Paul/VJB wwrote:
>Mike/XU mentioned the Johnson Messenger. Yes, they >were a hot ticket when I was on 11m as a kid in the >1960s. On the air they were known as the "White Faced >Johnson" for the brushed aluminum front panel and >square, breadbox styling. When I was a 13 yesr old novice (WN4YEJ)I went to work after school in a TV shop fixing ac/dc radios and helping carry TVs on service calls. There was a "business radio" there we used to talk to the service vans. It was right next to the workbench where I was happily changing out 50C5's and 35W4's all afternoon. One day it was making strange noises, like waves breaking on a beach. Then I heard someone say "... in Arizona". I picked up the mic and said "This is Georgia", and he replied "I hear that Georgia station ....". I freaked out and quickly went back to work. For the next week I expected to get to work after school and see an FCC monitoring truck waiting for me! It wasn't until much later when I saw another "White Faced Johnson" that I realized it has been a CB station that I had "worked" Arizona on all those years before. Theo K4MO
