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Golden Eagle Model T68/R68 CB Base Station for sale $350 plus shipping...
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It's a gorgeous radio at a fantastic price. I just don't do vintage gear anymore........ radios like that Golden Eagle are well over a half century old, and upkeep is expensive and parts often hard to get.
Besides, the modern gear is more powerful, more versatile with frequencies, more efficient, and takes up way way way less of my desk space! To each their own !
But.... None of the radios you like will be around a half century from now. A refurbished Browning that is done right will out talk and out receive any new Chinese radio. Put a small amp behind it and they can't be beat. And there will still be working Brownings another hald century from now if anyone is still using CB. But then again I'm a Browning guy.
Years ago I would have coveted a Browning Eagle, Tram Titan, etc. But now, I can get Browning Performance with solid state reliability. And getting parts is tough as pulling teeth. This is probably why he's having a tough time attracting buyers.
Not sure it matters. I would be astonished if CB radio is still any kind of thing half a century from now. Not when half the people on the band are busy trying to ruin it with splatterbox amps, noise toys, overdriven mics, political rants, racist crap, and every other kind of idiocy you can think of !
As well, you've probably noticed that there's no young people on CB.......it's all us old farts and we're dying off fast.
Also, to expect that you will still be able to find tubes or other parts for the Browning in 50 years is crazy. It's hard enough to find parts now !
You are absolutely correct though that a Chinese radio isn't going to last 50 years. The thing is nobody is expecting them to. The Anytones and there ilk are cheap radios that work very very well. When it dies you just buy another one for cheap. They're not Icom's or Kenwood's or Browning's or Vintage Cobra's that are expected to last for decades...........
Like I said above, it's to each their own. I love and appreciate the vintage gear, I just don't have the desire to own or maintain it anymore. I feel the exact same way about cars and trucks. I drove 60's GMC and International trucks forever, but I got tired of the endless maintenance (and the gas consumption). I sold them all and now I drive a 2005 Toyota SUV, and use a utility trailer if I need more space.
Some guys are willing to part with their hard-earned money and a few teeth just for the nostalgia. I know because I’m one.
If it was a SSB Eagle, it would be snapped up. An AM-only Browning, not a big draw.
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Can't remember anyone buying a Browning Mark 3 for sideband use. The transmit's not so bad, but the receiver's SSB performance is wretched. No noise blanker. I had a Mark 3 receiver lashed up to a Galaxy Turbo, with a relay to switch the receiver off while transmitting. I was trying to hear some AM folks over the local power-line buzz, and happened to have the Turbo's volume up a bit. The Turbo's receiver hadn't been disabled, just "piggybacked" to feed the Browning's antenna jack. The Turbo's noise blanker was on and you could actually hear those two guys talking. Turn it back down and turn up the Browning's volume? Mostly just power-line buzz.
Decided the novelty of a Turbo with a Browning ping wasn't so useful if I can't hear people on it. Never have come up with an add-on blanker for Browning Mark 3 receivers. Sure wish someone else would.
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Decided the novelty of a Turbo with a Browning ping wasn't so useful if I can't hear people on it. Never have come up with an add-on blanker for Browning Mark 3 receivers. Sure wish someone else would.
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Like they say ! ( Different Strokes for Different Folks )Some guys are willing to part with their hard-earned money and a few teeth just for the nostalgia. I know because I’m one.
If i had a radio repairman close by I wouldn't mind rebuilding the good old stuff, but the closest to me is 3.5 hours away so it's drive or be at shippers mercy. And I hate banged up boxes on my doorstep ! GRRRRRRRRRR
I wonder if thats the case why people aren't using them on the bowl, or at keydowns, or in hi fi setups... I mean all of those different niches are used to spending money.
I mean look it's like owning a classic car, it's cool and it's fun and I'd like to have it but I know that I'd get angry the first time that it broke.
My biggest complaint about all the brownings, is while they sound good for what they are and they're fun etc I've only ever used the one two and three, and all three of them did not have a very discerning receiver. I could usually hear a couple channels wide and it was really fucking annoying