Squelch for the lunchbox

[GEORGE/W2AMR]

I recently ran across a copy of a mod from Heathkit to add a simple squelch circuit to the lunchbox. Although it was written for the CB-1, it should work on the 2er, 6er, and 10 er as well.  E-mail to vikingvaliant@hotmail.com  and I'll send it along.
George

[Ken - K2UPI]

 George:

Years ago a CB-er asked me to build a couple of CB -1 "Lunchboxes" for him.  They had a little circuit of 2 resistors and 2 #47 bulbs (mounted on a terminal strip) and located at the speaker.  As I recall it worked fairly well for what it was.  I tried it on a 2-er, that I still have here, with the same results. Just wondered if your mod circuit is the same?

Ken / K2UPI

[K9PNP]

Worked good on the Sixer, too.

[GEORGE/W2AMR]

George:

Years ago a CB-er asked me to build a couple of CB -1 "Lunchboxes" for him.  They had a little circuit of 2 resistors and 2 #47 bulbs (mounted on a terminal strip) and located at the speaker.  As I recall it worked fairly well for what it was.  I tried it on a 2-er, that I still have here, with the same results. Just wondered if your mod circuit is the same?

Ken / K2UPI

Yep, that's the one Ken.

[WU2D]

Back in the early 90's I did up a squelch for a super-regen and it basically was a filtered amplifier and noise detector disturbing the bias on the output amplifier. This conventional noise squelch worked fine but it was 2 times more complex than the super-regen receiver itself!

[WU2D]

Here is another approach from Nov 1965 73 mag.

[W0BTU]

Back in the 1950's, I was given a CB lunchbox. Even then, we realized that a superregen without squelch was not one of Heath's better ideas.

[nz5n]

The Twoer (and the other lunchboxes) may be the most modded rig in the history of ham radio. Heathkit wanted it to be an economy radio so it was sold with absolutely no frills. Many of the mods were described over the years in articles in 73 magazine, which is now online in the public domain for non-commercial use. I made a pdf of numerous Twoer mods from 73 and put it online at http://qsl.net/nz5n/TwoerGonsetRestoration.htm.

The articles in the pdf (numbers refer to the handwritten numbers on the lower left side of each page) are:
1 - Testing the Twoer
4 - More Selectivity for the Twoer
5 - VFOing the Twoer
6 - Push to Talk for the Sixer
9 - VFO Operation for the Twoer
11 - Squelch for the Twoer and Sixer
14 - Getting the Most From Your Twoer [xtal socket, meter, improved audio]
17 - Sixer to the Nth [power supply, vernier dial, antenna coupler, headphone jack, xtal socket]
19 - Twoer Talk [tank circuit mod for increased output, audio clipping, meter, neutralization]
21 - Operating Suggestions for the Twoer [xtal socket, antenna]
23 - Push to Talk (The Twoer Way)
24 - Twoer Modifications [VFO, AC/DC switch]
26 - The Twixer [mod to convert Twoer into 6 and 2 meter duo bander]

73, Bill NZ5N