[kb2vxa]

One of the better depends on which one you have. The first generation was made in the US and was hand wired, in other words had point to point wiring. The second generation was made in Mexico, used a circuit board and had heat problems typical of hot tubes and phenolic plastic. I can tell you one thing, they sound great "stock" with an unamplified Astatic D-104. Some clods tried to "tweak and peak" them and as with any radio that receives the golden screwdriver and "power mic" treatment ended up sounding like crap yet the CB monkeys seem to think anything that makes noise is OK. Oh don't mind me, I've always been a bit of a purist never having felt the need to sound like I'm processing audio with a cheese grater.