I went to the Goodwill thrift store this afternoon (it's only seven
tenths of a mile South of my doggys couch,I just can't seem to stay from
that place) and for $2.00 I bought an AR-147 + Transceiver (it says on
the box,Transceiver) and it says 60 Watts Out! on High Power.The Adi
hand held remote control/microphone has some buttons on it such as
CALL,VFO,MR,MHz and buttons from 1 through 9 and of course the 0 button
and four buttons,A B C D and * and # buttons.On the front of the device
it has buttons VFO and MR and MHz.Under the VFO button it says M V and
under the MR button it says M and under the MHz button it says
Lock.Under the diaplay screen it has buttons F and CALL and SHFT and
TONE and DTMF.On the right hand side of the display screen are two
little knobs,VOL and SQ and to the right of those knobs are two
buttons,LOW and PWR and the cord of the microphone connects to the front
of the device/transceiver.It all looks fairly new looking to me.On the
back of the device is a cord for an antenna connection and of course the
hot wire and the ground wire.Also,on the back of the device is jack for
an extenal speaker.I do have some CB radio antennas here.I haven't
gotten around yet to hooking it up and seeing if it works.There is spare
fuse and if the device won't light up,I will see about changing the
fuse.I wonder if y'all might have some information about the device.I
think it's a CB radio because I own some old CB radios and a couple of
them look similar to this one.I also bought a PC Warehouse System 486
desktop computer for $25.00 dollars at the Goodwill thriftstore this
afternoon too.As if I need another damn computer anyway.I already own
about 16 computers.
cuhulin

I wish they had cool **** like that at the Goodwill stores or any of the
other thrift stores around here, all they have around here is ****ty old
1980s clock radios. I suspect that the employees scoop up the good stuff
before the customers ever see it and scalp it out the back door. Every
so often you'll find something quirky that the Mexicans missed, I've
found two old style (pre 1963, with the CD marks) transistor radios, and
I found a transistor radio (with original AC adaptor) that was made
exclusively for picking up the aero band, but stuff like that is rare.


wrote:

I went to the Goodwill thrift store this afternoon (it's only seven
tenths of a mile South of my doggys couch,I just can't seem to stay from
that place) and for $2.00 I bought an AR-147 + Transceiver (it says on
the box,Transceiver) and it says 60 Watts Out! on High Power.The Adi
hand held remote control/microphone has some buttons on it such as
CALL,VFO,MR,MHz and buttons from 1 through 9 and of course the 0 button
and four buttons,A B C D and * and # buttons.On the front of the device
it has buttons VFO and MR and MHz.Under the VFO button it says M V and
under the MR button it says M and under the MHz button it says
Lock.Under the diaplay screen it has buttons F and CALL and SHFT and
TONE and DTMF.On the right hand side of the display screen are two
little knobs,VOL and SQ and to the right of those knobs are two
buttons,LOW and PWR and the cord of the microphone connects to the front
of the device/transceiver.It all looks fairly new looking to me.On the
back of the device is a cord for an antenna connection and of course the
hot wire and the ground wire.Also,on the back of the device is jack for
an extenal speaker.I do have some CB radio antennas here.I haven't
gotten around yet to hooking it up and seeing if it works.There is spare
fuse and if the device won't light up,I will see about changing the
fuse.I wonder if y'all might have some information about the device.I
think it's a CB radio because I own some old CB radios and a couple of
them look similar to this one.I also bought a PC Warehouse System 486
desktop computer for $25.00 dollars at the Goodwill thriftstore this
afternoon too.As if I need another damn computer anyway.I already own
about 16 computers.
cuhulin



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- This it ??

http://www.rigpix.com/adi/ar147.htm

- What happens when you plug it in ..

Is it a working rig or
does it need Life Support & a feeding tube

( AWWWWW ! ! ! )


- really, hope it's just a burned out fuze..

CPR Usually cracks ribs, hence " Broken Bones" when someone arrives at
the hospital...

& there have been people , so deeply into Denial,
about equipment failure
- That they have ...

- Well, watch that 1960's Hitchcock movie with Janet leigh in it..

Let us know what happens when you take it out for a stroll..

"Dan" ) writes:
- This it ??

http://www.rigpix.com/adi/ar147.htm

- What happens when you plug it in ..

Is it a working rig or
does it need Life Support & a feeding tube

SOmeone's not going to give one of those to the Salvation Army if
they know what it is. So someone gave away their husband's radio,
before or after he died, or someone found it in an attic after moving
in (not likely) or it was stolen and found to not work.

Chances are good that if it was working, it's not now. I suspect
someone did think it was a CB set, and likely mangled it in
trying to get it to work.

Michael

I also bought a PC Warehouse System 486
desktop computer for $25.00 dollars at the Goodwill thriftstore this
afternoon too.
************************************************** *
I think you got burned on the computer. I bought a Pentium at a thrift type
store and it came with a Canon ink jet printer. I paid $50 but that was
about three years ago. (They all work great.) I had some other computer
gear that I wanted to get rid of and found that the nearby prison takes it
for free. (Some places you have to pay to get rid of a monitor.) I left it
there and noticed there were about five computers that were better than my
Pentium that were thrown out. I think if you were to put an ad in the local
grocery store bulletin board that you wanted old computers to fix up, you
will have them by the truck load.

yep Dan,that picture in rigpix looks exactly like the transceiver I
bought for $2.00 this afternoon at the Goodwill thriftstore.I think
tomorrow,I will hook up one of my old CB radio antennas to it and hook
up the transceiver to the battery in my van and see if it works.It isn't
a ham radio,is it? If it is,I am not going to talk on it.
cuhulin

Michael Black wrote:


"Dan" ) writes:
- This it ??

http://www.rigpix.com/adi/ar147.htm

- What happens when you plug it in ..

Is it a working rig or
does it need Life Support & a feeding tube

SOmeone's not going to give one of those to the Salvation Army if
they know what it is. So someone gave away their husband's radio,
before or after he died, or someone found it in an attic after moving
in (not likely) or it was stolen and found to not work.

I doubt your average meth addicted burglar is going to make off with a
ham rig if he can get his hands on a DVD player instead. And if a
burglar WAS dumb enough to take this over a DVD player, I doubt they
could get it to work.

Chances are good that if it was working, it's not now. I suspect
someone did think it was a CB set, and likely mangled it in
trying to get it to work.

Cuhulin indicates that it runs off a battery. If so, either somebody
gave it away who was too challenged by the lack of an AC plug to figure
it out, or somebody hooked it up in a way that fried it. If it DOES
work, I'd be pleasantly surprised. And no, Cuhulin, it is NOT a CB.


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running dogg wrote:

Michael Black wrote:


"Dan" ) writes:
- This it ??

http://www.rigpix.com/adi/ar147.htm

- What happens when you plug it in ..

Is it a working rig or
does it need Life Support & a feeding tube

SOmeone's not going to give one of those to the Salvation Army if
they know what it is. So someone gave away their husband's radio,
before or after he died, or someone found it in an attic after moving
in (not likely) or it was stolen and found to not work.

I doubt your average meth addicted burglar is going to make off with a
ham rig if he can get his hands on a DVD player instead. And if a
burglar WAS dumb enough to take this over a DVD player, I doubt they
could get it to work.

Chances are good that if it was working, it's not now. I suspect
someone did think it was a CB set, and likely mangled it in
trying to get it to work.

Cuhulin indicates that it runs off a battery. If so, either somebody
gave it away who was too challenged by the lack of an AC plug to figure
it out, or somebody hooked it up in a way that fried it. If it DOES
work, I'd be pleasantly surprised. And no, Cuhulin, it is NOT a CB.

I took a second look at the pic. If you hooked that thing up without a
proper antenna and/or dummy load, you'd fry it. That's probably what
happened, and now for $2 Cuhulin has somebody else's problem. Live and
learn. I once paid $40 at a thrift store for a VHS tape camcorder that
ate tapes, and was too old to fix. And $40 is a lot of money when you're
on disability. I never did that again.


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wrote:

yep Dan,that picture in rigpix looks exactly like the transceiver I
bought for $2.00 this afternoon at the Goodwill thriftstore.I think
tomorrow,I will hook up one of my old CB radio antennas to it and hook
up the transceiver to the battery in my van and see if it works.It isn't
a ham radio,is it? If it is,I am not going to talk on it.
cuhulin


It's a 2 meter ham radio.

A CB antenna might give you OK reception, but I wouldn't suggest
transmitting with it because the SWR will be horrible and it may fry the
output.

Odds are you could sell it for a decent profit on ebay.

I saw the little decal sticker above the jack for an external speaker on
my Transceiver.I saw the specs on my $2.00 Transceiver in the rigpix
site that Dan posted.(thanks Dan) I guarantee you it does operate from a
car battery.Or,it will operate from a proper adapter too,assuming there
isn't anything wrong with my $2.00 Transceiver.Next,you will be calling
me a liar.YOU come here and see for yourself!
cuhulin