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Space Weapon Craziest Noise Toy. RARE E.Rainbow Space Cricket

Wire Weasel

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Hi guys, An old thread of mine was revisited a few days ago and made me recall that I have one Ultra Whack noise toy left that I've been saving. Doubt now that I'll ever use it and would like to see someone else enjoy it and put it back on the air again. I considered myself very lucky to find 2 of these over the last 30 years and I had one installed in a D104 along with one of the Tweety Birds that I used to make and that was one bad-ass Noise Toy microphone. Sold that mic a few years ago.
Anyway .... I have one Space Cricket made by Electronic Rainbow, cat.# SC108, from the '80's or 90's. Coolest damn thing I've ever heard. They called it Space Cricket but I always thought that was a wimpy name for this thing. It is a Two-Tone sound and Variable Speed. On slower speeds it sounds just like original Star Trek Photon Torpedos being fired. Speed it up and it sounds more like some kind of Death Ray noise. Speeds in-between would be their own unique sound. Plays it's sound from real slow to real fast. Pair it with a radio that has Echo - and adding various levels of Echo Effect make this thing sound totally out of this galaxy !!
Toy board originally had an adjustable surface mount pot on the board. I removed that an added an external pot of the same value so a Speed Adjustment could be mounted on the mic for instant use. Does not need an on/off switch. Has a Momentary push button for operation. Simple 3-Wire hook up. Red for 9-12volt +, Black for V neg and White for Audio. Really well suited for installing inside a power desk mic like a D104, but could be just as easily installed inside a radio.
I previously wrapped the board with electrical tape so it was ready for installation. I did not want to unwrap it just to take a pic as there's really nothing special to see ... just a small circuit board with parts on it.
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Needless to say, this E.R. Space Cricket is unobtainum. Ultra Rare, now a one-of-a-kind Collector's item. You might be the only person in the country with one if you get this baby and put it back on the air. 0SpaceCricket.jpg
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$100 Free Ship - Priority Mail
Will trade for a large single-window Dosy meter that works 100% and isn't all scratched up. Something like a TC 4001 type.
 
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Can't Edit post. I will add that I've heard over a dozen different Space Wars-Weapons noise toys over the years and this is by far the coolest one I've ever heard.
 
If there is anything the 11 meter band does NOT need is more NOISE.I was taught that the CB Radio is for Communications & my dad would whip my butt badly if he caught me playing on it so I decided early in life that I would Talk & NOT Play games.He is passed away now & I still live by what he taught me way back in the 60's.CB Radio has the nick name of "The Children's Band" for good reason & I avoid chatting with anyone with any Noise Toys including those with Echo & Reverb because I feel they are all useless & it's my choice as it is their choice if they talk to me.It does not hurt my feelings if they choose to speak to everyone on the channel other than me since I would just ignore them anyway.I also recall these words from the Good Book,
1 Corinthians 13:11 King James Version (KJV)
11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Makes good sense to me & doing so has NOT made life any less Fun or Exciting but Gods word is always Right so I don't argue with it or HIM because that is even more senseless.

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If you don't want an item you see in the Swap Shop then don't buy it. Disrespectful diatribes like this are against the rules posted at the top of the Forum .... that we guess you didn't bother to read. View attachment 33470


I simply stated my opinion & as I stated in my comments I don't get offended when people don't speak to me.Sorry if you were offended by my comments or my feelings.I see nothing disrespectful about expressing my personal feelings nor about you or others doing the same about how you feel.What we each find offensive is subjective & no two people have the same outlook or feelings about most any subject radio or otherwise.73 & God bless.

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I simply stated my opinion & as I stated in my comments I don't get offended when people don't speak to me.Sorry if you were offended by my comments or my feelings.I see nothing disrespectful about expressing my personal feelings nor about you or others doing the same about how you feel.What we each find offensive is subjective & no two people have the same outlook or feelings about most any subject radio or otherwise.73 & God bless.

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Its not a matter of being offended, its that its against the rules of the forum.
 
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Whoever is in charge feel free to send me packing if you feel that is what is right.I will NOT be upset at all since it is just one less group I will be a member of and anyone who was upset or offended will be happy that I am no longer here.I will not lose any sleep over it either way and I just want everyone happy.At this point in my life I for sure won’t stress over it with so much stuff happening in life every day.Life is far to short for that and maybe someone has gotten some good from the hundreds of postings I have posted in the group over the time I have been here but maybe not.I will continue to enjoy my Ham Radio & CB hobbies as I have since 1965 for CB & since 1994 with Ham Radio because it’s in my blood. 73 & God bless.

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I simply stated my opinion & as I stated in my comments I don't get offended when people don't speak to me.Sorry if you were offended by my comments or my feelings.I see nothing disrespectful about expressing my personal feelings nor about you or others doing the same about how you feel.What we each find offensive is subjective & no two people have the same outlook or feelings about most any subject radio or otherwise.73 & God bless.

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Offensive is one thing while appropriate is another. This is the very reason why replies were turned off in the first place. The for sale section is NOT the place to state an opinion about something that is for sale. I know it has happened in the past but without controversy therefore perhaps I am partly to blame for not being heavy handed and deleting such posts and warning about them. That would even the playing field. Then again so would blocking replies again. I despise noise toys too and think they are childish but if someone wants to sell one I just roll my eyes and scroll down. That is the best advice I can offer to anyone that sees something they disagree with here.
 

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