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[el_pichirulo]

I am surprised that it does not have GPS!

[roadranger]

I wouldn't be surprised that this could make it more easy to play music over the CB Band. Even Tx Pictures. Hmm, sounds like some pretty good plans.

[gewecke]

Does it have slow scan tv or facsimile modes? Just another super whiz bang overgrown cb! (ick) I know,i know...so kick me already!
N9ZAS

[FLRAILMAN]

That's a cool looking toy, I'd get it just for the display, but no sale here as it's not ssb capable & that mike looks crappy. Does this mean CB is making a comeback, good buddy? I'm gone.

FLRAILMAN

[n5ims]

Sorry, I can't get it since the controls don't go to 11. I really need that extra boost over those that only go to 10.

[kb2vxa]

Does it come with a roll of toilet paper and robot arm?

[bryan_herbert]

I never thought Id see the day that USB on a CB meant something other than Upper Sideband.

[2beers4me]

I think it would be cool if it had sideband. $200, and no SSB, WTF? The mp3 thing is a little overkill. I don't need to mix radio with music. Hmm, why does it need a frequency counter?

[Highlander_821]

It cracks me up how they can put out CBs with these useless features, and echo and robot voice and other ridiculous "features", but they can't put one out with, say, a simple clipping speech processor, an autonotch, or a basic AF DSP feature? Such features would actually help these things work a little better maybe.

[cpuerror]

The MP3 capability does sound a bit ridiculous but perhaps it was requested by truckers whos rigs are not equipped with such capability. Not really useful for home use but if you have a company rig and don't want to put something in that might get ripped off then a CB radio with MP3 capability might be the ticket.

It would be nice if they used the processing power for some actual radio purpose as well. Given the abundance of freeware and open source Vocoders out there that aren't restricted by expensive patents, I'm surprised nobody has made a CB yet with a digital sound option. If Cobra put that across most of their line, their CBs could be a lot more popular for example.

[GoNavy]

LOL..I already got that with my Cobra 29 WX NW BT. I don't think they meant for me to have it (MP3) but since the CB syncs with my phone and the phone has mp3...I tried it one day, not very good sound quality...lol...great for a phone conversation, great for CB talking..not so good for MP3. So I am thinking their speakers are probably not that much better...Being a trucker having my CB handle my cell for hands free is great, I love it, one of the better addon deals Cobra has done. I don't think mp3 in the CB will take off too well. Hard too listen to the CB and music, at least for me, I am kinda of single minded....lol

[TheJerk]

The digital screen in place of a analog meter is kinda neat, but all the other features are useless.

[roadranger]

This site gives a good video description of a cousin to this radio. I think that it is a Ranger Professional PPL-TLM?

[JayMojave]

Hello Ernie:

Wow thats a great looking display! Looks good to me. I prefer a SSB radio tho.

In the late 1950's to early 1960's when CB Radio Manufactures started putting S-Meters on CB Radios there was a out cry that there making the CB radios like Ham Radios, and there goes the CB Radio Service. Not so just the opposite.

The CB Radio Service was a effort by the government to introduce a radio service that just anyone could use and didn't need all the technical stuff for a ham lic. Especially the out dated Morse Code requirement for a ham License back then. CW should have been dropped when the Telephone was invented. I also wonder if the CB Radio Service was generated to also induce the public into the radio sciences as a result of the Soviets launching the Sputnik Satellite that sent shock waves all thru the Gov and Defense Department. All kinds of money was allocated for new science and math buildings, teachers, and such thru out the country.

The adding of the S-Meters on CB radios surly made several million billion radio checks with everyone asking how em I ah hittin yeah? This motived better radios, higher and better antennas, and of course linear amplifiers. So the radio sciences really got a shoot in the arm. And then more radio checks of course. Its still going on today in the CB and Ham bands.

I don't think the new display shown here will have that much impact on the CB radio Service, but its a good upgrade.

One of the things I keep an eye on is the Button Olgy, the operation of radios and such. Some radios are Button Olgy - User friendly meaning the radio can be easily operated and its operational deign is straight forward. Using the manual for a minimum of functions.

Button Olgy - User Hostile the user needs to keep his nose in the instruction manual for the simplest of functions. These radios button olgy was no drought designed by software types and the help from bean counters wanting to reduce the controls on a manufactured radio to reduce production costs. All this without anyone testing the radios Button Olgy or ease of operation. These radio and electronic devices are out there, be advised. They may work, but will soon be setting on the shelf collecting dust real soon. The buyer will then be cautious about the next purchase.

I look forward to new radio upgrades and such. I would have no problem with a more expensive radio with a new design in receiver noise reduction, and internal noise rejection form local noises as coming from a engine or what ever.

Good going Ranger radios.

Jay in the Mojave

Originally Posted by Shortwavewave

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