EV>I learned the Hallicrafters Worldwide could use a 9V and a 90V battery
EV>if it wasn't plugged into 120VAC.

Thyat was typical of most portable radios of thsat eras. One battery for
the thbe filament and another one for the B+ for the tube plates


EV> RW>> So, you're not so old afterall. I was going on 19 when the FCC
EV> RW>> opened up 11mtrs to CB radio. One of the first 5 in town to
EV> RW>> have a CB license.

I was an early CB'er also. They issued CB call signs in those days and
mine was KNA 5683.
Also on building antennas I made my first CB antenna out of RG-58 coax.
I removed 9 feet of the jacket on one end and folded the shield back
over the lower half of the end of the coax and hung it up as a vertical
antenna. Worked pretty good. For a while I also had a 1/4 wave
fiberglass whip on the car but soon replaced it with a shorter loaded
one as I had to be carefull driving under the canaopy of gas stations

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