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747
Intermediate Member
Username: 747
Post Number: 155
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 9:11 pm: | 
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I've seen a few radios out there with front firing speakers, mostly from Midland and Cobra.
When it comes to CBs with front firing speakers ONLY, any opinions on what sounds the best for receive and what sounds the best for transmit out of the box?
Thanks in advance and 73s,
KI4LIV |
747
Intermediate Member
Username: 747
Post Number: 156
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 9:37 pm: |
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One more thing - no mods or tweaks can be done to the radio - it MUST remain STOCK. |
Cornbrown
Member
Username: Cornbrown
Post Number: 81
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 4:41 am: |
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Texas Ranger TR696 FSSB base radio. Very good base radio in my opinion. http://www.copperelectronics.com/cgi-bin/checkitout/checkitout.cgi?catalogSTORE:CKIE:prodE00-07000+ |
747
Intermediate Member
Username: 747
Post Number: 157
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 4:33 pm: |
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Ack! I guess I left out a critical detail - it needs to be a mobile! 
Sure, if I buy an inverter I could run this mobile, but where would I sit? :-)
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Tech291
Moderator
Username: Tech291
Post Number: 306
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 8:27 pm: |
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747,
the front fire speaker narrows it down quite a bit
#1 Uniden pro535w
#2 Cobra 18 WX ST
#3 Cobra 18 Ultra
as of this evening I have tried all 3 and ranked them in the order i would choose them,based on recieve and tx.all 3 have weatherband.the Uniden actually has the best sounding recieve.on air reports from my locals could not distinguish ANY difference between them.
tech291
cef#291
kc8zpj
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747
Intermediate Member
Username: 747
Post Number: 158
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 8:46 pm: |
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What about the Midland 77-120ESP ? |
Tech291
Moderator
Username: Tech291
Post Number: 311
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 8:51 pm: |
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747,
no experience with the 77-120.looked it up and it's not a bad looking radio.
tech291
cef#291
kc8zpj
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747
Intermediate Member
Username: 747
Post Number: 159
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 9:06 pm: |
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I guess what I am really going for is a CB with that "commercial radio" look.. plus since my mobile ham radio has the front firing speaker, i'm wanting to stick with that..
But of course, I'd want to make the most of it - hence my wanting to know what sounds best stock.. No more tweaking for me.. |
Coyote
Advanced Member
Username: Coyote
Post Number: 613
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 10:15 pm: |
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747, I would stay clear of the Cobra 18WX ST. I have owned two of them and both developed the same problem. Receive audio failure. Both radios were sent to Cobra and repaired only to have the same thing happen about 6 months later. Sent back again and repaired. One was sold upon return from Cobra, I still have one, but it is only used as a back up radio or for in our van on trips. The wife likes the weather feature when traveling. My two cents worth.
CEF-443 |
Rob5mike
Intermediate Member
Username: Rob5mike
Post Number: 179
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Friday, December 02, 2005 - 12:43 pm: |
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Uniden pro535w out of the box would be the way to go in my opinion.I have used and listened to all of them(still have the Midland 77-120ESP)and the Uniden is the better radio out of the box. |
747
Intermediate Member
Username: 747
Post Number: 160
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, December 03, 2005 - 5:03 pm: |
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Rob5mike,
Where would you rank the Midland compared to the others mentioned in this thread?
Thanks!
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Rob5mike
Intermediate Member
Username: Rob5mike
Post Number: 180
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 11:10 am: |
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The Midland and Cobra's seemed to be about the same,the Uniden would out talk the others. |
Al_lafon
Intermediate Member
Username: Al_lafon
Post Number: 119
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 1:30 am: |
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Hay why not a slimline assy. speaker i have a real nice one on my 2 meter rig also if you look
around get one of the small ones and mount it
up high some place.
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