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Post by BladeRunner now OLD FLASH!!!!! on Dec 28, 2008 11:18:36 GMT -5
No wonder I loved and still do my old Cobra132a. it's practically identical to the Tram D60. I've spent may hours in the card talking skip off this radio on SSB. It had a good bit of modulation that helped. It works lie a charm but is limiteded to 23 channels . It's modifiable for 23 channels but i choose to leave it as is.
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Post by BladeRunner now OLD FLASH!!!!! on Jan 26, 2009 23:37:37 GMT -5
I've still got my cobra 132 which is basically the same as the Tram Diamond D60. A very powerful mobile. I've talked a lot of skip while traveling the interstates with this one.
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Post by dgtr43 on Feb 2, 2009 14:18:55 GMT -5
Is the TRAM D42 40 Channel Mobile a good radio?
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Post by Butcherman on Feb 4, 2009 14:46:04 GMT -5
I bought an Allied Knight Kit base unit at a pawn shop while in the Navy in the late 60's. When I got home I wrote Allied and got the schematic to wire it for 12 vdc and put it in my 1967 Mustang fastback with an 102" whip. I only used it a little while then got an newer transistor mobile unit and don't remember what happened to the Allied. Wish I had it now!!
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Post by ak3383 on Feb 10, 2009 3:11:42 GMT -5
favorite old school mobile
Realistic TRC-451
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Post by Sandbagger on Feb 10, 2009 8:21:09 GMT -5
favorite old school mobile Realistic TRC-451 I still use mine. In fact it's the receiver for my streaming audio server...... A great receiving radio.
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Post by snoopy on Feb 12, 2009 12:06:57 GMT -5
my is the grant lt
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Post by simple on Apr 18, 2009 22:18:05 GMT -5
hope I'm not too late to jump in here. not a really old school like some of these, but my favorite has always been the/my 148 gtl and a roadking56. little helper is nice but I hardly ever need it.
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Post by djrebel on Apr 29, 2009 14:13:32 GMT -5
Whistler 900, thats if ya consider it old school, if not then my old Galaxy 88...Dj
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Post by ohiocowboy1277 on May 12, 2009 23:00:56 GMT -5
mine is a pace 123 ,cobra 132 and cobra 138a the pace and 132 arent very powerful never been touched but recieve is great on both 138a gets out farther and im currently using it as a base with excellent recieve and good reports on audio have talked as far as northern fl and into canada and most of the midwest and east coast barefoot when skip is rolling
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Post by ohiocowboy1277 on May 12, 2009 23:08:43 GMT -5
i forgot to mention most of those are older than me or close to my age lol im 31 also have a couple pace 2300's recieve is great but dont get out past my mailbox lol and they are heavy as a lead brick lol hate to have an accident n have one them come off the mount and hit me if the wreck didnt kill me the 2300 would lol
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Post by Tombstone (R.I.P.) on May 16, 2009 5:27:00 GMT -5
I'm still going to claim the Cobra 148 GTL. I've been using the "DX" version with a Turner JM+2 mic. The audio limiter is stock too but every 148 I've heard has great audio.
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Post by tatooman on Jun 27, 2009 15:47:29 GMT -5
got to be tram d62 behind 8tube elkin
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Post by captainlance on Jul 10, 2009 14:02:21 GMT -5
Favorite Old time Mobile?, either a Citifone SS99, or an ECI Courier 30B...both have sensitive receivers, and the 30B kicks 20+ watts on AM....The Citifone SS99 is one of the first "full23" channel synthesized mobiles out there. I ran both of them, and loved them. Too bad the cars of today don't have flat bottom steel dashes...
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Post by kingfish66 on Sept 16, 2009 18:41:06 GMT -5
;DWell, I'm 57 and was in my youthful prime when cb's hit it big in the late 60's and early 70's. This was also when Sean Connery made James Bond the Icon for every young man who thought he was cool or a "lover". Soooooooooo I would have to say that my favorite OLD TIME mobile was and is (I have one now) the Lafayette comphone 23 channel. You gotta understand in the early 70"s if you were seen driving around talking on a telephone looking rig that was WAY COOOOOOOOOL............. ;D
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Post by ic751a on Nov 9, 2009 6:41:41 GMT -5
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Post by Sandbagger on Nov 9, 2009 8:08:57 GMT -5
Oh go ahead, rub it in....... In 1973, a neighbor ham gave me a copy of Lafayette's catalog. I had just started out in CB a few years prior with 100 mW walkie-talkies and had just upgraded to a 3 channel unit. I used to look at the back pages of that Lafayette catalog, and that Telsat SSB 25A was sitting there enticing me for all it was worth. That was the fanciest CB radio I had ever seen up to that point. I used to dream what it would be like to actually own and run something like that (And at age 13, I didn't have a very good chance of buying one). I am still looking to find one in reasonable shape (for a reasonable price) out there to add to my vintage collection, so that I can finally realize a 36 year old dream.
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Post by cbrown on Nov 9, 2009 13:42:20 GMT -5
You gotta understand in the early 70"s if you were seen driving around talking on a telephone looking rig that was WAY COOOOOOOOOL............. ;D I agree. Had a Johnson Messenger 130A and I thought that was the bees knees. ;D
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Post by dragonfyre on Jan 15, 2010 11:13:40 GMT -5
I was always partial to my old Courier Gladiator, it was a monster! huge radio but did some real talking for me back in the day!
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Post by rainmaker663 on Jan 15, 2010 14:18:46 GMT -5
Oh My Whata Blast From the Past!!!! AS I Read the today posts!! Eddy and Ray and the Ekins Is Always A HeavyWeight and i always wanted one!! Just to loook at hehehee, EME no problem!! And the Fav Old Mobiles!! Oh takes me back to those Old Wyomin Roads I grew Up on and the Cobras!!148 alwats great the 138s the 21!! Oh My Royces!! Whata Radio!! Theres Soooo Many!! I have had my funn with, but yeaaa Those Mobile PHones of the 70's!!! I hade and i cry it's no longer there! a Teaberry Tele T in the olive drab puky green it was NEVER type accepted by the FCC and was Rare! IT WAS UGLY LOUD!!! God Bless Who ever has it now! < I pray they know what they have!!back to Fav Mobiles I kept My Favorite Mobiles I have a Royce 631 am/ssb with a turner2+2 mobile mic and i need to get a battery for mic and Use the Thing!!! as it Was "The Rig" ,i should have kept some of those 148s, but What Do I Have??? To Be Continued!! The rain Is gOne Happy Trails!
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Post by rifleman on Mar 19, 2010 23:09:56 GMT -5
Strangest.... Lafayette Comstat 35, Turner RK70, and a Black Cat JB-75.
Best Talker.... Tram D-62, Astatic 575M6, and Huricane 350.
But I always go back to a Cobra 148GTL.... My all-time Favorite.
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Post by darknuss on Mar 27, 2010 21:59:45 GMT -5
My choices were my 148 GTL-DX and my Johnson Viking 4740. Still have and use them.
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Post by missourimustang on May 24, 2010 15:30:20 GMT -5
the first mobile radio I ever talked on was a Johnson 123A.They had to tell me what the thing was, it was in the mid 1970s.But as far as my own mobile, I had the most fun on a johnson 323A that bled clear across town.Just a sock handmike and an astroplane anntenna.I wish I still had it.
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Post by railroader on Jun 12, 2010 12:21:23 GMT -5
courier gladiator it has got to be the biggest or one of biggest mobiles of all time I got one brand new in the box
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Post by Sandbagger on Jun 13, 2010 10:45:16 GMT -5
courier gladiator it has got to be the biggest or one of biggest mobiles of all time I got one brand new in the box I have the 40 channel version of the Gladiator. It is the biggest solid state mobile rig I've ever had. Even bigger than the Lafayette SSB 50 and the Realistic TRC-48. But I'm a little disappointed in that on a radio so large, they chose to go with such a small mobile sized S-meter. There's more than enough room to go with a meter the size of the Lafayette SSB 50 at least.
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Post by ic751a on Nov 9, 2010 14:39:53 GMT -5
You gotta understand in the early 70"s if you were seen driving around talking on a telephone looking rig that was WAY COOOOOOOOOL............. ;D I agree. Had a Johnson Messenger 130A and I thought that was the bees knees. ;D Would someone please be so kind as to explain to this 'Colonist' (Thank you, Jeremy Clarkson) what is the meaning of the utilization of the obscure colloquialism, "Bees knees"!?!?!?!
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Post by ic751a on Nov 9, 2010 14:49:19 GMT -5
Oh go ahead, rub it in....... In 1973, a neighbor ham gave me a copy of Lafayette's catalog. I had just started out in CB a few years prior with 100 mW walkie-talkies and had just upgraded to a 3 channel unit. I used to look at the back pages of that Lafayette catalog, and that Telsat SSB 25A was sitting there enticing me for all it was worth. That was the fanciest CB radio I had ever seen up to that point. I used to dream what it would be like to actually own and run something like that (And at age 13, I didn't have a very good chance of buying one). I am still looking to find one in reasonable shape (for a reasonable price) out there to add to my vintage collection, so that I can finally realize a 36 year old dream. You and me, both! For me it was more about the 5w 23ch Dynacom 23B Walkie/Talkie - Because I was 12 in '72 and had a neighborhood filled with kids active on ch.14 with their 100mw & a couple with .5w-2w Walkie/Talkies so I just had to be the big dog, and I mowed the church lawn for a year at $20/mo to afford one. Now, as an adult (I know, some would argue that claim) I can't fathom carrying around something that HUGE, let alone as a 95lb, 5-foot nothin'-inch KID! TEN double AAs!! . . . . . . . .
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Post by Tombstone (R.I.P.) on Nov 10, 2010 8:29:05 GMT -5
The term "Bees Knees" is the same slang as something being "way cool".
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Post by Sandbagger on Nov 10, 2010 8:37:13 GMT -5
Oh go ahead, rub it in....... In 1973, a neighbor ham gave me a copy of Lafayette's catalog. I had just started out in CB a few years prior with 100 mW walkie-talkies and had just upgraded to a 3 channel unit. I used to look at the back pages of that Lafayette catalog, and that Telsat SSB 25A was sitting there enticing me for all it was worth. That was the fanciest CB radio I had ever seen up to that point. I used to dream what it would be like to actually own and run something like that (And at age 13, I didn't have a very good chance of buying one). I am still looking to find one in reasonable shape (for a reasonable price) out there to add to my vintage collection, so that I can finally realize a 36 year old dream. You and me, both! For me it was more about the 5w 23ch Dynacom 23B Walkie/Talkie - Because I was 12 in '72 and had a neighborhood filled with kids active on ch.14 with their 100mw & a couple with .5w-2w Walkie/Talkies so I just had to be the big dog, and I mowed the church lawn for a year at $20/mo to afford one. Now, as an adult (I know, some would argue that claim) I can't fathom carrying around something that HUGE, let alone as a 95lb, 5-foot nothin'-inch KID! TEN double AAs!! . . . . . . . .Walkie-talkies were a big part of my life back in the early 70's. And yes, they were big BRICKS back then. I briefly ran a Realistic TRC-99 3 watt, and it was a big clunky thing too. It wasn't so bad when I used it inside sitting on the table hooked to a power supply, but I can't imagine toting something like that around as a practical matter. Especially when you consider the size of portable radios today. Still, I wouldn't trade those experiences for anything. Those days were all about kludging together cheap and dirty equipment, on a shoe-string budget, and making something work enough to be heard by the local group. We did a lot of dreaming back then, and that set the stage for goals to overcome..
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Post by cbrown on Nov 10, 2010 11:28:46 GMT -5
Would someone please be so kind as to explain to this 'Colonist' (Thank you, Jeremy Clarkson) what is the meaning of the utilization of the obscure colloquialism, "Bees knees"!?!?!?! The phrase "the bee's knees", meaning "the height of excellence", became popular in the U.S. in the 1920s, along with "the cat's whiskers" (possibly from the use of these in radio crystal sets), "the cat's pajamas" (pyjamas were still new enough to be daring), and similar phrases which made less sense and didn't endure: "the eel's ankle", "the elephant's instep", "the snake's hip".
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