CATSWHISKERS CAT CALL CW1580

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What chassis did these use and who made them ?


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCBeBt2iexs

May be useful. :)

Pretty sure there was also a version with the Maxon board from the 4E etc.
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Mudslinger wrote: 15 Nov 2021, 21:46 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCBeBt2iexs

May be useful. :)

Pretty sure there was also a version with the Maxon board from the 4E etc.
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Can imagine a guy using a cobra 148 DX saying my rig is the dogs boll0x, And the other guy saying oh yeah!! Mines is the catswhiskers. Not quite the same ring to it
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There are about a dozen versions of the Catswhiskers radios, including homebase, portable, mobile, LED-metered, tradition metered...

There was a guy on here a year or two ago that collects them alone and has dozens, including some boxed ones. If he's still about, he'll have the most info I reckon.
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The Collector wrote: 17 Nov 2021, 12:11 There are about a dozen versions of the Catswhiskers radios, including homebase, portable, mobile, LED-metered, tradition metered...

There was a guy on here a year or two ago that collects them alone and has dozens, including some boxed ones. If he's still about, he'll have the most info I reckon.
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I have 2 myself, a silver-fronted 1580P (portable) and a rarer black-fronted Catcall CW 15/40 mobile.

I need the cases for the black one though as it was fitted into a home-made homebase unit and they were removed (probably for cooling). When a cheap, battered CW radio comes up, I might get it just for those.

I believe they're a British brand, made using the guts from the likes of Maxcom etc like other company's did.
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Catcall.JPG
cat call was only thing going for it i found them cheaply made defo uk made'' image rejection was well pants for the time ok had fixed inductors on mic sckts from memory lol.
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warhorse wrote: 06 Dec 2021, 00:22 Catcall.JPGcat call was only thing going for it i found them cheaply made defo uk made'' image rejection was well pants for the time ok had fixed inductors on mic sckts from memory lol.
They were definitely made with the farming communities in mind, so adjacent channel rejection and a better-filtered receive wasn't a priority. Out in the fields, you were less likely to suffer from interference from close-by neighbours like we were in our houses.

Cheap & cheerful production was the order of the day with these things methinks.
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Talk of the devil, bought one of these to add to my 2 other Catswhiskers:
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