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Goat373
Intermediate Member
Username: Goat373
Post Number: 168
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 02, 2006 - 9:48 pm: | 
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picked one up from the auction site for 37 dollars to the door, just loved the look of it, waiting on shipment now, whats the deal on the radio...good, bad, or ugly? |
Kid_vicious
Senior Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 1138
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, February 02, 2006 - 11:48 pm: |
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i saw a pic of a courier conqueror II but thats it.
looks like a good ol' 23 channel radio. if it still works, its a good one.
matt |
Vanillagorilla
Intermediate Member
Username: Vanillagorilla
Post Number: 452
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 03, 2006 - 9:22 am: |
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Smooth and CLEAN modulation. Had one in the shack for about a week. Belongs to CEF706 a few miles away. He's a big Courier fan. They have a nice mellow audio.
Nothing like old school 
Also has a small pile of Courier 40D ssb units.
Hank |
Goat373
Intermediate Member
Username: Goat373
Post Number: 170
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 10:45 pm: |
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i do like it old school...but when i wanna get it done, i fire up the new school yeasu |
Hollowpoint445
Senior Member
Username: Hollowpoint445
Post Number: 1066
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 4:08 pm: |
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I've got a couple of Courier Centurion 40Ds myself. Nice radios. I don't know if all Couriers used Uniden boards, but the Centurion 40Ds do. It's a Uniden dual conversion upd858 SSB chassis. Probably the second best SSB chassis that Uniden ever made, and some say it is the best. I like the Uniden MB8719 dual conversion SSB chassis better because I think it's receiver is slightly better and it uses only one mixing crystal rather than a crystal for each mode, so it's easier to align.
I bought my first Centurion 40D from an amateur radio operator and it is pristine. It still has the sticker on it bragging about the 4 watt carrier and 12 watts SSB PEP. |
Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 2385
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 4:42 pm: |
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'It still has the sticker on it bragging about the 4 watt carrier and 12 watts SSB PEP.'-so does my 23 + SSB courier gladiator 
outdid my pace 1000b, 1000m & johnson viking 4740-though that 1 was close |
Goat373
Intermediate Member
Username: Goat373
Post Number: 171
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 8:14 pm: |
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well...after a gallon of contact cleaner and a non conductive tool tweak here and there...SHE SINGS |
Hollowpoint445
Senior Member
Username: Hollowpoint445
Post Number: 1070
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 10:17 pm: |
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I have a Pace 1000B in nearly perfect condition. Largest meter I've ever seen in a base CB! I never used it on the air because I wanted it for SSB and never got around to modifying it to cover 36-40. I even bought a Super Expo kit for that purpose, but I don't own an oscilloscope with a high enough frequency to do the alignment. |
Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 2399
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 4:14 pm: |
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the 1000m was stolen years ago, the 1000b was sold to buy a....DAK X OUCH. hey, i was young... |
Cdn_superpower
Junior Member
Username: Cdn_superpower
Post Number: 12
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 11:15 am: |
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I have a gladiator pll 40 and it has 20+ watts on sideband.
I prefer the 8719 too but the gladiator is undefeated on SSB, bar none. |
Coyote
Advanced Member
Username: Coyote
Post Number: 753
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 10:38 pm: |
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My main radio that I use all the time is a Courier Centurion. Full channel mod, and the clarifier unlocked (see pic in Members Picture section). If youv'e heard me or made contact with me when I'm on the base, thats what I'm using. Wouldn't trade it or get rid of it for nothing, cuz then I'd just have to get something else and why fix something if it ain't broke. |
