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The Best Radio Of All Time!!

I have a HR 2510 now which is my now my favorite ..before that I would have to say my favorite was my first radio a Cobra 1000 with a D104 then I would say my first ssb a Washington also with the D104. At that time I had a ground plane that was at least 6 years old and never been out of the box it was from radio shack it was a 1.64 wave. It worked great. Has anyone ever heard of one of these antennas? I wish I could find one of these now, I'm using an Antron now which is doing allright but would love to use one of those on my 2510.


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I have one in my junk pile that probably stills works!


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Hmmm,



So many good old radios..

I agree the Stoner Pro 40 may have been one of the top ones.

I loved the look of the old DAK X(I had one of those) and the DAK IX (AM only Version) and the Browning Golden Eagle Mark IV. (always wanted one). Of course the Classic Cobra 2000 was a looker (my Base Station for years).

Anyone remember the Hy Gain Superbase? or the HAM International ??



But I miss my first HR2510(Stolen), and my first Sommerkamp TS2000(sold). I replaced the 2510 with the TS2000

and used them both daily for many a mobile local and long distance contact.



I could go on and on..



Roger




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<blockquote>Quote:<hr>that is untill i replaced it with the far better Ranger RCI-3500<hr></blockquote>

I think you mean the Ranger AR-3500, and I have to agree, those were awsome radios, But they were not built by RCI. The AR 3500 was built by Clear Channel Corp in Washington State, and were produced for them by Nissei in Tokyo Japan.

RF Limited started developing the Ranger AR-3300 In 1982, The lead engineer designed the front end of the recivers for most of the AOR scanners. That’s the main reason the 3300 and 3500 radios have such good RX. These radios were built by a subcontractor to AOR, Nissei in Tokyo. The first production run was built about January of 1984 and delivered in April 1984 and Clear Channel Corporation was born. Next to come was the AR3500, which incorporated all the engineering changes and upgrades that Clear Channel was adding to the AR 3300 model here in the US. The 100-Watt radios were converted 30-Watt radios, most were done at their facility here in Washington State.

Today RF Limited Produces the Magnum radios, under the Magnum International label, but many people still think the "First" Rangers were built by RCI, because of the Ranger label.

Hope this helps clear up any confusion about the old "Ranger AR 3300/3500 Radios" and the newer " RCI Ranger 2950/70" radios <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D">

73

Jeff




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Hello Audio Shockwave:



The loudest radio ever ah, hard to answer that one.



But the General Radiotelephone Super MC-11A where real loud, and there where up graded to the MC12. These radios where made by General Radiotelephone in Burbank California, on Burbank Blvd, near Hollywood Way St.



The MC11, MC11A, and Super MC11A radios used a German Audio Tube that was a driver inverter, and Push Pull function for the finial audio tube. General Radiotelephone upgraded the MC12 to have much larger and powerfull tube as the finial audio tube.



As the FCC tighten up the specifications on CB Radios, and required type acceptance, the General Radiotelephone Radios fadded into history.



Many use to call the General Radiotelephone Radios as "Junkey Generals" as the Golden Screw Drivers where placed in the wrong place, and the radios bleed quit a bit. But loud as all get out.



The General Radiotelephone SB-72 was a early AM and SSB Tube CB Radio. One of the 1960's deam CB radios.



These old General Radiotelephone CB radios can be seen at:



members.aol.com/radiokbob/page5.htm



A truly rare web site and rare radios.



I meet George Maragold in the mid 1960's, (who was the chief designer at General Radiotelephone) as I blew up the ol Mans (Dear ol Dad) Super MC11A CB Radio, on more than one occasion. Whick cost me years of chores, but was worth it!



Give a e-mail if you want to sell one



Jay in the Mojave



www.a1antennas.com


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( Am I giving away my age with this statment?)



I didn't realize we has so many old farts on this board! <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/eek.gif ALT=":eek"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/eek.gif ALT=":eek">


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2AK3350

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Blast from the past as in ancient thread resurrection :D
Slowly easing into the future my pick is the Galaxy 95T2.
 
Very cool looking retro base station, I think probably a little hard to find these days in working order.
 
Jay in the Mojave said:
Hello Audio Shockwave:



The loudest radio ever ah, hard to answer that one.



But the General Radiotelephone Super MC-11A where real loud, and there where up graded to the MC12. These radios where made by General Radiotelephone in Burbank California, on Burbank Blvd, near Hollywood Way St.



The MC11, MC11A, and Super MC11A radios used a German Audio Tube that was a driver inverter, and Push Pull function for the finial audio tube. General Radiotelephone upgraded the MC12 to have much larger and powerfull tube as the finial audio tube.



As the FCC tighten up the specifications on CB Radios, and required type acceptance, the General Radiotelephone Radios fadded into history.



Many use to call the General Radiotelephone Radios as "Junkey Generals" as the Golden Screw Drivers where placed in the wrong place, and the radios bleed quit a bit. But loud as all get out.



The General Radiotelephone SB-72 was a early AM and SSB Tube CB Radio. One of the 1960's deam CB radios.



These old General Radiotelephone CB radios can be seen at:



members.aol.com/radiokbob/page5.htm



A truly rare web site and rare radios.



I meet George Maragold in the mid 1960's, (who was the chief designer at General Radiotelephone) as I blew up the ol Mans (Dear ol Dad) Super MC11A CB Radio, on more than one occasion. Whick cost me years of chores, but was worth it!



Give a e-mail if you want to sell one



Jay in the Mojave



www.a1antennas.com


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I agree Jay...I loved the General Radiotelephone line and did a few restorations on them back in the mid 70’s, mostly MC-5’s, but 1 or 2 MC-11A’s also. I hate noise toys that are mainly meant as a aggravation devise in today's world, but the Tone Signal switch on the MC-5 or the Bull Horn switch on the MC11A sounded awesome, and was usually meant for alerting your cohorts.
 
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I've heard some Uticas that had the best sounding audio I've ever heard.
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The Utica line is all about quality, extreme quality. I had a Utica Town & Country MC-27 for a short period of time years ago in my shop and I regret not holding on to it. The MC-27 was their basic crystal controlled 6 channel radio, but Utica’s quality still remained the same with their lower cost models. There is one on Ebay now that looks in fair condition. I’m very tempted to grab it for another restoration project, but I have too many nostalgic pieces already. Also, if I was going to use it, I would need to order an expensive custom made receive crystal for channel 19. It has an oddball 1.680 I.F. frequency for receive, not the common 455 Khz offset.
 

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