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Canada’s CHU time station to close

tvnut said:
I had (still have somewhere) a Patrolman 6, then moved up to a Patrolman 10. Also had a crystal-specific scanner. Picked up the final version of the Zenith TransOceanic a few years ago. A Drake R8B remains on the wish list.
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There was an identical-looking aeronautical version of the pocket-sized Patrolman that covered 118-136 mHz, IIRC. Never had it or the Patrolman, as I only got into scanning in the '80s with a Bearcat 800 mHz-capable (unblocked) scanner. Great listening on those cellphone frequencies until the landscape changed.

I had a Transoceanic, too, a Royal 3000-1, that I got for my bar mitzvah in the late '60s. Fantastic radio for SW broadcast and medium wave at night, but the FM was prone to overloading, and it had no BFO for single sideband reception. Did the Transoceanic ever add a BFO before going out of production?
 
CTListener said:
There was an identical-looking aeronautical version of the pocket-sized Patrolman that covered 118-136 mHz, IIRC.
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The Patrolman product line had an often similar-looking companion line called the Astronaut. Curious if this Astronaut-5 might be what you're remembering:

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There was also an older version of the Astronaut-5 which looked more 1960s.

tvnut said:
I had (still have somewhere) a Patrolman 6, then moved up to a Patrolman 10.
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This version? I would have gone nuts for that in my youth.

The Patrolman-6 and Astronaut-6 receivers were more two examples of visually similar units. And I believe the Astronaut-8, a mint example of which is shown in this video, was the functional equivalent of the Patrolman-9:


Picked up the final version of the Zenith TransOceanic a few years ago. A Drake R8B remains on the wish list.
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I love the appearance of the L600 version. The Drake would be wonderful to have if only there were still shortwave programming of equal quality to hear.
 
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yeoldeschool said:
Check eBay. There were numerous variations of the Patrolman line sold by Radio Shack through the decades, and a number of them always seem to be available there. You can probably find the exact model you had.

Mine was this version (photo from eBay):

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It was where I discovered amateur radio as well. I still remember the first repeater I ever heard: Richard LaBelle's W6FXN, which was home to the weekly Southern California earthquake net. Whenever things began to shake, they would hit the airwaves and nail down its approximate location and strength before anyone else, broadcast media included. I believe many of them had amateur seismographs and earthquake pendulums in their homes.

And yes, with an external antenna, it could receive WWV and WWVH.
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Thanks for the info. Since I don't remember the model number, don't think I'll look on Ebay, but I appreciate the thought. Didn't use an external antenna, just whatever came with the rig. If memory serves, it had TV (like 2-13), along with of course, AM and FM.
 
tvnut said:
I had (still have somewhere) a Patrolman 6, then moved up to a Patrolman 10. Also had a crystal-specific scanner. Picked up the final version of the Zenith TransOceanic a few years ago. A Drake R8B remains on the wish list.
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First scanner I ever personally owned, was an eight-channel job, that my uncle gave me, with the switches to turn off and on the channels, with (I reckon) lights above the switches. I used to listen to that thing for hours, as well. It made a strange sound while cycling through the channels on scan, the little rocker switch being all the way up for scan. Of course, the fewer switches that were up, the faster it'd go and the faster it'd make that noise LOL. Oh yeah, just the little antenna in the back of the rig, was all I used there, too.
 
yeoldeschool said:
The Patrolman product line had an often similar-looking companion line called the Astronaut. Curious if this Astronaut-5 might be what you're remembering:


There was also an older version of the Astronaut-5 which looked more 1960s.


This version? I would have gone nuts for that in my youth.

The Patrolman-6 and Astronaut-6 receivers were more two examples of visually similar units. And I believe the Astronaut-8, a mint example of which is shown in this video, was the functional equivalent of the Patrolman-9:



I love the appearance of the L600 version. The Drake would be wonderful to have if only there were still shortwave programming of equal quality to hear.
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Yeah, I forgot the Patrolman covered 118-136, I believe, as well. A few years later, I got (and went through, due to faulty dial construction) a few Sangian SG621s. I remember that name/model, 'cause I had to go back and get it again. :D)
 
CHU, when it was on 7335, was what I used to calibrate my analog-tuned general coverage receivers on 40 meters. It was out of range once it moved to 7850. In any case, it will be missed. Sometimes it would come in perfectly in AZ at night when WWV and WWVH would be inaudible.
 


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