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Wildrat
Advanced Member
Username: Wildrat
Post Number: 723
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 4:44 pm: | 
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Someone gave this radio to my son. It has no name on it. Does anyone know what it is.
See Picture Below.
In case you can't read off the radio it has:
am/fm/lsb/usb, 5 band selector, fine/course clarifier, mic/rf gain, mod/s/rf,nb/anl,+10kz, roger beep. It appears to have dual finals also, not sure about that as I have not cracked the radio yet.
Mark |
Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 2318
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 5:50 pm: |
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5 band, it should be an original president jackson export. should have said it under the channel selector knob. the grant export had only 3 bands. the legal president/uniden grants didn't have FM.
the jackson had an open clarifier, the grant needed to be modded(even on the export for some reason). the grant used dual 1969's for 25+ watts(up to 40), the jackson had a single mrf477 for 30 watts, 50 was possible if modded right. |
Hotwire
Advanced Member
Username: Hotwire
Post Number: 840
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 3:46 am: |
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Patzerozero is right! Should say Jackson under channel knob. Top of the line under the Lincoln in price I believe. |
Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 2325
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 2:36 pm: |
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actually, hotwire, SOMEPLACE on this forum i posted the differences between the president grant & jackson EXPORTS. while you are correct in that the jackson is higher priced then the grant, the grant is by far a better radio in regard to xmitter & rcvr design & performance. the jackson just has more bells & whistles.
the president george is a very popular radio just about everywhere but in the USA & i believe falls in between the lincoln & jackson, if not higher priced then the lincoln even. the lincoln is still the better performer. |
2ec837
Intermediate Member
Username: 2ec837
Post Number: 103
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 12:54 pm: |
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It may be a Superstar Jackson.10 - 15 years ago they were sold with the same features as the President Jackson at a lower price.I never ownned a Superstar Jackson so I'm not sure if thier was any differance. |
Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 2334
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 6:03 pm: |
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i've seen pics(drawings) showing the superstars with 'light'(silver) faces, but all the ones i've actually seen were black. also some said JA & GR only, not the full name.
i tend to believe the 1 wildrat shows is an original. |
Starface
Intermediate Member
Username: Starface
Post Number: 453
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 11:20 pm: |
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Wildrat, Pat is right!
It's an original president jackson
I'll post the one I'm getting soon from my late Father inlaw, It looks just like that one.
Till next time
Starface
CEF476
KI4NBE
HAM181
Southeast Net Control
Auburndale,FL |
Wildrat
Advanced Member
Username: Wildrat
Post Number: 726
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 9:28 am: |
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It appears to me that it is a good radio, least wise it was till I pulled the shaft out of the squelch. I have a line on another junked jackson so maybe it has the sq. pot on it. I have a 1976 Cobra 19 but I don't want to break it to get the pot out. I might check at the electronics store and see if they have a small pot. Maybe I will do that now. See y'all
Mark |
