My city is halfway through its annual special pickup. On Saturday
afternoon, I found a 40-channel Orbitsonic 200 mobile transceiver. It
had obviously been left in a basement for quite some time. I opened it
up and blew out the dust with compressed air. Then I hooked it up to a
motorcycle battery, and the display lights came on. There was no
microphone with it, so I can't determine whether it receives or
transmits.

There aren't exactly a whole bunch of hits at Google for "orbitsonic,
" but it has that circa 1977 look to it. My guess is that it was made
by a contract manufacturer and sold at truck stops or at mom-and-pop
CB stores. A plate on the back identifies the importer or distributor
as the Samn (or SAMN; it's upper case) Electronics Corporation of San
Francisco. One of the switches on the front panel is for delta tune,
and another is for "ANL." There is no FCC ID code that I can look up.

The microphone plug on the front is a 5-pin DIN-type connection. I've
seen some CB microphone wiring diagrams on the 'Net, but before I go
connecting pins at random, I'd like to hear from anyone who is
familiar with this radio. I've got some other 40-channel CBs, so I
will be able to hear any transmissions it makes.

Thanks in advance.

Write an email to and ask them who the importer/distributor is
was!

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My city is halfway through its annual special pickup. On Saturday
afternoon, I found a 40-channel Orbitsonic 200 mobile transceiver. It
had obviously been left in a basement for quite some time. I opened it
up and blew out the dust with compressed air. Then I hooked it up to a
motorcycle battery, and the display lights came on. There was no
microphone with it, so I can't determine whether it receives or
transmits.

There aren't exactly a whole bunch of hits at Google for "orbitsonic,
" but it has that circa 1977 look to it. My guess is that it was made
by a contract manufacturer and sold at truck stops or at mom-and-pop
CB stores. A plate on the back identifies the importer or distributor
as the Samn (or SAMN; it's upper case) Electronics Corporation of San
Francisco. One of the switches on the front panel is for delta tune,
and another is for "ANL." There is no FCC ID code that I can look up.

The microphone plug on the front is a 5-pin DIN-type connection. I've
seen some CB microphone wiring diagrams on the 'Net, but before I go
connecting pins at random, I'd like to hear from anyone who is
familiar with this radio. I've got some other 40-channel CBs, so I
will be able to hear any transmissions it makes.

Thanks in advance.