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fdirsh
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 10:42 am: | 
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Despirately looking for an Excalibur Base radio.
Any help would be appreciated. |
307
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 11:52 am: |
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Just curious , why an Excaliber? Why not its close brother the Melaka? I have manuals on the Excaliber if needed...
307
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Taz
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 1:15 pm: |
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Its similar to the melaka? hmmm cool didnt know that
By the way 307 my radio is sitting in New Orleans waiting to depart to you. |
Tech808
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 5:54 pm: |
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307,
LOOK OUT IF THE RADIO IS IN NEW ORLEANS DOES THAT MEAN IT IS ONE OF THEM NEW "GATOR RADIOS"?
ALL TALK NO EARS?
SORRY TAZ! I JUST COULDN't RESIST, Its been one of them days.
Lon
tech808 |
fdirsh
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 6:17 pm: |
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The melaka only has one meter. I hate that. Its ugly. Ruins the whole radio. Why couldnt they spend $.50 on another meter?
Besides I wanted an Excalibur for my collection. |
Taz
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 8:18 pm: |
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haha, no its sitting in new orleans at a ups depot |
2600
| | Posted on Monday, October 21, 2002 - 1:31 am: |
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Last I checked, there were three radios that said "Excalibur" on the front. The first one had the name "Courier" on it, and was a 40-channel ONLY radio. Another one had all the extra channels, and said "Made in Japan" on the back. Stay away from that version. It wasn't quite ready for prime-time when they shipped it. The one that says "Excalibur SSB" is the 'export' version made in Taiwan, NOT Japan. This model was followed by the Galaxy SSB and "Echo SSB" models. Both of them had no counter, like the Melaka. You could think of the Melaka as the next generation after the "SSB" model radios. The Melaka is a later design, with fewer odd "quirks" than the older "SSB" and "Excalibur" radios. On the other hand, if it's just for a "shelf" collection, who cares how well it works? Even though the front panels look surprisingly similar, the models from 10 or 15 years ago won't compare well to the newer ones on performance or reliability.
73 |
HoosierCardinal
| | Posted on Monday, October 21, 2002 - 4:19 pm: |
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Knew a guy that had a Excaliber base that i think was the export version. it SUCKED! it didnt even swing to 8 watts on his meter even if it was tuned!! He sold it for like 100.00. He wanted to sell it to me but i said no way.. I dont like junk! |
Honkytonkman593
| | Posted on Monday, October 21, 2002 - 6:31 pm: |
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thats funny because mine keyed at 10 watts and with my mod kit swung up from there. i enjoyed the silver radio with dual meters. i enjoyed it while i had it til i sold it. i hope you find one i liked them....honkytonkman593 |
Scrapiron63
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - 10:27 pm: |
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If your still looking for an Excalibur, this one looks good.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1393862027
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fdirsh
| | Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 4:44 pm: |
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Thats definately an Excaliber but not the export SSB. Thanks Scrapiron63. Thanks everyone for trying to help. I know there one out there somewhere. |
Scrapiron63
| | Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 8:18 pm: |
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fdirsh, your right, I just enlarged the pics and its not like the ones i've seen before. The ones I've seen had a band switch, and the front was kinda brownish color, best I can remember, its been several years. |
fdirsh
| | Posted on Monday, November 04, 2002 - 3:22 pm: |
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Still lookinnnnnng, come on guys. surely someone has one or know some one who does |
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