What radios (if any) did the 1969 final come in from the factory?

[Turbo T]

Pulled open my Uniden Washington base station and noticed it had 2 finals, one was a 1969 final, the other was a 2166 final. That's not stock is it?

 

[GnG8d]

It would be easier to list the radios that final didn't come in.

 

[Wire Weasel]

What 359 said.

The 2166 is the driver. 1969 the final. Factory set up for hundreds of 4 watt straight CBs.

 

[Turbo T]

Thanks. I was under the impression the final had been upgraded at some point.

 

[jazzsinger]

Thanks. I was under the impression the final had been upgraded at some point.

Nope it's bog standard as is the 2sc2166 driver, the 2sc1969 final may have replaced a 2sc2312 depending on how old it is, as uniden generally used 2sc2312's in ssb radios until they started running scarce.

the 2sc2166 and more commonly nowadays the 2sc2078 are whats used as a final in most if not all 4w am/fm cb's,nec's 2sc1306 was another similar transistor used in the early days and can be found as drivers in ssb sets with an accompanying 2sc1307 as the final or as the final itself in am/fm sets.

2sc1969 and 2sc2312 were found in most of the ssb radios either singly or in matched pairs for higher power (export models) made until recently when mosfets started replacing them due to mitsubishi discontinuing their 27 mhz rf power transistors,

in the uniden president range, lincoln,2600,2510,2830 jackson and a couple of other prestige exports the 2sc2312/2sc1969 dual finals were factory replaced with motorola mrf 477 or later the mrf 455 which gave higher gain and was more rugged than the japanese transistors at a price.

 

[n0zna]

the original mag257 had a 1969 final in it.