Gonset Communicator II's

Joe Crawford crawfish at SURFMORE.NET
Tue Feb 2 17:31:53 EST 2010


The HF transmitter is the Commander(no 1 or 2). The 2m AM or 6m AM units
are the Communicators(either I,II, or III in the old style).
                                                                 Joe W4AAB
   > 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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