At the time I bought this in about 1980 I was still on my CBs but taking the ham exams.
Been sat in a box in the cupboard for 40+ years but rescued it when I reapplied for my ham license!
Now part of my new shack, currently fed by a random wire just running through the wall.
Hope to improve on that when I start sorting better antennas.
Only gets switched on occasionally but doing OK with the temporary make shift wire. Old school knobs and buttons. Has a nice tone to it.
A bit of nostalgia in a box.
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Looks like a cool radio. Maybe it was expensive back in the day. I once heard that CB radio was like social media of its time. I’m a much younger person, so I wouldn’t know. I guess it feels great to be back in this hobby after all these years. 
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It was and still is a great receiver. Prior to that had only listened to AM & FM, apart from CB, but this allowed me to also listen to the ham bands, which became part of my motivation to get my ham kicense.
Haha, Yes CB - well before mobile phones and chat apps!.Was a great way of having some local comms. The people on it back on weren’t necessarily into radio. As you say it was equally a social thing. Very little activity now and those that are on are mainly into SSB DX. Also a bit of a shift to PMR (on UHF)
Yes I’m getting on a bit. Beginning to realise the SW BC bands aren’t as well populated as they once were. Still a great way to relax and pass some time. 
Also a great way to guage propagation at times.
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Shortwave bands are mostly populated by Chinese stations these days. Even Voice of America was off the air last year, but some of their programs are back this year.
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That’s a beaut, Iv always liked that look.
The motivation for getting my Raddy rf919 was i had a similar looking fm mw radio i recieved for Christmas in the 70’s.
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Thats a very nice piece of kit…! I wish I had one…
I’m also a old timer that was on CB and applied for the Ham license in the mid 80’s but I’ve lost my call sign due to not having a working station (back in the day he Law in my country made me lose my license after 5 years…). Now I’m also thinking on making a new exam… Just waiting for a change in the absurd Law that my country telecom authority established in 2009 and ruined completely that new people could get into the hobby… But there is some good news and the politicians are reviewing it this year…
For now I got back to CB and Freeband since the beginning of this year and found out that CB is definitely not dead… Loads of stations making DX contacts every day…!
Let’s see if next year I get enough money to buy an HF transceiver even if it is an old-school one that works…
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