"RoadTalker 40" by who? Sears??? No way.

[kel...@imap2.asu.edu]

My dad bequeathed to me a "Sears RoadTalker 40" from the late 70s. Now I
KNOW Sears didn't make it, but who did? I have one friend here on the net
who says it may have been made by Midland, but he wasn't sure of the
model number.

It works well, 5 mile range on flat desert. Has a nifty "ALERT" light
that lit when my antenna was loose. Has a super-fancy-get-outta-town
automatic channel number dimmer! Hey, now THAT's useful, how could anyone
get along without an auto dimmer! It's big ugly and chrome, with a little
horizontal meter on the left upper corner.

Have you seen this rig? Do you recognize it from a bygone era or perhaps
the back of a milk carton? If so, please mail me. I'd like to know who
REALLY made this dinosaur of mine.

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Kelton Rhoads kel...@asu.edu 602/350-9462
Dept of Social Psychology, Az State Univ
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[Mr. Ralph E. Milbee WG-12]

Roger (rand...@tcd.net) wrote:
: kel...@imap2.asu.edu wrote:

: {:->>>My dad bequeathed to me a "Sears RoadTalker 40" from the late 70s. Now I
: {:->>>KNOW Sears didn't make it, but who did? I have one friend here on the net
: {:->>>who says it may have been made by Midland, but he wasn't sure of the
: {:->>>model number.
!!!
!!!Not 100% sure as Sears was notorious for changing contractors for
!!!manufacture of "their" products, but a good guess would be KRACO.
!!!KRACO may have even had a sub-contractor.

: {:->>>It works well, 5 mile range on flat desert. Has a nifty "ALERT" light
: {:->>>that lit when my antenna was loose. Has a super-fancy-get-outta-town
: {:->>>automatic channel number dimmer! Hey, now THAT's useful, how could anyone
: {:->>>get along without an auto dimmer! It's big ugly and chrome, with a little
: {:->>>horizontal meter on the left upper corner.

: {:->>>Have you seen this rig? Do you recognize it from a bygone era or perhaps
: {:->>>the back of a milk carton? If so, please mail me. I'd like to know who
: {:->>>REALLY made this dinosaur of mine.

: {:->>>-------------------------------------------------------------------
: {:->>> Kelton Rhoads kel...@asu.edu 602/350-9462
: {:->>> Dept of Social Psychology, Az State Univ
: {:->>>-------------------------------------------------------------------

: I also have one of these rigs, use it daily.... Don't know who made it though.

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[Brian Woodbury]

k> From: kel...@imap2.asu.edu
k> Subject: "RoadTalker 40" by who? Sears??? No way.
k> Organization: Arizona State University

k> My dad bequeathed to me a "Sears RoadTalker 40" from
k> the late 70s. Now I
k> KNOW Sears didn't make it, but who did? I have one
k> friend here on the net
k> who says it may have been made by Midland, but he wasn't sure of the
k> model number.

I'm not sure of ALL the Sears radios, but their RoadTalker 40 SSB had a or
should I say: "Had THE famous" Cybernet Chassis, made in japan. These were very
good boards, which HY-Gain used as well, and many were converted to 10 meters.
Hope that helps!
Woody


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[Roger]

kel...@imap2.asu.edu wrote:

{:->>>My dad bequeathed to me a "Sears RoadTalker 40" from the late 70s. Now I
{:->>>KNOW Sears didn't make it, but who did? I have one friend here on the net
{:->>>who says it may have been made by Midland, but he wasn't sure of the
{:->>>model number.

[Drew Durigan]

Back in 1978, I had the "top-of -the-line" Sears RoadTalker 40. It was a
base/mobile SSB radio...the one that looked like a mobile, but actually
contained a built-in power supply for home use, remember?

I used it for a few years and found it to be a solid, well-performing
radio. Received well and also put out a good, strong signal. As a bonus,
you could get Channel "19A" (27.195 Mhz) by carefully stopping the
channel selector between 18 & 19.

-Drew in Charlotte-

[OZARKS 333]

I've used 2 of the Roadtalkers. They are bullet-proof and a tech was able
to add
freq's up to about 27.600 where the oscillator wobbled and that was top
end. The
SWR warning feature is a life-saver. Good rig.

[n9l...@gmail.com]

On Friday, January 12, 1996 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, kel...@imap2.asu.edu wrote:
> My dad bequeathed to me a "Sears RoadTalker 40" from the late 70s. Now I

> KNOW Sears didn't make it, but who did? I have one friend here on the net

> who says it may have been made by Midland, but he wasn't sure of the

> model number.

>
> It works well, 5 mile range on flat desert. Has a nifty "ALERT" light

> that lit when my antenna was loose. Has a super-fancy-get-outta-town

> automatic channel number dimmer! Hey, now THAT's useful, how could anyone

> get along without an auto dimmer! It's big ugly and chrome, with a little

> horizontal meter on the left upper corner.
>

> Have you seen this rig? Do you recognize it from a bygone era or perhaps

> the back of a milk carton? If so, please mail me. I'd like to know who

> REALLY made this dinosaur of mine.
>

> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> Kelton Rhoads kel...@asu.edu 602/350-9462

> Dept of Social Psychology, Az State Univ

> -------------------------------------------------------------------

Hitachi made most of their CB line.

[adams...@gmail.com]

It is made by uniden

[adams...@gmail.com]

if it is 663.3807 model no. it was made by Uniden