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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