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Anonymous
| | Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2001 - 4:04 pm: | 
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are they good? or are other brands better? |
vernonott
| | Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2001 - 8:59 pm: |
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Personal opinion one more time  ld model Cobra radios ( with uniden boards ) for the money were some of the finest talking radios ever built.Powerful,super modulation,easily peaked out,would stroke for years under all kinds of conditions. New model Cobra radios have the cheapest internal components that can be bought.These 5 & 10 cent parts will not stand up to mods for very long.To add insult to injury Cobra engineers come up with sound tracker which only works if you're talking to someone else with soundtracker.Not to mention weather channels which usually have to be disconnected to mod the radio out to the max.If you need a radio to mount in your vehicle just to listen to trucker traffic reports,then by all means Buy a new Cobra. |
707
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2001 - 1:29 am: |
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wht the heck does "Soundtracker" do anyway?? |
vernonott
| | Posted on Monday, June 18, 2001 - 8:14 pm: |
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Some how , some where , some way , they're suppose to lock the signal into each other.Another marvel of some engineers fantasy. |
Hammunition
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2001 - 11:55 pm: |
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WOW, Vernonot!! I had heard that Cobra had sold out to a japanese owner and was no longer a solid unit. Many have told me it was a nasty rumor, but this is the second time I have heard this. I thought that nasty Texas company was jiving me. I was about to get my hands on a 2000GTL for my work car, HMMMM. CAN ANYONE ELSE CONFIRM THIS? |
vernonott
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 10:43 am: |
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I prefer to remember Cobra when they were King of the hill. |
Tech181 (Tech181)
| | Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2001 - 11:14 pm: |
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Hammunition,
You must have one hell of a big car!
Steve
Tech181
Tech181@copperelectronics.com |
Hammunition
| | Posted on Friday, July 27, 2001 - 11:11 am: |
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LOL Tech 181,
I spied a 2000GTL base that evening and had it on the brain. I meant one of the Night Watch models. |
bruce
| | Posted on Friday, July 27, 2001 - 11:01 pm: |
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no i have the big car a 1979 caddy over 5000 lbs with a alinco dx-70 160-6 meter a alinco 2 meter and my 440 handheld (160-3/4 meter radios it) and a 7 lt eng to pass everything but a gas station! it not cheep but it is fun
bruce |
HONKY TONK MAN 593 OUTTA NC
| | Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2001 - 10:35 am: |
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ACTUALLY I WAS THINKING OF PUTTING A RCI 2990 DX IN MY TRUCK!! removing my center armrest and mounting it there in a capeted box with some fans blowing on the cooling fins. whatcha think? i need to get a 12 volt to 120 converter of some sort. no i dont want to get the ranger 2970 this is what im going to do with the base. i dont like small radios that much well at least in the truck!
anyone ever done this before?? |
bruce
| | Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2001 - 1:28 pm: |
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Cool back in the late 60's i had a he-45 6 meter am moble it was about the size of the radio you are talking about under the dash go for it! |
Metro
| | Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2001 - 2:47 pm: |
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I recently bought an inverter, 600 watts continuious and 1500 peak for 100.00 at Frys, I use it for my laptop computer GPS navigation system. It works great!
Metro |
bruce
| | Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2001 - 9:40 pm: |
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cool now your wife will know where you are +- 300 ft sadly in Florida i dont think they would let me have a lap top in the car we have a law about distracted drivers and im sure a lap top would be more fun that looking were im going CRASH sorry i had to put that in im bad |
vernonott
| | Posted on Sunday, July 29, 2001 - 9:11 am: |
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Bruce : Please let the law handle the law .Let's you and I try to talk on the radio without looking over our shoulder. |
bruce
| | Posted on Sunday, July 29, 2001 - 5:01 pm: |
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if it hasnt reach the stupid stage where you are vernonott it soon will here they are in the final stages of passing a law that will outlaw the use on cell phones in cars and many beleve all 2 way radios too i dont like being told what to do by people who dont have a clue and in most cases dont like hams or cbers but it is getting there and in florida you can be ticketed with a TV set or laptop in the frount seat of your car my remark was ment to be funny |
vernonott
| | Posted on Sunday, July 29, 2001 - 7:28 pm: |
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Ok bruce , I give up. |
bruce
| | Posted on Sunday, July 29, 2001 - 11:55 pm: |
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vernonott im just having fun with driving and what we all do while driving like talking on the radio i love to talk and drive and just because we got people who cant walk and chew gum now here they have one law that i mention and now are about to pass another i work for a law inforcemant agency and the people i know realy dont see any need to pass more laws im making fun of things and please dont give up i dont mind you being critical of me at all now drop that cell phone ! and put both hands on the wheel |
vernonott
| | Posted on Monday, July 30, 2001 - 7:41 am: |
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Bruce :You wouldn't believe how much you remind me of my wife of twenty six years.She always has to have the last word.She will spend hours studying in books so when the subject comes up she can say I'm wrong.She loves to say you're wrong,negative,notta,you're wrong.She has always been hung up on the law thing.The law says this and the law says that.If I see the word law in another of your post I'll be forced to take a weeks vacation from the forum.I can't take it from the wife and you at the same time. |
bruce
| | Posted on Monday, July 30, 2001 - 10:37 am: |
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vernonott I dont remember tell you your wrong and again im making fun of something stupid. like telling both of us how to drive our cars |
Hammuniton
| | Posted on Monday, July 30, 2001 - 12:08 pm: |
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Bruce, there is NO law in Florida that prohibits the use of laptops in the front seats of vehicles. If there were such a law, every police vehicle in Orange, Osceola, and Seminole county would be in violation of this law, as they are ALL equipped with latops for work and computer aided dispatching. These laptops are mounted directly next to the driver seat just below eye level.
There IS a law that covers using a cell phone to the point that it impairs the ability to drive in a careful and prudent manner. FSS 316.1925 / CARELESS DRIVING covers this quite well. Ive issued several. I'll save you a response too, Ive been to 3 hearings so far with a guilty verdict. If you feel the need to cite criminal law, Gould's Publications prints a wonderful Florida Criminal Law and Motor Vehilce Handbook. I suggest a "gander" before your next quote.
Bruce, who are the "many" that believe the Florida legislature will pass a law that would ban the use of 2 way radios in vehicles!!!! Think about that statement! Do you realize how many companies use 2 way dispatch/communications? Do you realize that police, fire and EMS all use 2 way communications? Do you realize the amount of lives that would be endangered by such a law? I know this board quickens you, but think before you type. Your conspiracy theories are quickly leaving the realm of amusing and becoming annoying. Vernonot, you beat me to the wife comparison! |
bruce
| | Posted on Monday, July 30, 2001 - 8:20 pm: |
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Watch your congress there is a bill nick named CRASH that is working its way through right now that could do that in its current form. If it passes all states will be required to limit the use of phones and most likely other hand held devices |
vernonott
| | Posted on Monday, July 30, 2001 - 8:58 pm: |
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Bruce : I'm not going to take that week off from the forum yet as you haven't said the no-no word yet although you still are discussing it. |
bruce
| | Posted on Monday, July 30, 2001 - 11:16 pm: |
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What? i give up |
Hammunition
| | Posted on Monday, July 30, 2001 - 11:37 pm: |
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Bruce, do you recall me telling you to think before you type? Bruce? Bruce?
The NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) and the NCSL (National Conference of State Legislatures) have both participated in extensive studies addressing cellular phone related accidents. Congressional testimony has been made but, to date, the Federal government has not even considered establishing a federal law that state, county, and municipal agencies would be powerless to enforce. Yes Bruce, this means the FBI would have to investigate and obtain indictments for each illegal cellular phone use violation. Think think think. By the way, what "law inforcemant" agency do you work for? Is that similar to a law enforcement agency?
No where in any of this study is there mention of anything other than cellular phones and pagers. "Most likely other hand held devices" is sheer far reaching speculation on your part. The fact that you would stretch this application to a mounted radio astounds me. WOW, should we assume it would cover our speedometer and gas guages too?!? We also have to look down to change our radio station!!! MY GOD Bruce!!! Those fiends are trying to ban my FM radio. NOW THATS WHERE I DRAW THE LINE BABY!!
FM radio lovers UNITE!!! |
bruce
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2001 - 7:07 am: |
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That may be true but thar never stopped our elected officals from trying to tell us what to do The bill i was talking about is HR.1837 ( CRASH ) There is one more S.927 And even though it probley is directed at cell phones how is a officer going to tell if that thing in your hand is a cell phone a 2 meter radio or a cb set. Both bills " outlaw the use of hand-held mobile telephones" but what is a " mobile telephone " unless they define more clearly what is a " Mobile telephone". This point is already being brought up in mag's like qst where will they draw the line? As for your FM radio im having fun madly tunning my fm radio since Florida has no law i feel releved now i can go get a lap top too. |
bruce
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2001 - 10:48 am: |
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im done |
Hammunition
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2001 - 1:55 pm: |
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Bruce, it doesnt matter if you carry a cellular phone in your hand or an 8 inch French salami. If you fail to drive in a reasonable and prudent manner, you will get ticketed. This law will not BAN cellular phones in cars, it just makes it a civil infraction for the driver to use one. I and probably everyone else in the forum would support such legislation.
Now, I must discredit another of your conspiracy theories. A cellular phone IS defined under Florida Statute as "a communication device containing a unique electronic serial number that is programmed into its computer chip by its manufacturer and whose operation is dependent on the transmission of that electronic serial number along with a mobile identification number, which is assigned by the cellular telephone carrier, in the form of radio signals through cell sites and mobile switching stations". Now Bruce, does a CB radio, 10 meter, or 2 meter radio fall under the umbrella of this definition? NO.
Bruce, why do you work in law enforcement if you feel the government is out to persecute you? I think you should stick to topics you are knowledgeable in to keep this forum positive. Law and government operations are definitely not your forte. |
vernonott
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2001 - 8:09 pm: |
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Eight inch french salami,sounds tasty,but how far will it transmit? |
Hammunition
| | Posted on Thursday, August 02, 2001 - 3:17 pm: |
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Thats a good question, but if it could, would you really want to be seen talking into one? HAHAHA. But something tells me Bruce is going to stretch some law to cover illegal use of salamis!! |
vernonott
| | Posted on Thursday, August 02, 2001 - 7:04 pm: |
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Roger 10-4 ,I think Bruce is turning around.It's hard but he's seeing the light. |
eazyrider955
| | Posted on Saturday, August 18, 2001 - 3:49 am: |
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i think the new laws suck but if it saves life what can we all do about it hell i live in calif beleave me the laws suck out here to |
Hammunition
| | Posted on Friday, September 14, 2001 - 8:55 am: |
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Hey Eazyrider, if California "sucks" so bad, why dont you try moving? Ive lived across the continental US and also abroad, and I have NEVER encountered a law that affected my life in the slightest. Which laws suck? |
Warfratt
| | Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2001 - 5:18 pm: |
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oh yeah you guys are all about cobras! california laws do suck.if i could type instead of hunt and peck id tell yah all about it.for starters most of our very little off-road areas are being turned into turtle sanctuaries.damn turtles. |
RCI 2990
| | Posted on Monday, December 31, 2001 - 6:46 pm: |
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Cobra radios at one time were awesome! Back in 1990 or 1991 when i first got into CBs they had the original LTD and GTL series( 25LTD, 29LTD, 148GTL, 142GTL, 2000GTL ectect) they were all that and a bag of chips!! I loved my Cobras i had then but now we move ahead to 2002 and we are stuck with JUNK! The sound"crappers" really are horrible!! Cheap looking, cheap parts inside, not able to talk as good, not able to take mods as well and just overall CHEAP!!! Ill keep my 142GTL I have and be content... |
Carl Sawyers
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 6:30 pm: |
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With all this said and done concerning the once great legacy of Cobra, what is the rig (and or brand) to take Cobras place today. |
Crafter
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 - 4:19 am: |
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Does anyone know where you can get parts ? I need a clarifier pot for a cobra 2000 ? This one is wore out! This being a dual pot and my sams only gives the value of one pot.
Someone taking cobras place, cobra's never die just shed their skins. |
Ben Metzger
| | Posted on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 9:51 am: |
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I have a Cobra 148GTL NW ST. I have been very dissapointed with this radio. It has had several cold solder joints, a bad clarifier, poor sensitivity, and the mike holder screw have stripped the holes after the first try. Cobra has even sent me a new radio under Warranty but what use is that. I don't mean to knock the company, but this new generation of Cobra CBs are awefull. I also have a Cobra 21 ST with bad solder joints, and off requency and bad screw holes. I have been told this next generation is being made by Maxon not Uniden or Ranger. I would buy a Grant LT, Cherokee 150, or one of the Texas Ranger models and let Cobra know you are unhappy with these products.
In Cobra's defence I own two pair of their FRS radios and am totally satisfied. My sister and her family have their 220 frs radios and they are satisfied.
Just my thoughts,
Captain Nemo |
Foxracing
| | Posted on Friday, November 07, 2003 - 1:07 pm: |
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I had a Cobra 25 WX NW ST soundtracker. It was a very good radio. It had very good audio. I like the feature of the night watch part which made it light up. It was very helpfull when trying to adjust it at night. |
Sitm
Member
Username: Sitm
Post Number: 92
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 12, 2004 - 10:27 am: |
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I have a cobra 132 xlr, 138 xlr and just purchased a cobra 32 xlr. Can someone that actually knows about cobras tell me if these are the good cobras or the bad ones and what modifications can be made. I have heard good things abou the 138. They both talk excellent. They have not been turned up and do not look like they have been opened.
Also, what radios have the 858 chip in them. Thank you. |
Buck
Advanced Member
Username: Buck
Post Number: 861
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Monday, April 12, 2004 - 2:57 pm: |
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Answered your 858 question in your other post....I traded a broken 148GTL for a "great shape" 138XLR a couple years ago to a guy on here. Well when I got the 138XLR it was all hacked up and the board was broken....I have heard they are good radios also. I have been using the 138 for parts
Buck
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Kc0gxz
Advanced Member
Username: Kc0gxz
Post Number: 730
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 1:04 am: |
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Sitm
The 132-XLR was the mobile version of the 135-XLR. It was fairly popular but the 138-XLR mobile proved to have a FAR better board design and of course was FAR more dependable with FAR more capabilities.
Didn't cover this in another section of this forum???
Jeff, kc0gxz. |
