Gonset Communicator II for 2 Meters (#3025, 3057)

Object/Artifact

Radio Alpha

2 meter version shown. 6 meter version is visualy identical.

Image: Chuck Penson, WA7ZZE, hamfest

Name/Title

Gonset "Communicator II" for 2 Meters (#3025, 3057)

Description

2 Meter Transceiver

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Gonset

Date made

1953 - 1957

Other Name

"Communicator"

Valuations

Value

$229.50

General Notes

Note

QST, Sep 1953, p. 123. QST, Dec 1954, p. 87. (3057 for 12 VDC) Allied Radio catalog 1955 (copyright 1954), p. 191. Allied Radio catalog 1956 (copyright 1955), p. 197. Walter Ashe catalog 1957 (probably issued in 1956), p. 8. (knob kit) Sometimes referred to as the "deluxe" model. See, for example ,QST, Aug 1954, p. 82. The Communicator II is the same as the Communicator I, with the addition of a squelch circuit. References Technical description. Radio News, May 1954, p. 63.