**GRUMPY**
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Classic Radio Operator Olde Timer 8220 [/color][/center]
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Post by **GRUMPY** on Jun 14, 2012 16:19:16 GMT -5
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Post by "Doc"Hammer on Jun 14, 2012 17:24:42 GMT -5
Nice radio...been curious to see when it would be available...price isn't too bad either.
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**GRUMPY**
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Classic Radio Operator Olde Timer 8220 [/color][/center]
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Post by **GRUMPY** on Jun 14, 2012 17:39:49 GMT -5
Nice radio...been curious to see when it would be available...price isn't too bad either.
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Post by zman on Jun 14, 2012 20:48:58 GMT -5
I have my reservations. Its is 100% SMT and i'm guessing it will NOT be able to me modded in any way shape or form or even tuned up a tad...
if so, then i don't think the serious CB ops will want it.. However, i have heard the NEW Uniden AM mobile (880?) is quite the performer!!!!
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**GRUMPY**
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Classic Radio Operator Olde Timer 8220 [/color][/center]
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Post by **GRUMPY** on Jun 14, 2012 22:34:43 GMT -5
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Post by Night Ranger on Jun 15, 2012 6:14:38 GMT -5
Copper.com will probably have the cheapest price once it hits their page. I'm curious to see the specifications in the owners manual. I always look for the sensitivity and adjacent channel selectivity. I'm hoping for 70 db adjacent channel selectivity at 10 kHz or better, but it is usually 50 to 60 db. Hopefully the sensitivity will be at least 0.25 uv at 10 db S/N on sideband and 0.5 uv at 10db S/N on AM. As of last night the link to the owner's manual on Uniden's web page was a broken link. Midland's latest effort (9001z) is a huge disappointment in the selectivity department. It is only 45 db at 10 kHz. That thing will probably drive you bananas from all the bleedover it will receive. Radio Shack made a few mobiles in the late 1970s and 1980s that had 80 db selectivity at 10 kHz. I have one of them (TRC-422a,TRC-421a). The TRC-422a does not have a noise blanker, but it's ability to reject co-channel is noticeably better than the typical CB radio in real world performance. Night Ranger |
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Post by "Doc"Hammer on Jun 15, 2012 8:39:48 GMT -5
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Post by cbrown on Jun 15, 2012 8:52:10 GMT -5
Check page E-18 in reference to Antenna Check returned FAIL. Apparently we've had it wrong all these years! ;D
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Post by Night Ranger on Jun 15, 2012 16:23:08 GMT -5
Copper.com will probably have the cheapest price once it hits their page. I'm curious to see the specifications in the owners manual. I always look for the sensitivity and adjacent channel selectivity. I'm hoping for 70 db adjacent channel selectivity at 10 kHz or better, but it is usually 50 to 60 db. Hopefully the sensitivity will be at least 0.25 uv at 10 db S/N on sideband and 0.5 uv at 10db S/N on AM. As of last night the link to the owner's manual on Uniden's web page was a broken link. Midland's latest effort (9001z) is a huge disappointment in the selectivity department. It is only 45 db at 10 kHz. That thing will probably drive you bananas from all the bleedover it will receive. Radio Shack made a few mobiles in the late 1970s and 1980s that had 80 db selectivity at 10 kHz. I have one of them (TRC-422a,TRC-421a). The TRC-422a does not have a noise blanker, but it's ability to reject co-channel is noticeably better than the typical CB radio in real world performance. Night Ranger The manual appeared on Uniden's website today. The adjacent channel rejection is 60 db at 10 kHz. The sensitivity is the usual 0.5 uV for 10db S+N/N ratio on AM, and sideband is 0.25 uV for 10 db S+N/N ratio. Image rejection is 80 db. That is about the same as the classic Cobra 148 GTL. The specifications did not say what the IF frequencies are, so there is no indication as to whether it is dual conversion, single conversion, or the common dual conversion on AM and single conversion on sideband (10.695 MHz 1st IF and 455 kHz 2nd IF). I did not see a schematic, so no indication of the PLL chip. I hope it has driver and a final comparable to the classic 2sc2166 / 2sc1969 pairing. Those new mosfets blow way too easy. I don't think I have ever had a radio with a 2sc1969 final blow, and yes I know the 2sc2166 and 2sc1969 finals are discontinued. Night Ranger |
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Post by Night Ranger on Jun 17, 2012 0:35:54 GMT -5
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Post by coathanger on Nov 7, 2012 3:13:58 GMT -5
I got the 980ssb about 3 weeks ago.Not much you can do with the rig.Ive been useing it for a base.Now from were i live to interstate 80 and 81 cross is about 40 to 45 miles i been hitting it real good.Good reports from the drivers.To bad that you cant do much with the rig.3s.
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