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Info need Stoner Pro-40

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I need info I just got this from my father in law. Now it is in excellent condition and everything works well. Should I make this my primary base station or is it better on the shelf as a showcase piece?
 

FWIU ...... it's pretty much the holy grail of 11 meter SSB radios .
dont abuse it and never get rid of it ;)
 
Thanks for the replies! After I figured out what it was I could not believe it.
Now do you treat like a classic car and drive it on Sundays or key it up any chance you get?
 
Never, and I mean NEVER sell that radio. It is strongly suggested that you allow only qualified people to look at it. Not, 'look at it' as in make repairs, but just to LOOK AT IT. Most conventional operators are not worthy to be in the presence of such greatness as the Stoner.

I'd keep it under a plexiglass case in the shack and only use it on Sundays. Hope to catch you on the air with it one day. I can't recall ever hearing one on air.
 
I have one.
Sell it on ebay.
You could buy anything you want with the proceeds.

Which number is it? It lights up on the face.
 
Just wondering what Stoner Number is this Unit.

Look to the left of the Display readout and let me know.

Also did you have the optional AM Add-on?
O-Scope option?
Extl. Speaker?
Clock?
Watt Meter?

if you did try it out and hear a popping sound don't freak out the unit is known to do this.
Radio has adjacent rejection and a skip shooters dream if they live near truck stops ect.
 
DON'T PART WITH IT.

it was light years ahead of its time when it was built, and if the truth be known, in cb manufacturing terms, its still ahead of its time today, as cb manufacturing hasn't progressed much in the past 4 decades, in fact in many ways it has went backwards.
 
Don Stoner, SK. May 4th 1999


Donald L Stoner
And Then SGC

Company History



The ARRL Letter
Vol. 18, No. 19
May 7, 1999

DONALD L. STONER, W6TNS, SK

The man who conceived of Project OSCAR, Don Stoner, W6TNS, of Clearwater,
Florida died May 4. He was 67. Stoner reportedly had been in ill health for
some time. He reportedly suffered a ruptured aneurysm.

In 1960, Stoner, then living in Alta Loma, California, was the idea man
behind Project OSCAR. Stoner outlined his concepts for an Amateur Radio
space program in the February 1961 issue of QST (see "Project
OSCAR--Something of the Future"). In his prophetic article, Stoner
envisioned a two-phase project, the first to launch an orbiting VHF beacon
transmitter into space, the second to launch an "orbital repeater." OSCAR 1
was launched December 12, 1961.

More recently, Stoner had become a guru for amateurs battling restrictive
covenants to install antennas.

A Flint, Michigan, native, Stoner developed an early interest in
electronics, according to longtime friend Merle Parten, K6DC. Stoner's
father, Lew, was W8IMS. Don Stoner went on to enjoy financial success in the
commercial world. In the Citizens Band heyday, he was a manufacturer of CB
transceivers. Later, he founded a company that developed systems to back up
bank records and to telephone overdue accounts. He retired in 1989.

An ARRL member, Stoner also will be remembered as a CQ columnist--he served
in several editorial capacities, including VHF editor, Novice editor,
surplus columnist and semiconductor columnist--and as founder of the
unsuccessful National Amateur Radio Association. Stoner also wrote the "In
Theory" column in CQ VHF magazine in 1996 and 1997.

Stoner's wife, Lucy, and two sons are among his survivors. Services were May
7 in Clearwater, Florida. A memorial service and interment were set for May
11 in Kirkland, Washington.
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There will never be any more than what is out there now, if it is working 100% it is a treasure
It is a purpose built radio , hang on to it.
Below are pictures of the Man that designed the radios, and his station before he Passed.
R.I.P. W6TNS

73
Jeff
 

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I think someone used my name saying i had one for sale:confused:If i would have one thats news to me:censored:73s.
 
Well I have kept my Stoner! #336 I am going to give it a run soon. I have been running my Galaxy on SSB so I am excited to see how the Pro-40 performs.
 

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