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Bluegrass
Intermediate Member Username: Bluegrass
Post Number: 359 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, July 05, 2005 - 3:08 pm: |
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A friend of mine is thinking about getting a Uniden PC68LTW and i would like to know if it is a good radio.He did want to get a Cobra 25 with weather band and Nightwatch but sence they don't make a model like that without that awful Soundtracker he is looking at the Uniden version of the 25WXNWST. |
1861
Intermediate Member Username: 1861
Post Number: 258 Registered: 2-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, July 05, 2005 - 6:29 pm: |
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I know that for a 40 channel am only cb , the pc68xl is as good as you can buy . I expect the ltw would also be |
Mikefromms
Advanced Member Username: Mikefromms
Post Number: 674 Registered: 6-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, July 05, 2005 - 6:38 pm: |
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The Uniden with a good tuneup will make a fine cb. It will be loud. The audio quality is clear at unbelievable volumes for such a cheap radio. Has good ears too. Mikefromms |
Vanillagorilla
Member Username: Vanillagorilla
Post Number: 80 Registered: 4-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 5:29 am: |
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Love the one I have. Same as the PC68XL except has the illuminated knob surrounds and weather channels with alert. Did a cap/res mod on mine and swing REAL nice with booming audio...no power mic required and NO clipped limiter. DK2 swing to 20!(techs meter said 27 but I'll be more realistic..) Have since retired it from the mobile for a Grant but IS a nice basic AM rig. Tell your buddy to go for it if AM is all he wants. Hank '905 |
Bluegrass
Intermediate Member Username: Bluegrass
Post Number: 360 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 4:06 pm: |
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It's not all he wants,It's all he can afford. I think he'll be happy with that radio.I had heard that the Dynamic Squelch System was just like the Soundtracker and just as bad.Is that true? |
1861
Intermediate Member Username: 1861
Post Number: 262 Registered: 2-2004
| Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 8:25 pm: |
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I use the dynamic squelch on mine when talking local to cut all trash -- when talking distance ,I TURN IT OFF AND JUST USE IT LIKE OTHER RADIOS . jUST AN OPTION , DON,T HAVE TO USE IT . |
Bluegrass
Intermediate Member Username: Bluegrass
Post Number: 362 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 10:33 am: |
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Well thats the way the Soundtracker is and i heard people say that if you have soundtracker on everything gets messed up and if you turn it off you can't hear a thing.If that's not the case with the Uniden rig that's great. |
1861
Intermediate Member Username: 1861
Post Number: 263 Registered: 2-2004
| Posted on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 11:43 am: |
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That definatly isn,t the case with the UNIDEN. It is as good a straight 40 CB as you will find |
Bluegrass
Intermediate Member Username: Bluegrass
Post Number: 365 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Monday, July 11, 2005 - 1:20 pm: |
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Well that's good to hear I'll tell my friend that. Thanks for the help. |
Dale
Intermediate Member Username: Dale
Post Number: 140 Registered: 12-2002
| Posted on Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 5:44 pm: |
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the new unidens are just as good as the older ones .quailty in them are still the same |