Digicom 100

Palomar Electronics , Escondido (CA)

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  • Year
  • 1976
  • Category
  • Citizen Band Equipment
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 156871

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • 72
  • Semiconductors
  • Main principle
  • Transceiver; ZF/IF 10700 kHz; 6 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 12 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Short Wave (SW only)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Direct Current supply (DC) / 13.8V Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3 inch = 7.6 cm
  • Power out
  • 1 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Digicom 100 - Palomar Electronics ,
  • Shape
  • Miscellaneous shapes - described under notes.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 10.37 x 2.625 x 14.5 inch / 263 x 67 x 368 mm
  • Notes
  • US designed high-end AM/SSB radio for CB band. Market release 1976.
    This AM/SSB CB transceiver is unique in the sense that it was designed using concepts similar to a professional radio, using techniques not seen in the Japanese designs that entered the market later. Because of the professional design, the Digicom 100 ended up to be too expensive for the average CB enthusiast so it was not a market success. Another interesting aspect is that the Digicom-100 was equipped with a PLL synthesizer, one of the first CB radios to use this, which was designed to be frequency expandable once the FCC transistion from 23 channels to 40 channels would have been completed (at the end of 1976). The channel expansion simply meant the re-programming of an EPROM (thus firmware), nothing else. Initially the FCC granted approval for the radio, but later they believed there would be too much illegal programming of the EPROM which made the FCC decide to withdraw the approval again. As a result, there were not too many of these radios sold, and it is now a highly sought-after collectors item. CPI went on to design even better CB radios (with the CPI-2000 as the pinnacle) but in the eighties they lost out against the Japanese competition as a CB manufacturer.
  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 4.313 kg / 9 lb 8 oz (9.5 lb)
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 495.00 $
  • Source of data
  • - - Manufacturers Literature
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Photofact CB Radio Manual, SAMS
  • Author
  • Model page created by Loek d'Hont. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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