Gonset Communicator II's

[Jim Simmons]

I talked to one of those for hours on end back in the mid 50's...It 
never answered back.  Did anyone ever have a two-way conversation with it?

Jim N5MSJ

J. Dave Mayfield wrote:
> I turned one into a very nice lamp for my desk at work, It gets lots 
> of interest in it!
>
> Dave 3885am.com
>
> kd4e wrote:
>> I had one of these as a kid when first licensed - no
>> activity then - plus I lived out in the country.  Very
>> disheartening.
>>
>> I may see if there are any at a local Savannah-area Fest
>> this year - perhaps as a large door-stop or paper-weight
>> for nostalgia!  (I remember when they were being dumped
>> for $5. or $10. each years ago.)  Are they expensive collector's 
>> items now?
>>
>> Good resource here, with a picture of the gray model:
>> http://www.greenradio.de/htm2/b_gonset.htm
>>
>> If you stumble upon a Commander II (the HF transmitter)
>> I have long sought one of those ... had one many years
>> ago and let myself be talked out of it ... regretted that
>> soon thereafter!
>>
>>
>>> Hello, everyone on the list !
>>>
>>> I have a couple of Communicator II's here in Albuquerque,
>>> NM that I'd be willing to part with quite reasonably.
>>>
>>> I'd hoped there'd be some 2-meter AM activity, but to
>>> date, it's an FM world out here.
>>>
>>> So -- for whatever's a fair price for 'em, I'll be happy
>>> to let them go, since all I can do with them is talk to
>>> myself!!
>>>
>>> Mike/
>>>
>>> Mike Langner K5MGR ______________________
>>>
>>> PS -- sorry, they're not yellow.  They're YL approved
>>> grey!
>>
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