical of many radios in the 60's, this one was chromed to the 9s, but nonetheless the solid looking radio for your base station.
Controls:
- Squelch
- OFF-Volume
- 5 Channel positions
- Voice Lock (Clarifier)
- And of course, the LSB/USB switch
This radio is pretty darn rare, as well as it's big brother, the Mark Sidewinder 46, AM/LSB/USB radio.
In between the two, they had another brother, The Mark Sidewinder 23 AM/LSB/USB Base Station. I don't think I've ever seen one, but I do have it's data sheet:
3. THE SBE III
SBE, those Sideband Engineers took a shot that with so many am-ssb radios on the market, a small sized LSB/USB mobile might just work. Unfortunately it didn't. This is possibly THE hardest radio to find.
4.Which brings us to the debatable Browning SSB-27 transceiver, that fit into the AM Mark II system completely.
While it could be bought with just the transmitter and radio, most folks bought them with AM first, so doesn't quite fit the criteria, but is worthy to note.
If you know of any other sideband only CB radios, please let me know about them, and if you have a picture, I'd sure appreciate having a copy of it! Just email me at: Thestonerguy@gmail.com
So that's it for this article, and as always, I hope you enjoyed it -
73
