Make

General Radiotelephone

Model

SB-72

Year

~1963

Description

The General Radiotelephone model SB-72 is a 13 tube single sideband transceiver. General was way ahead of there times when they built this radio. This radio was one of the first SSB 11 meter radios in America. It has 24 channels with USB, LSB, and AM. The receiver is Dual conversion. It also has the great COLLINS mechanical filter! They only use one crystal for transmit and receive. Super nice radio!

Receiver Type

Superheterodyne

TX Channels

5 watts input

Freq Range

Citizens Band; 26.965 - 27.255 MC

Civil Air Patrol; 26.620 MC

Mode

AM

Power Input

12.5 VDC; Rec. 7.5 amps, Trans 8.6 amps

115 VAC Rec. 90 watts, Trans. 120 watts

Dimensions

5-3/8 x 10-1/8 x 12 inches

Weight

17-1/2 lbs