Well I ended up getting it, so I'll post some pics when I can.
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LOOKING TO BUY SBE CONSOLE VI (6) ANYONE KNOW OF ONE ?
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This was supposed to go in a conversation I'm having with someone here and I don't see a way to delete it !
Confirms it's a mistaken post, oh well lmao, Retro
Here are some pics of this one from Rodney. Don't have time to do inside shots yet.
All is good with it but the channel digits is wacky...
Retro
All is good with it but the channel digits is wacky...
Retro
Well tried with my phone, so much for that LOL... Let's see if I can get a few another way.
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super cool.
thanks for those pics.
i love the meters on that radio. not sure what to make of the channel display weirdness.
what's that pot on the back of the radio do?
LC
thanks for those pics.
i love the meters on that radio. not sure what to make of the channel display weirdness.
what's that pot on the back of the radio do?
LC
When the company was first launched, it made only ham gear. And the name was Sideband Engineers. Not sure when it got shortened to "SBE". Some while before they ventured into CB radios, probably.
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BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
SideBand Engineers
The Gonset company had been already famous with its compact design of their mobile radio equipments. The founder of the company, Mr. Faust Gonset, founded another new company SideBand Engineers in 1962. Its goal was to create ideal mobile equipments with latest transistor technology and advanced design.
In 1963, SBE started to sell their first model, SB-33 transceiver. It is known as the first practical transistorized rig; one of the important milestones of the amateur equipment history.
The SB-34 was born in 1966. Its basic concept was almost same as SB-33, but having cleaner looking and improved design. At this moment the company was located in South San Francisco, CA, and was a subsidiary of Raytheon. The advertisement of SB-34 could be seen on amateur radio magazines for several months, and considerable amount of the radio was produced. SB-34 became the most famous and popular model of the company, along with its companion linear amplifier.
SideBand Enginners - The Company : Restoration Projects : NoobowSystems Lab.
Gonset | The Old Tube Radio Archives
The Gonset company had been already famous with its compact design of their mobile radio equipments. The founder of the company, Mr. Faust Gonset, founded another new company SideBand Engineers in 1962. Its goal was to create ideal mobile equipments with latest transistor technology and advanced design.
In 1963, SBE started to sell their first model, SB-33 transceiver. It is known as the first practical transistorized rig; one of the important milestones of the amateur equipment history.
The SB-34 was born in 1966. Its basic concept was almost same as SB-33, but having cleaner looking and improved design. At this moment the company was located in South San Francisco, CA, and was a subsidiary of Raytheon. The advertisement of SB-34 could be seen on amateur radio magazines for several months, and considerable amount of the radio was produced. SB-34 became the most famous and popular model of the company, along with its companion linear amplifier.
SideBand Enginners - The Company : Restoration Projects : NoobowSystems Lab.
Gonset | The Old Tube Radio Archives
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
SBE withdrew from the amateur market in late 1970, kept manufacturing high quality - high performance CB radios and scanners for a while. Sometime later however the company completely disappeared from the consumer radio equipment market.
Faust Gonsett with 2 T's. They dropped the 2nd T so the name Gonset would fit on the label.
http://www.oldqslcards.com/Gonset.pdf
http://www.oldqslcards.com/Gonset.pdf
The last thing I can find anywhere is 1979, when they registered "LandCommand by SBE" as a trademark. So they may have given up the ghost as early as 1979 or 1980. I have seen one former employee (https://www.qsl.net/wb6jnn/middle.htm) say that the company was sold to a maker of single board computers who then left the radio business completely, but his link to the purchaser goes to a domain for sale page.
Okay as for the inside pictures, here we go finally:
Although I'm a bit bummed cos someone has been in here already. The PLL metal can has it's top missing and the circuit board is kinda floating some inside it...
It has channel digits displaying incorrectly as well, for instance when on channel 14 it reads 71 hmmmm...
Enjoy the pics folks 73, Retro
Although I'm a bit bummed cos someone has been in here already. The PLL metal can has it's top missing and the circuit board is kinda floating some inside it...
It has channel digits displaying incorrectly as well, for instance when on channel 14 it reads 71 hmmmm...
Enjoy the pics folks 73, Retro
