PUBLICOM 1 CB RADIO

[br1936]

I've acquired a Publicom 1, 23 channel radio. Have a manual with it but can't find a schematic or any other thing about it. Anyone know who manufactured the radio? Looks like ICOM made a 22 channel radio which looked similar, and called an ICOM 22S. Appreciate any info.
BR1936

[hillbilly1987]

i would try cbtricks.com and they should have it there but if not i dont know where else. hope this helps alittle 73 redneck

[Sandbagger]

Jul 1, 2008 0:13:02 GMT -5 br1936 said:

I've acquired a Publicom 1, 23 channel radio. Have a manual with it but can't find a schematic or any other thing about it. Anyone know who manufactured the radio? Looks like ICOM made a 22 channel radio which looked similar, and called an ICOM 22S. Appreciate any info.
BR1936

The Icom 22S is a 2 meter VHF radio, not a CB. But the fact that the Icom looked so much like a CB was a major negative when it first came out. Back in the late 70's when CB was at its peak, theft of CB radios from mobiles was a growing problem. Since the Icom Ham radio looked so much like a CB, the theives didn't know the difference, and many hams found their VHF rigs suddenly being taken.

It was somewhat of a problem when someone would key the local 2 meter repeater calling "breaker 1-9", but many stolen 2 meter rigs were recovered by homing in on the "new CB'er" on the repeater.