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Kirk
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 8:49 pm: | 
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Hey gang. anybody know of a company that might still make hand held ssb xvr's in CB land? Seems like recently somebody did, but can't find one. Radio Shack does not carry anything SSB related that i can find. Any help is appreciated.--73 Kirk |
Alsworld
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 12:27 pm: |
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Kirk, no joy in my searches for a SSB handheld. Midland has some quite advanced, and alot with weather channels but no SSB. I hope you have better luck (I was only searching for brand new handhelds). |
wyatt_earp
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 8:53 pm: |
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I thought an export company made a SSB HT. I remeber seeing one before. I think it was the Eagle Spitfire.
Forum Master Note : We(Copper) imported the Eagle Spitfire. We stopped when we had trouble negotiating a price on the last batch. |
707
| | Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 1:55 am: |
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hey forum master-
What if you had a select number of "pre-orders"? Would you be able to get the Eagles in small quantities?
Forum Master Note : We were bringing in over 100 units at a time and had to commit to 500 total. |
Czar
| | Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 11:59 am: |
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For Forummaster,seems like ALOT of people want these radios.They sell for $350 on e-bay???!!! I would like 2 of them myself.ZZDo you ever think copper will sell them again ??? |
Kiwikid
| | Posted on Friday, February 28, 2003 - 3:02 am: |
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Hello Team,
Hey Kirk,
check this site out.They list a DRAGON which appears to similar if not the same as the Cherokee handheld.Good luck!Good DX
http://e5.eon.net.au/E5.cgi?ST=syncro&CMD=Category&Category=Radios&Sort=Company
Regards Kiwi Kid
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Kiwikid
| | Posted on Friday, February 28, 2003 - 3:08 am: |
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Hello Team,
Hey Kirk,
I forgot this review
http://www.qsl.net/vk3jed/ss-201.html
Cheers
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auctionmaster
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 12:21 am: |
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After reading your posts I searched the warehouse to see if we had any Spitfires left that were not accounted for in inventory. I found a brand new one that we had held for warranty returns. I had the tech modify it for 11 meters.
I am putting it up for auction with
• Ni-Cad Battery Pack
• 2' Rubber Ducky Antenna
• Tips and Tricks Volume #22
The starting bid is $150.
Spitfire Combo |
Tech833
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 11:59 am: |
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That only makes me wonder what other 'treasures' are hidden away in your darkest corners. |
GTO
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 5:00 pm: |
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I Wonder if They Still Have some of those Echomax 2000's In A Dark Spot Waiting to be found? |
Jim Henderson
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 10:08 pm: |
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if you look at
www.elopta.nl
and send them an e mail they can get you an albrecht ae201s ssb handheld for around 250 euro, post inclusive. i ordered it in their shop in amsterdam and i have just recieved it 3 weeks later and am well happy with it!
73's 26cat23 in the uk! |
707
| | Posted on Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 1:48 am: |
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That's over $250 for a radio that retailed for $149 and could be found all last summer for $109. It's half the price of a Yaesu 817!!Yikes!!! |
Danny Corcoran
| | Posted on Sunday, June 08, 2003 - 4:13 am: |
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I am in need of a service manual or at least pics and procedures on how to align the Titan Roadpro II RPSY 201 HT. Any help will be greatly appreciated. |
FREEBANDER
| | Posted on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 1:42 pm: |
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WHAT RANGE COULD YOU GET OUT OF A SSB HAND HELD? |
bruce
| | Posted on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 9:43 pm: |
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i worked costa-rica from tampabay fla with a spitfire 454 on 28.4 USB from my frount lawn how far is that ? ...... 1500 miles? |
707
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 2:16 pm: |
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I took a Cherokee SSB handheld along on a road trip last summer and was able to stay entertained with DX contacts using only a cheapo magmount center load whip and stock power. Using just battery and the long whip, it's good for what Bruce said and probably more depending on conditions.
They are a cool radio, but not overwhelmingly impressive when compared to a mobile SSB radio. All of the models, Cherokee, Titan, Eagle, Albrecht, suffer from internal birdies and CPU noise on the receive, plus a tendency to get REALLY HOT at full power if you talk much. Personally, I believe the design engineer should be flogged for not including even a half decent NB or ANL. In the car, it's very noisy. No noise limiting or filtering at all on the rig. Hooked to a base antenna, it will overload the front end(enable ATT function), but gets really good audio reports and seems to reach right out there even on stock power.
That said, for the original sale price of just under $150($200 or so for the Cherokee) you can't beat it for cheap fun. It's not a primary nor even a good secondary rig, but for just plain fun, it's great. I would buy another one.
Now, if they would just come out with a 6m version................................... |
Znut
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 6:27 pm: |
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I know that's right 707! |
bruce
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 6:59 pm: |
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707 THAT would make my day! i have 2 6 meter fm HT's both work well a NICE SSB radio or even better a ALL mode hummmmm makes my day. |
montrose
| | Posted on Friday, August 08, 2003 - 12:42 pm: |
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i have a cherokee spitfire 454 handheld. does anyone know the procedure for getting it into the other bands. it has been modified internally. |
Taz
| | Posted on Friday, August 08, 2003 - 2:19 pm: |
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I want one. |
Czar
| | Posted on Friday, August 08, 2003 - 4:52 pm: |
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Taz,you can still find them in australia and can order one and have it shipped to you.I also have a 454 and 707 is right,does have some shortcomings but all in all it is fun to operate.The first day I had it I worked kentucky from the front yard at my house in phoenix!
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