Maxon speak easy

[Hair Bear]

Anyone remember the Maxon Speak Easy?
I had four, all channel 'A', which I think equated the UKfm channel 2. Not sure about the idea of the antenna clipped into the headband wrapped over your head though.

[The Collector]

I think I had something identical. They had a clip-on unit that you wore around your waist or clipped on a belt, a cable connected to the headset with a little boom mic that came around in front of your face. The flimsy wire aerial either flapped about, or like you say, it could be bent around the headseat frame and clipped into little hooks to keep it stable if you were quickly on the move. You could either use a PTT button to TX, or you could have it on auto-vox or somsthing, so it TX'd as you started speaking...usually cutting off part of the first word you said, or it'd TX if you breathed heavily, coughed, or it heard any nearby loud noise!

Me and my mate Spencer (Atomic Rooster) used them to suss out and sneak up on a mate who was doing "the business" in the back of his Mini van up on the Lickey Hills on tge edge of Bromsgrove one night. We found his car, crept up on either side to ensure tgat they were in the back...and then rocked it so hard it nearly lifted off the ground. You could hear the girl squealing and him shouting all sorts of obscenities as we ran off giggling.

[Hair Bear]

Ah shenanigans. Worked for a while at the Romsley mast so at least I know 'Lickey Hills' isn't a metaphor
Sounds like a Speakeasy, single channel although there were four available - just make sure you get a matching pair.

[NightProwler]

Me and my mate Spencer (Atomic Rooster) used them to suss out and sneak up on a mate who was doing "the business" in the back of his Mini van up on the Lickey Hills on tge edge of Bromsgrove one night. We found his car, crept up on either side to ensure tgat they were in the back...and then rocked it so hard it nearly lifted off the ground. You could hear the girl squealing and him shouting all sorts of obscenities as we ran off giggling.

Love it

[The Collector]

I had a good think and if I recall, they might have been Realistic 49mhz ones so I Googled that and came up with these pictured, which I'm pretty sure were the ones I had.

I took them round to "Gadget" our local rig doctor to see if they could be made more powerful as they only reached about 100ft with the aerials strapped down, but he said it'd be too much hassle. I ended swapping them for a little portable Realistic 5" colour TV from him and bought a couple of Amstrad 2ch handhelds instead which got out a lot further and you could talk to other people too.

I must've done swapsies and deals on hundreds of radios and aerials over the years!

[Tin soldier]

I had a good think and if I recall, they might have been Realistic 49mhz ones so I Googled that and came up with these pictured, which I'm pretty sure were the ones I had.

I took them round to "Gadget" our local rig doctor to see if they could be made more powerful as they only reached about 100ft with the aerials strapped down, but he said it'd be too much hassle. I ended swapping them for a little portable Realistic 5" colour TV from him and bought a couple of Amstrad 2ch handhelds instead which got out a lot further and you could talk to other people too.

I must've done swapsies and deals on hundreds of radios and aerials over the years!

I've still got a little tv somewhere, sanyo i think.

[Hair Bear]

I've got a Sony Watchman tv. 2" screen I think.
The Speakeasy unit's I had were a grey colour and definitely 27mHz.

[lambrettadave]

I seen this not so long ago and thought of this thread.

http://www.radiopics.com/CB%20Radio/UK% ... X-27SE.htm

[Hair Bear]

That's the one. If you look carefully on the back you can see that one is channel 'A', or ch 2 on UKfm. Never realised it actually had a model designation.