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Paper765
Junior Member
Username: Paper765
Post Number: 13
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 10:25 pm: | 
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I'm thinking of buying a new ssb unit since my cobra 2000 gtl i bought used and already chop shopped... dunno how much life it still has in it. Anyway, what are the reccomendations on a new ssb unit? |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 2091
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 10:30 pm: |
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Mag-257 |
Coyote
Member
Username: Coyote
Post Number: 67
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 10:37 pm: |
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Paper765, I'm assuming you want it for 11 meter. I guess I would have to suggest the RCI 696f SSB Base. I dont have one but some of the other people on here do and have been giving it good report's. I DO hope to own one myself real soon.
CEF443 |
Dd18
Junior Member
Username: Dd18
Post Number: 12
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 11:08 pm: |
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magnum 257 for SSB |
Mikefromms
Intermediate Member
Username: Mikefromms
Post Number: 366
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 7:11 am: |
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What about magnum 257 for am?
mikefromms
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Troublemaker
Member
Username: Troublemaker
Post Number: 59
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 9:33 am: |
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Magnum 257 & the Ranger 696f are BOTH great radio's you won't go wrong with either of these! |
Racer X (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 2:37 pm: |
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Paper765 - There isn't a better radio made today than the Cobra 2000. The same basic design is still in production as the Cobra 148 although it's construction just isn't as good. It's an easy radio to work on and fix (with the exception of the frequency counter), and as long as the board itself isn't damaged you should be able to fix it or get it fixed for a long, long time.
I wish I could find a NIB Cobra 2000 or at least a very good unit that is unmodified with the frequency counter working. |
Radioman123
Junior Member
Username: Radioman123
Post Number: 10
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 9:56 pm: |
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A Cobra 2k in the box unmodified, now there's a fantasy come true...I'll take one too. |
Mech
Member
Username: Mech
Post Number: 54
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 11:17 pm: |
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Paper765 Take the Cobra 2000 to a good Tech and have it fixed! |
Allagator
Advanced Member
Username: Allagator
Post Number: 539
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 11:18 pm: |
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11 meter and SSB get a Lincoln or a HR2510 for good working radio on AM and SSB !!! |
Tech291
Moderator
Username: Tech291
Post Number: 48
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 12:12 am: |
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I would agree with Gator on this one |
Yankee
Intermediate Member
Username: Yankee
Post Number: 371
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 12:46 am: |
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Cobra 2000GTL new in the box is still possible,every now and then you'll hear about one but the price is scary. The last one I saw about a year ago still in the unopened box was $600.00 and it also had a still in the box extra speaker for another $100.00 on a buy it now auction. Now that is $700.00 plus shipping from Denver and that $700.00 will buy a lot of amateur radio transceiver. |
Racer X (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 7:44 am: |
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I agree Yankee - that's why I haven't bought one myself. I'm using Uniden Grants for base and mobile right now, although I have a few choices on the shelf.
Occasionally I haul out my minty Courier Centurion 40D. It's got a deluxe dual conversion Uniden 858 SSB board that's a bear to align, but it's a keeper.
One of these days I'll have the time and space to haul out the junker Cobra 2000 I bought with a box lot of stuff from a guy going out of the radio business. It needs a fair amount of TLC to get it back to stock and working order. |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 4555
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 10:27 am: |
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PRESIDENT LINCOLN or MAGNUM 257 or MAGNUM S-9, Texas Ranger 696F SSB Base or Ranger 2995DX Base. depending on your price range.
Lon
Tech808
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