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Kth30075
Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 6:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Okay guys - I understand the old standby conversion radio is the Cobra 148GTL. However, lunatics on e-bay drive this used old radio up close to a SuperStar 3900 - for a used radio w/o mods! (I hate E-bay!).
What is a good cheap "garage sale priced" CB/SSB capable of mods for freeband? Does anybody have a decent CB/SSB your willing to part with for "garage sale proces" vs Ebay insanity? I made my first freeband DX's on a friends radio, and I'm hooked. If your willing to sell, I'm at kth30075@hotmail.com .
Listen for me as 2 CM 2624, on the calling freq.
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Rightwing
Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2002 - 11:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

don`t give up so easy on ebay. every now and then i find a decent ssb radio and i buy it on ebay.don`t trash all of ebay because of a few unscrupulous people.i have bought many good ssb radios for 30-35 bucks and in good working order. just keep looking .you`ll get lucky. i speak from expeience my boy. 73`s form the rightwing.
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Taz
Posted on Friday, April 26, 2002 - 1:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

UNIDEN GRANT
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Highlander
Posted on Friday, April 26, 2002 - 7:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Titan Roadpro, 100 bucks
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Frog
Posted on Friday, April 26, 2002 - 7:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The Uniden PC-122 has SSB and 40 channels. I'm not sure if they make them anymore? I'm pretty sure they do! That's the cheapest sideband rig I've found so far :-)
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Rightwing
Posted on Saturday, April 27, 2002 - 1:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

they make the pc-122xl which is basically the same.
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Jyd
Posted on Saturday, April 27, 2002 - 10:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

uniden grant,tell em taz
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Barefoot
Posted on Sunday, April 28, 2002 - 10:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

MAGNUM 257 !!!
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Taz
Posted on Sunday, April 28, 2002 - 3:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The uniden grant is a good idea. Its really modable you can do quite a few things to them. And its not to expensive.
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Kth30075
Posted on Monday, April 29, 2002 - 11:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks for the info. For Rightwing - E-Bay is a good place sometimes, but I watched (again) bid wars for old dinged SSB/CB's sit at $40ish, then bid wars in the last hours run them up to almost $80-90 bucks. I don't know, it must be a pride thing to "win" something so no one else gets it. I will have to hit the garage sales and fairs hard.
Does anybody do much on AM anymore?
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307
Posted on Monday, April 29, 2002 - 3:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Biggest bang for the buck is the Superstar 3900 HANDS DOWN....

307
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Taz
Posted on Monday, April 29, 2002 - 4:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

lol 307.


you always got the best suggestions
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707
Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2002 - 8:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

KTH- you can find really cheap stuff on Ebay that is suitable for conversion, like:

Any older PLL02A Midland SSB mobiles. I've seen these go for $40 practically new looking and unhacked. The mods are easy for 02A, and readily available on the web, in case you want to do experiments with chip programming. These radios (77 or 78-XXX series) are workhorses with pretty tough finals.
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Crafter
Posted on Sunday, December 29, 2002 - 7:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Voyage VR 9000 179.00 has a counter and high output easy to modify
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Znut
Posted on Sunday, December 29, 2002 - 11:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'd take a 3900 as quick as a grant or 148. 6 bands of 40 channels (most only for listening, of course), fine AND coarse clarifier and a freq counter jack.

Also, any of the 485 rigs you can get cheap (i.e. titan road pro, trc 485, magnum 275,etc.)

Also, the VR 9000 operates like the 3900 with twice the power and a built in freq counter.


Znut
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Weakeststation
Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 - 2:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Cheapest 11 meter.... check this out at copperelectronics.com Ranger TR-696F mobile... 129.00 with built in freq counter... and it will take channels....... Excellent buy from copper electronics....... Just my opinion.... from The Weakest-Station in The Nation. 212 michigan... saginaw michigan right by the Bay.
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Galileo
Posted on Wednesday, January 01, 2003 - 12:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I love my Comanche Warrior..Had it for over a year..AM-FM-SSB..Twin meters..25-29 mhz...Have not had a problem ever..Ask Marconi how my radio sounds..We live about 50 miles apart..Excelent rig for around $149..Lots of bells and whistles...Tom Shaw
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Weakeststation
Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 1:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You are right Galileo, it is a excellent and cheap 10 meter radio, well worth the money... i picked mine up for $65.oo wholesale prices, and alot of people are happy for sure.. im sorry i can't find them new anymore, well worth the 150...
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Gunship
Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 9:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The Grant XL and the 148GTL are basically the same radio. You can channel, supertune and mod.kit the grant exactly the same way you do a 148gtl(Except for the traces for the 4.7k resistor on the mod.kit)
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Climber
Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 11:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If you buy on e-bay, be aware I have have had poor experence. Junk, they may power up and transmit a signal but no more. No returns on e-bay, your stuck and out of luck. Three buys so far, all sellers had very good ratings. I now cruise the garage and swap meets and get the same radio for $5 "vs" the $25 & up e-bay. Everything I bought local has worked, not the same for e-bay. If you want 3 ssb/11 meter Name brand transceivers cheap give me a call, all e-bay steals, not even a mike worked on another radio. For the $120 I spent on product and shipping I could of had a new radio from Copper with a real warrenty that would of worked for a long time, PERIOD!

Just my view, others have had good deals on E-bay and you may as well.

Climber
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Damyankee
Posted on Friday, August 15, 2003 - 2:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have to say that 307 is right on! The 3900 may not be a Cadillac but it gets my vote on BANG FOR BUCK. I have 2 Galaxy DX93T's and 1 SS 3900. I will not let my Superstar go. It is nearly 10 years old and talks with the best. Excellent radio for the $$$ !!! I wouldn't sell mine for the price to buy a NEW one. Honestly...
73's - Ron CEF 134
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Bullet
Posted on Friday, August 15, 2003 - 8:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

magnum257
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Applejack
Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 10:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

garage sale priced cb? what about the cherokee 150?
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Ryan
Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 10:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

you dont want to get the uniden pc-122 or the cobra 146gtl because they are not moddable without an expo kit. anything with the upd858, the 5080, or the PLL02A are moddable. i recommend the 1st 2 since they will cover more and there's less gaps in the freq spacing
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Yankee
Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 4:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Mine is the Uniden Grant XL, channels easily, 2 channels on the clarifier, takes the Galaxy FC-347 frequency counter nicely, reads dead center on frequency, misses nothing from 26.805.0 - 27.995.0 Mhz., super loud audio, receives like none other, has a 5kc down switch to go in between channels. I run it as a base radio with a Turner Plus 3 desk microphone. The old Cobra 148 GTL is the same radio. After all is said and done. To dress one up the way mine is and in like new condition, your looking at a price tag around $250.00 with the frequency counter. But first you have to find one used in like new condition and not all hacked up and banged up, no the Uniden Grant LT or the new Cobra 148 GTLs are not the same radios, they only look alike and not as stable staying on frequency if you want to use it mobile in a cold winter area.
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Yankee
Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 4:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Applejack, no one has found a mod for the Cherokee 150 as yet, not the Cherokee 150 at any price. I've had one open and didn't like what I saw and this radio was like new.
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Bruce
Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 12:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

yankee

My grant lt was bought for about $100 during copper nets it sits from 11am to 4pm and simply dosnt drift. True in Tampa we dont get all that cold but for what they cost hard to beat.... Now if you realy want a radio get a ft-100d or ic-706...... it will cost a few more bucks ... but it's only money.
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Yankee
Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 5:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bruce,
As a senior citizen living on a fixed income, money is a problem and my collection sports some 10 radios, at present I have the old goodie the UPD858 President Washington in the hospital, radio works fine just geting it tuned up, broadbanded, 10Kc put in along with all the updates that Copper Forum has been so kind to come up with.I'm the gent that resently E-mailed you about the code/no code problem on QRZ.COM. Yes, I can and have done the work that is being done on my Washington, but my old hands are no longer steady enough to do printed circuit work.
73, Carl
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Yankee
Posted on Friday, February 13, 2004 - 7:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Applejack,
I'm going to try to tell you the reasons you don't want to buy a cheap (garage sale priced SSB radio). First it may be junk and not working. #2 it might be a basket case inside with parts missing (this has happened to a friend of mine on Ebay). #3 don't buy a radio that you haven't heard on receive or talked on and gotten reports with. Unless it's a new in the box radio with a warranty. #4 Know the person your buying from if it's used. #5 in over 40 years on the air I've only gotten one bad used radio and that is a Kenwood ham rig, but the good part is it can be repaired by a Kenwood repair center for about $150.00 plus shipping to and from and then it's worth $600.00 or more, it is one of ten radios I own so I don't worry about it and have it stored away. And lastly you don't buy (good) cheap SSB radios. Although you might want to keep your eye on the pawn shops every now and then you just might get lucky. I've gotten lucky twice but I knew where the radios came from and who owned them before the pawn shop. Radios are kinda like buying a car. 73 And happy hunting, Yankee
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Bruce
Posted on Friday, February 13, 2004 - 8:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yankee

OK on email send me another one crazy as it sounds i get as many as 700 emails a day. As for cheep radios im very impressed with the GrantLT maby i just got s realy good one but it's very stable clean sounding has lots of audio all stock out of the box.
Now other 100-200 priced sets im not impressed with..... as for e-bay i find few bargans ... lots of this radio was owned by my late dad ...... you get it and his late dad used a chain saw on it.
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Applejack
Posted on Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 10:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

yankee, you misunderstood my post of feb 7th. it wasnt a question from me. it was a response to the original question from Kth30075.

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