Alternative uses for CB items?

[TM86]

I'll go first.
Shakespeare Big Stick. Useful for knocking stuck drones out of trees.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

@loosecannon has an avatar of a cb radio table lamp.

 

[Cable Guy]

@loosecannon has an avatar of a cb radio table lamp.

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I kinda want one.

 

[loosecannon]

found that on pinterest if it helps anyone that wants one.

I don't actually have this item, just thought it was quirky.

Merry Christmas to everyone!
LC

 

[Eldorado828]

I once considered making a lamp out of a d-104 base mic but at the time I though it was a waste of parts to do that with. An on/off switch with the ptt would be kind of cool.

 

[Dmans]

I did build this radio lamp after a customer gave me a box full of Icom BB radios he didn’t want/need anymore. It is quite handy!

73
David

 

[Cable Guy]

Looks like it washed up a ditch from a heavy rain lol. Clean the radio or rub some dirt on the lamp.

 

[BC Coyote]

My dead Nobatron 40 amp power supply which is full of iron transformers makes a fantastic door-stop. Not even the strongest winds can budge it.........
It would do even better as a boat anchor.......

 

[Dmans]

Looks like it washed up a ditch from a heavy rain lol.

Agreed.
All 6 of them look that way on the inside as well. The reason it turned into a counterweight for a lamp.

73
David

 

[brandon7861]

I have tried to think of other uses for a radio and can only come up with one. Take a junk AM radio and an SSB receiver, remove the predriver, driver and final on the AM radio, and with antennas connected to the oscillator crystals, you will have made an 11m Theramin/proximity detector. The FCC letter for operating a musical instrument will make for a good story to tell.

 

[loosecannon]

Looks like it washed up a ditch from a heavy rain lol. Clean the radio or rub some dirt on the lamp.

L O L!!!

thank you for that Cable Guy you gave me a good laugh with that one!
LC