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lieut25 said:
I cant wait to see this thread get going....
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Let me see if I can help you out. My opinion's a CB is a CB and, as CB radios go, the first edition PC-66XL and PC-78XL were good AM CB units....they still are. All I really require in such a radio is an on/off/volume knob and a channel selector with channel indicator, although a good noise blanker/limiter is a nice touch. If all anyone else wants is a good performing basic CB, the Uniden Pro510 is the way to go....$35-$45 depending on the source.

Anybody that's been doing this for awhile will have their own equipment to check/adjust SWR and other functions. I just don't care for the other $0.50-$10.00 trinkets the manufacturers bundle in a unit to raise the radio price $50-$100 more.

I can look out the window to find out the weather, I have something better than a radio's built-in SWR function to dial in my installations, and if I want to go to channel 9 I can twist the channel selector, etc.
 
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trace1 said:
Kind of like a bad car wreck, you really don't want to look...




... but you just can't help yourself, huh? ;)
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Like a red light district........you just cant keep away.
 
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I'm thinking that 29 listed in your signature will have a clearer cleaner crisper sound. And frankly it's annoying when you're trying to talk to someone and the echo gets to be severe (very minimal can sound ok though). It's one thing to sound cool, it's another thing entirely to converse with someone, just something to keep in mind if you try and talk to me while I'm on the road and the CB is on.
 
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I would probably cringe at what the guy in the video charged for that radio. "8 hours of labor", doesn't really seem worth it on that little radio for some echo and 18 watts, just my o2. What a salesman that guy is in the video lol.
 
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Aircargo said:
i got it cause it was pretty,pretty cheap considering the work......

paid 80 with shipping
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That's a good deal. Sometimes you see guys throw an echo board and some aftermarket lights on a radio, and try to get rich off of someone. Enjoy your new radio.
 
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yea it is....i can almost get money back with 29.....but keeping it maybe.

did i mention...2 year warrenty i pay shipping if it breaks.

pc 78 xl...not the elite...was 110....shouldve went 4 that....free shipping.....lol
 
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Aircargo said:
swings pretty good.
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Well here's a little ditty for ya'...

It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)
It don't mean a thing all you got to do is sing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)
It makes no difference
If it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm
Everything you've got
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Wow!!!! 12 post already and no one is saying that the radio is illegal because its over 4 watts or you wasted your money on geting it tuned. Im so upset this is boring....lol
 
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