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What's your favorite 'vintage' CB rig?
- Thread starter N8YX
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Logan said:
Almost forgot the RadShack variants; three of my favorites over the years were the TRC457/458/459.
Would love to find a '457 in nice shape.
Lazybones1222 said:
Just saw an 85 at the Butler, PA hamfest last Sunday...had to do a double take as it's been years since I saw the last one.
Some of the best years of my cb life were spent on a Cobra 85 Dynascan , Wilson 5/8 wave antenna (baught by MACO) and about 100 watt little Afterburner and D-104 . I talked all over the world on that little dude !! I used to think that little radio was magic.
My all time fav's is the Tram D201 and D201A's and for mobil's would have to be SBE formula D and SBE sidebander IV (4)
Ham rig would have to be Drake TR4 & R4A
they where awesome radio's when i had them
Ham rig would have to be Drake TR4 & R4A
they where awesome radio's when i had them
my favorite radio
My favorite radio and it still guards the air waves
TRC 441 am base 40 channel with a pride 150 and a top hat at 20 feet.
I have 2 of these off e bay for 5 bucks each and they work....
Call me anytime on chnl 13 am
doctor
My favorite radio and it still guards the air waves
TRC 441 am base 40 channel with a pride 150 and a top hat at 20 feet.
I have 2 of these off e bay for 5 bucks each and they work....
Call me anytime on chnl 13 am
doctor
Had a cobra 139 cobra 2000gtl and a pierce simpson (cant remember the model) All good radio IMO had alot of fun with them all but the ones I remember most were the modified rigs like the Trams and Brownings never owned one but would have loved to!
I have and still use...
Base:
Browning Golden Eagle Mark III
Browning Golden Eagle Mark IVA
Browning Eagle R27/S23
Tram D201
Tram Titan
Tram Titan II
Mobile:
Browning LTD
Cobra 132
E.F. Johnson Viking 352
Base:
Browning Golden Eagle Mark III
Browning Golden Eagle Mark IVA
Browning Eagle R27/S23
Tram D201
Tram Titan
Tram Titan II
Mobile:
Browning LTD
Cobra 132
E.F. Johnson Viking 352
Browning Golden Eagle Mark ll.....but my all time favorite is the Yaesu FT-101EE (though not really concidered a CB) I still have the same one after 20+ plus years.
PLUTO said:
I have an FL101-FR101S-FR101D lineup; the two receivers came with crystals for their 11M bandswitch positions.
Neat receivers. They have their limitations (no IF shift, notch filter, etc) but are really fun to use on the 75/40/20/10M AM nets. I currently have an amplified D-104 mic hooked to the transmitter; run with a small amount of preamp gain. The rig gets excellent reports.
I'll say one thing about the -101 line as a whole: If you don't severely abuse them, the radios will last darned near forever...most of today's rigs simply cannot make that claim.
CB Rig, 40 Ch standard radios
Base:
Midland 78-999 Base Radio, Great rig
AM/SSB, A/B Antenna Switch, Triple Meters....Click for a Pic at Cb-museum.de
Mobile:
Radio Shack TRC-448 AM/SSB
Just a great radio...
73
Jeff
Base:
Midland 78-999 Base Radio, Great rig
AM/SSB, A/B Antenna Switch, Triple Meters....Click for a Pic at Cb-museum.de
Mobile:
Radio Shack TRC-448 AM/SSB
Just a great radio...
73
Jeff
Oh yeah, the old 101 series were built well. At one point I had 3.....2 EE's and an EX, One of the EE's I still have. Around 3 weeks ago I traded for a FT-101 (the ones with the white power/heater switches) in great shape only the tubes wouldn't light. Checked all the "obvies" then noticed a heavy thump when I would turn it over......loose transformer. After removing the case. the 4 bolts holding the trans. was backed out ~1/8th inch :?: after tightening them, I applied power and turned on the heater.......the tubes came to life. It works fine except the RX needs a little alignment......not bad for ~30 dollarsN8YX said:
My apologies for straying off the topic.....73's. Pluto