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Post by No Streak on Dec 13, 2016 8:01:24 GMT -5
And I have to say the export radios made in the late 70's and early 80's were good built radios and performed well. Some of the radios built today are cheap and if not CPU controlled are are all over the place on SSB with totally sucks trying to work a rig like that for sure.
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Post by No Streak on Dec 13, 2016 8:06:36 GMT -5
Export version of the hygain V was know for there superb noise blanker circuit
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Post by No Streak on Dec 13, 2016 8:16:23 GMT -5
And if you remember back in the day all Export radios had No warranty! So I remember them sitting off to the side when I was young. Cobra 2000gtl was the BIG Dog then selling like hot cakes! And truly amazing radio in itself as well a lot could be done with as far as channels go. Back the you hide the switches in the PA/CB ANL/NB and a third switch I forget. A very stable and good receiving radio, and a good looking radio as well.
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 13, 2016 8:59:19 GMT -5
I had a Superstar 360 back in the 80's, which still had a Uniden chassis in it. A good working radio. Looks identical to the 3600, so I have to wonder what the differences are.... View AttachmentI really don't think there is a difference between them other than name. SuperStar 360 had the same channel range and all the same features. I watched some videos on YouTube and most of them were I U.K. so maybe that was a name they used for it in Europe? I had the 360 first and then picked up a 3900, which was also identical in front panel feature, except it had 6 bands instead of 3. But the chassis inside, while schematically similar, was a Pacific rim clone, rather than a genuine Uniden. The 360 was rock solid on SSB, the 3900 had a warble problem. And thus began the slow downward spiral in export radio quality.
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Post by No Streak on Dec 13, 2016 9:11:13 GMT -5
I really don't think there is a difference between them other than name. SuperStar 360 had the same channel range and all the same features. I watched some videos on YouTube and most of them were I U.K. so maybe that was a name they used for it in Europe? I had the 360 first and then picked up a 3900, which was also identical in front panel feature, except it had 6 bands instead of 3. But the chassis inside, while schematically similar, was a Pacific rim clone, rather than a genuine Uniden. The 360 was rock solid on SSB, the 3900 had a warble problem. And thus began the slow downward spiral in export radio quality. It's funny some Export radio you thought were good radios till you run them on SSB. Find out they are work than pleasure keeping them on frequency and your friends saying what the hell is up with your radio drifter! And I found some the controls were wobbly brand new sad when the control comes loose during operation of contact. LOL
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 13, 2016 9:41:21 GMT -5
I had the 360 first and then picked up a 3900, which was also identical in front panel feature, except it had 6 bands instead of 3. But the chassis inside, while schematically similar, was a Pacific rim clone, rather than a genuine Uniden. The 360 was rock solid on SSB, the 3900 had a warble problem. And thus began the slow downward spiral in export radio quality. It's funny some Export radio you thought were good radios till you run them on SSB. Find out they are work than pleasure keeping them on frequency and your friends saying what the hell is up with your radio drifter! And I found some the controls were wobbly brand new sad when the control comes loose during operation of contact. LOL That's why I like the old classics. I don't recall drift issues with my Console II, Midland 13-898, 13-885, the Simba, or any of the SSB 23 channel crystal radios I've had. They will drift a bit when in a cold car as it warms up, but that's to be expected. But some of these newer RCI design boards seem to drift all over the place even at a steady room temperature. My Galaxy 2547 seems to do some drifting. Fortunately, that's my HiFi AM radio, and I don't use it on SSB all that much. But even on AM, I notice that the counter display changes in both directions fairly regularly, and I'm always touching up the clarifier to keep it on-freq. One of these days, I'll trace down what's going on in there and maybe I can make it better. If I ever get time.......
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Post by cbrown on Dec 14, 2016 13:16:40 GMT -5
My 2950DX is amazing on SSB, no drifting and very clean sounding audio.
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Post by No Streak on Dec 14, 2016 15:32:53 GMT -5
My 2950DX is amazing on SSB, no drifting and very clean sounding audio. The CPU control units don't suffer from that neither does my Uniden 980. Ranger 2950dx is a great radio nice to operate in SSB and really in any mode for that matter.
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Post by No Streak on Dec 15, 2016 17:14:24 GMT -5
Any thoughts on the new President McKinley SSB they are starting to pop up on EBay now.
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 16, 2016 10:04:57 GMT -5
Any thoughts on the new President McKinley SSB they are starting to pop up on EBay now. Hmmm...... A radio that runs on both 12 and 24 Volts? That's certainly different, and probably aimed at truck drivers.
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Post by No Streak on Dec 16, 2016 10:09:22 GMT -5
Any thoughts on the new President McKinley SSB they are starting to pop up on EBay now. Hmmm...... A radio that runs on both 12 and 24 Volts? That's certainly different, and probably aimed at truck drivers. From my understanding all cars soon will be switching to 24volt.
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 16, 2016 11:28:00 GMT -5
Hmmm...... A radio that runs on both 12 and 24 Volts? That's certainly different, and probably aimed at truck drivers. From my understanding all cars soon will be switching to 24volt. That's the first I've heard of that, unless you run a diesel truck or a hybrid.......
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Post by No Streak on Dec 16, 2016 11:36:49 GMT -5
From my understanding all cars soon will be switching to 24volt. That's the first I've heard of that, unless you run a diesel truck or a hybrid....... Now that's what I heard because new cars use so much power to run everything. I guess 12volts isn't cutting it anymore.
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Post by cbrown on Dec 16, 2016 14:00:08 GMT -5
The CPU control units don't suffer from that neither does my Uniden 980. Ranger 2950dx is a great radio nice to operate in SSB and really in any mode for that matter. It's not an audio monster on AM, but other than that I have no complaints. Works very well for me.
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Post by renegade357 on Dec 22, 2016 15:52:52 GMT -5
Any thoughts on the new President McKinley SSB they are starting to pop up on EBay now. Hmmm...... A radio that runs on both 12 and 24 Volts? That's certainly different, and probably aimed at truck drivers. I like the new President radios. I have a Lincoln 2 V3. A small frame radio with a lot of features. Noise blanker is awesome too. The company service is awesome so far. I'm still on the fence with picking one of these up. Its size is great for fitting into small cabs of vehicles.
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Post by BBB on Dec 23, 2016 9:49:58 GMT -5
Nice to get checked in last night on CRR SSB. Conditions were good and I could hear most of you guys. I ran the SR-955HPC that peaks out at about 60 watts SSB. Someone was running a good sounding FT101.
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 23, 2016 10:14:55 GMT -5
Nice to get checked in last night on CRR SSB. Conditions were good and I could hear most of you guys. I ran the SR-955HPC that peaks out at about 60 watts SSB. Someone was running a good sounding FT101. Doesn't sound all that "Classic" of a CB radio.......... I had a little free time last night, but unfortunately it ended before SSBCRR officially got underway. I was listening around the band and it was dead for the most par in the 6:30-ish time period, with the exception of that awful sounding splatterbox on channel 14. Why do the worst sounding stations always seem to hang out on the adjacent channel?
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Post by BBB on Dec 23, 2016 13:22:50 GMT -5
Nice to get checked in last night on CRR SSB. Conditions were good and I could hear most of you guys. I ran the SR-955HPC that peaks out at about 60 watts SSB. Someone was running a good sounding FT101. Doesn't sound all that "Classic" of a CB radio.......... I had a little free time last night, but unfortunately it ended before SSBCRR officially got underway. I was listening around the band and it was dead for the most par in the 6:30-ish time period, with the exception of that awful sounding splatterbox on channel 14. Why do the worst sounding stations always seem to hang out on the adjacent channel? Yeah, not a classic for sure but puts out enough for some of the Delco guys to hear me. I could run the FT101-FL2100B combo. I don't really have any other class AB boxes in line. Maybe I'll try out an old Palomar 225 box that may be class AB with some classic CB SSB rigs I have. Also have a Palomar (4) 1446 box that may be AB. I'm pretty sure the Fatboy (4) 1446 base box I have is not class AB. Again need to look at them to see. I'm assuming I would see a biasing circuit? What else should I look for to confirm Class AB in a solid state box? Palomar (4) 1446: Palomar 225. M455's looking sparse too: This explains it: www.pcs-electronics.com/schematics/140W_KV.pdf
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Post by renegade357 on Dec 23, 2016 14:11:33 GMT -5
Awesome hearing everyone in there last night. I got in there at my norm. ,9:00. We signed off around 12:00 midnight, rough morning today LOL. Two of my Texas Stars could be considered as a classic, I got them new in 1988.
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 23, 2016 16:18:11 GMT -5
Doesn't sound all that "Classic" of a CB radio.......... I had a little free time last night, but unfortunately it ended before SSBCRR officially got underway. I was listening around the band and it was dead for the most par in the 6:30-ish time period, with the exception of that awful sounding splatterbox on channel 14. Why do the worst sounding stations always seem to hang out on the adjacent channel? Yeah, not a classic for sure but puts out enough for some of the Delco guys to hear me. I could run the FT101-FL2100B combo. I don't really have any other class AB boxes in line. Maybe I'll try out an old Palomar 225 box that may be class AB with some classic CB SSB rigs I have. Also have a Palomar (4) 1446 box that may be AB. I'm pretty sure the Fatboy (4) 1446 base box I have is not class AB. Again need to look at them to see. I'm assuming I would see a biasing circuit? What else should I look for to confirm Class AB in a solid state box? Palomar (4) 1446: View AttachmentThis looks to be as far as I can tell, a straight class C amp. The inductor to ground on the front of the input transformer pretty much clinches it.Palomar 225. M455's looking sparse too: View AttachmentThis one looks like it is AB biased. The resistors toward the lower right look to be the divider network for the bias voltageThis explains it: www.pcs-electronics.com/schematics/140W_KV.pdfIt's not tough to bias class C amps. The tricky part is getting matched devices (preferable, but not always practical), and being able to individually set the bias voltage to each individual transistor pair in a multi-pill setup, which could get cumbersome in a 16 pill amp. I typically use a 7805 regulator to set the bias voltage source so that the bias voltage doesn't shift with varying supply voltages. A forward biased diode will hold the bias to a .6V level and will temperature track with the transistors so that you hopefully avoid thermal runaway. As an additional safeguard, I connect the bias to a relay so it is only applied when the amp is keyed.
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Post by BBB on Dec 24, 2016 11:39:25 GMT -5
Thanks for the reply on the class AB amp for SSB Round up use! I'll start another thread on the conversion.
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Post by No Streak on Dec 24, 2016 11:51:28 GMT -5
Thanks for the reply on the class AB amp for SSB Round up use! I'll start another thread on the conversion. Well you'll thunder down to Delco for sure now!
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Post by No Streak on Dec 29, 2016 10:47:25 GMT -5
"Hey Good Buddy" I'll talk to you tonight on my Train Approved SSB Base Station and Zero Five certified 10-8! Don't be late the fun starts at 8. 10-4!
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Post by BBB on Dec 29, 2016 17:16:57 GMT -5
Got the FT-101EE/ FL-2100B still in line from CRR last night, so I may be able to say hello tonight
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Post by No Streak on Dec 30, 2016 6:18:12 GMT -5
"Hey so you like talking Sideband huh" So we had a great night last night. We had a total of 20 checkin's a new record for SSB Roundup! Thanks to everybody for stopping by and hope to do it next week. I ran a RCI 2970N4 on a StarDuster last night for some reason hear better on that than the V-Quad. We had a couple checkin's from the Pottstown crew Sparky,Ron,1/4 Wave Dave and surrounding areas. Good night low noise floor and I was glad to hear everybody in there last night. Till next week to do it all over again. 73's No Streak
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Post by No Streak on Jan 5, 2017 10:36:14 GMT -5
2017 here we go New Year and SSB Roundup kicking off a new year of SSB operation hopefully pull another 20 checkin's! I think I'm going with the RCI 2970N4 tonight on the Classic Starduster antenna. Hope to hear you checkin tonight. Roger Roger!
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Post by No Streak on Jan 12, 2017 9:02:24 GMT -5
Well it's are time to burn on SSB Roundup tonight @ 8pm and don't be late! Not sure what I'm running tonight it might be Classic or Modern but whatever I run is not the purpose more like getting people talking. So if you have time or in the area or you just got something you want to run sideband checkin your always welcome. We'll leave the light on for ya! 271550LSB every Thursday night!
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Post by BBB on Jan 12, 2017 10:50:41 GMT -5
Wonder if those Colts came with matching silver Rack Handles?
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Post by No Streak on Jan 12, 2017 19:21:37 GMT -5
Wonder if those Colts came with matching silver Rack Handles? View AttachmentYes they did I had one back in the 1990's
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Post by Sandbagger on Jan 12, 2017 20:42:02 GMT -5
Wonder if those Colts came with matching silver Rack Handles? View AttachmentYes they did I had one back in the 1990's Those Colt Excaliburs were the design which set the standard that the later rack-style exports copied - at least the outer case. The Colts were Cybernet chassis, while the later ones used Uniden or Galaxy/RCI guts.
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