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Having some combo of notch filter, band pass, DSP and parametric EQ on output to a large external speaker would be useful. In this way you could mix and match to get the best possible combination for intelligibility. On the aduio side for tx changing the filter caps for a modest change would be...

Audio wise assuming the other persons radio has enough receive audio bandwidth to benefit you really need to get the -3db point to about 4500 to make it really sound noticeably improved. My voice is so deep and the CB can not capture and transmit anything close to my voice I sound completely...

So during the last great pre-pandemic bail out in the USA I was downsized from General Motors Engineering Department Service Parts NAO. In just a few short days after leaving GM I had my own shiny new parts store I ran for 2 years before taking over a region for a while. Gone was the high blood...

Sorry I have been to busy to get back to this!

They had a lot of issues with these. I am not sure if anyone specializes in fixing them or redesigning them properly to work as listed. Obviously my knowledge is limited to what I have heard on air and online. I do not recall all the details but if you google it I am sure you can get to the...

Can you not pop the tins off and turn down the low power and high power pots? I just ask because in the 1990's I tuned set my RCI2950 up so with the RF power all the way up it would not over drive my amps and with the power turned all the way down it would still latch my relay in AM and SSB...

I keep am eye out for NOS parts especially if I can get a good deal. I was just wondering since I do pick up NOS NTE, ECG, SK and Phillips parts. While everyone and their mom seem to counterfeit Toshiba, Motorola, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi etc....I am hoping no one is going to counterfeit NTE, ECG...

Don't feel bad. Some guys on this site are super smart and experienced with high voltage tube gear some even commercially so. That is not me. I am a very careful, cautious and learning every day! When I was a young pilot I had a fuel tank drain fail, bad weather roll in insanely fast on a...

I have some large old school classic 50 ohm brown ohmite units witht he silver plated ends that 50,60,100 watt units. To easy to build those into an empty paint can. I think I bought all of them a few years ago off ebay for under $10 each The modern units sp5it mentioned are great as well as...

Thanks for the links!

I know I forgot a lot of companies. I just remembered TRW back when it was an American company.

So like the title is asking. Are these alternatives ok, junk, acceptable? I just do not have enough experience. I have some but have never actually used them. I know the basics about how various parts are made but only enough to know the very basics. How hard or easy is it or was it for a...

Well to be honest we need the FCC to give us a lot more on CB's current freq. bandwidth. We need eSSB, digital modes, and more legal power limits! We need higher audio fidelity! We need higher adjacent channel rejection standards as well!

Because a lot of people on CB are trashy low value consumers! They make purchase decisions based on marketing and what looks good to them. Why do you think pickup trucks look moronic as heck today? 1/2 of the market does not care and the other half want to look like they drive a Big Rig! So you...

In the 1980's and 1990's plenty of people made equipment to give you what in Aviation we call a DX Steer! Back when Fox Hunts where all the rage. You could also do it pretty easy just driving around and doing doughnuts and in parking lots and watching you rf meter and knowing the radiation...

The injection mold for the plastic parts probably wore out or was lost! LOL I am sure they figured out a way to make it cheaper than the last model!

People have been adding FM for decades to CB. I have never done it but seen it down. It is not a hard mod to do. That said when you see it done it is usually done in a terrible fashion by people that appear to be blind and missing all of their fingers in terms of the quality of the work! It is...

Class C bipolar transistor amp is like having a 600HP V8 that only makes max power in reverse! LOL What a waste! I apologize for being a bit bitter. The craftsmanship is top notch even if I hate this type of design and build. I should not have been a jerk about the build quality and attention...

I thought he did a great job figuring this out with no real previous experience in this sort of design. That case is tiny and I think Mr. Gatekeeper is a big boy like me! 100 watts from a MRF455A is not bad at all. That get's you your first major jump in performance at 100w mark! That is how...

I just got a G90 with all the kit they make for it for less than a Stryker 955!!! Since I am getting my ticket punched I wanted a real amateur radio on a budget. I own plenty of CB/10M/11/12 radio's and none of them will do what the G90 will do. Really what it comes down to is do you want a...