Knob and Tube Radios

A must first, the old Victrola record player -- a big box looking thing with a large horn like thing on the top (speaker), with a wind-up handle on the side. YEP!! we were ROCKIN' then!!

Then the old knob and tube radio with several wave length channels, or bands, could listen to Spanish stations. (don't know where they actually originated from) Stuff that sounded like outer space, also. We used to listen to the boxing station and Arthur Godfrey in "Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch" -- Johnny Cash. Then came a few more modern (non-transistor) radios in the cars and at home. "Let's do the Hop", Blue, Blue, Blue Suede Shoes" and others.

The CB radio (Citizen Band). Everybody had a handle. I was "Scrooge", and my wife was "Big Spender". hehe!! 10-4, Big Buddy!!.. Over and Out, Copy that!... Received!... Come back. We had a CB in the early 1970's in the motorhome. Channel 19, I think, if you were east and west; Channel 17 if you were north and south. Channel 09 was React (Emergency). The FAA had strict rules, but some guys would power up beyond capacity and reach Alaska on a cloudy day when signals could skip. Yep! It was fun!

Maybe I kinda went beyond the Haigler thing, but I think a lot of people had CB radios in their trucks, tractors, etc. But radios were out even before my time. Always could hear Goodland or Colby, Kansas with the Stock Market Report -- Corn, Wheat, Cattle, etc.

-- Submitted by Dallas Adams