junkbox

plural junkboxes

1. CB radio slangA radio operator's collection of miscellaneous equipment.

   The touch pad and four 7-segment displays are the only other parts that hurt the pocketbook and are not as likely to be in the standard junkbox.

   1975, 73 Amateur Radio's Technical Journal, numbers 172-177, page 24

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   The trouble is, it often takes considerable juggling of the component values in the circuit around the junkbox semiconductors before your completed project performs as the author's did.

   1974, NRI Journal, volumes 32-33, page 2