Thanks, Thirteen.
I don't care for the Galaxys and I don't hear good things about the current Cobra 148's, so what's a fella to do for a good SSB radio these days?
you don't have to use the optima mk3 in export mode,, you can move the internal jumper to cb mode and it will only have the normal 40 cb channels
no soldering needed,, there is a row of pins and you just pull the jumper off and move it to whatever mode you want. you can get them from yeticom or ebay has some sellers that get them in every few months,,,