Can't imagine wanting the standard RCI drift, noise and lousy audio over a Uniden-built classic from the 70s or 80s, rock-solid on frequency, much better filtering and no need for hacking and clipping to outperform anything with Ranger guts.
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Vintage SSB Base CBs vs New
- Thread starter Amperex
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I agree that is the base to have these day, my old Galaxy Dx 2517 still has a lot to offer but I would like to be able to listen to 10 and 12 meter. There is a reason those big black radios have been around so long, good form factor. Btw my 2517 is stable but my power level is set pretty much to the service manual specifications (a little less am carrier due to npc-rc) anyways going to try slow scan tv with it as soon as I get my hands on a usb sound card.If your going to spend that kind of money on a cb radio base station. Pass it by and get this instead. The 2547 can't even compare! Been running this for 6 months with ZERO drift and 100 watts pep all day long.
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Being a network engineer, anything rack mount is appealing to me. No, I don't have a rack at my radio desk, but I still stand firm on my opinion.
It would be nice to have a base box built in another black rack mount case to match it.
I would agree. It was somewhere in the '83 - '84 range. I think President was still advertising their lineup here in the states in late 1981. In 1984 I decided to update my station (I was using a Hy-Gain V + Hy-Gain v.f.o at the time). A co-worker thought the tax exempt number he had from a previous employer might still work, so we went the distributor he was familiar with and took a look at the two-radio section. The radio I bought was a Uniden Grant, which looked just like a President Grant on the outside. (now I'm looking at my notes). There seemed to be a lapse in President CB advertising at some point in '82, and by '84 the split had taken place - Uniden for North America, President everywhere else. My notes are fairly accurate, but my memory often reflects all the mileage it has accrued.
This was the end result in 1984...
Uniden Washington was built to year 2000. This is ok, does not need a rebuild.
Exactly. I'll take my Grant XL over pretty much every thing else. I wouldn't mind picking up a clean Uniden base, or a clean cobra 2000.
The newest Cobra 2000GTL you can buy has passed the "awkward age" of thirty years old by now. If the mileage is low, the need to re-cap could be a few years down the road. And if it was run 24/7, it's probably overdue for that treatment.
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Buy a Uniden Washington year 2000 CB for $250 on eBay then. Year 2000 does not need a rebuild. No nasty 1970s to early 1980s CBs for me. I believe serial number starting with a 0 are year 2000 (check this). This radio has three buttons on lower right front panel.
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It's a darn good thing somebody wants new radios, or the industry would collapse.
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Again.... Basic solder skills one can easily make their old SSB radio last very long....
Let someone new in the hobby buy a new SSB radio and burn it up just as fast because they don't understand how to set it up.... I know someone who failed to check their engine oil and thought it lasts forever lol!
Cut it how you want. Buy a new car for someone who doesn't understand much and hope they realize what happens after years go by.... Or... Teach them some preventative maintenance and make their car last many years...
Anywho........... Least we are all in this for the same reason. We enjoy radios... Good night!
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