Gonset Communicator II's

[Michael Bittner]

In the early 1960s Oswald Villard, W6QYT (SK) of Select-O- Ject fame (QST 
Nov 1949, Pg 11) hooked a Gonset Communicator to the Stanford Big Dish 
http://www-star.stanford.edu/rsg/bigdish.php as he reported at a meeting of 
the Stanford Amateur Radio Club.  I don't remember any details of the 
results.  Mike W6MAB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Simmons" <orion at DATASYNC.COM>
To: <BOATANCHORS at LISTS.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: Gonset Communicator II's


>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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