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1861
Intermediate Member
Username: 1861
Post Number: 163
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 02, 2005 - 3:06 pm: | 
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I have a cobra 2000 gtl with channels allready expanded . The receive has gone out and TX is weak . I am either going to send it of tomorrow to be fixed , or order a new MAGNUM 257 . I figure with shipping and repairs , I will probably be looking at 100 to 150 dollars .I am in a quandry - love the 2000 , but real interested in the 257 . I need some outside opinions , and I respect the views of fellow forum members . Anyone have an opinion ?? |
Carls86fiero
Junior Member
Username: Carls86fiero
Post Number: 20
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Monday, May 02, 2005 - 4:57 pm: |
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i have the 257 and love it. talks great in all modes and is easy to convert. IHO |
Mikefromms
Advanced Member
Username: Mikefromms
Post Number: 604
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 02, 2005 - 5:57 pm: |
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Well, if the 2000 can be fixed for that I'd get it fixed. That's a classic. As for the 257, get it too if you can afford it. It's a great little radio.
mikefromms |
1861
Intermediate Member
Username: 1861
Post Number: 165
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 02, 2005 - 6:51 pm: |
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Thanks , I can,t afford to do both right now . STILL CAN,T MAKE UP MY MIND |
Vanillagorilla
Junior Member
Username: Vanillagorilla
Post Number: 28
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Monday, May 02, 2005 - 7:21 pm: |
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I don't have either of those but...
It "almost" seems logical that if you only have money for one thing right now then get the Magnum you want and get the Cobra done later..it ain't goin' nowhere and it'll be fun to play with your new toy.....no?  |
Unit199
Member
Username: Unit199
Post Number: 97
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 02, 2005 - 8:06 pm: |
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I have a Cobra 2000 that is not working and I have a 257. I have kinda forgot about getting it fixed right now because I am having to much fun with my 257.
Semper Fi!!!
Unit199
Harve
CEF210 |
Patzerozero
Advanced Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 744
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 02, 2005 - 9:00 pm: |
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every time i ever bought a new radio to replace my AR3500, i ended up sending the 3500 back to rf limited & getting it fixed! (i solved the breakage problem by leaving it in the base. alright, it 'only' broke 4 times, in 16 years).
1 replacement was my world famous grant xl, another was an hr2510-byebye, another was a sommerkamp ts2000dx-yeah right see ya, and the last was a very early delta force suggested to me by sam the man himself. whatever were the designers thinking when they designed that receiver??? i still have it, & it's pretty good after the magnum upgraded receive.
just goes to show ya, 1861, the grass ISN'T always greener elsewhere! & besides, the 257 would fit in the 2000's speaker enclosure-with room for several more! won't the radio table feel naked with just a 257 sittin' there? |
Starface
Junior Member
Username: Starface
Post Number: 37
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 12:13 am: |
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New Member's(Radio's) in the family is alway a Great thing to me.(Can never have to many toys)
So Try this.
Buy the 257 now and take the 2000 to a place that don't charge a bench charge to tell you whats wrong with it and the price to fix it, then you can save to fix the 2000 if you still want.
But in the mean time you have a new radio to talk with and not without either way if you get the 2000 fix.
Hope this helps with making up your mind.
CEF#476
Starface
Auburndale, Florida |
Airplane1
Intermediate Member
Username: Airplane1
Post Number: 412
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 7:43 am: |
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I think if you like the 2000 so much then get it fixed. there will always be new radios but the 2000 is a classic and the longer you wait the more it will cost to fix it. You know that you will be happy with the 2000 cause you know what you will have when it`s fixed.
My 2cents,
AP |
1861
Intermediate Member
Username: 1861
Post Number: 169
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 2:45 pm: |
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Okay , thanks for all yalls input . I went ahead and put the 2000gtl in shop for repairs . If it don,t turn out to be too expensive , I will probably get the 257 ALSO Thanks |
Yankee
Advanced Member
Username: Yankee
Post Number: 500
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 9:33 pm: |
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Jessie, Best of luck on getting the 2000-GTL back up and running again, I get many nights of pleasure in the local round table here in Central Oklahoma. I run very much the same radio, the Uniden Grant XL as a base radio and get very good reports with it.
73, Carl CEF-357 |
Freebird
Intermediate Member
Username: Freebird
Post Number: 298
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 3:27 am: |
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yeah man fix that cobra 2000 it's a classic. |
