Dawn
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Most of the collector market that seems to be fetching big bucks is the old style base stations. I'm not going to rehash all the nostalgia stuff we've been discussing, suffice to say, there's folks around that coven those impressive big boxes that essentially had a mobile inside.
I forget which classic website I was looking at a few days ago, but had mentioned the old, chrome and woodgrain bases were full of air and had clocks in them and was a "fad" at the time.
RCI and Galaxy seem to be doing pretty good with their big boxes and if anyone is paying attention to market prices, those old, classic SSB mobiles aren't selling for that much, but the same radio dressed up in a big box with a clock does.
What's the thing with the clock? I've never know an amateur radio besides a general coverage receiver to every have a clock built in. It was usually an accessory in a station console or in some cases in the separate power supply as an option. That never caught on in amateur equipment. That bell and whistle sold an awful lot of CB's years ago. People always wanted the top of the line base that had the clock. Heck, that digital one that debuted in the Radio Shack TR57/457 literally sold the radio. The very same radio without the clock; TRC-458 never sold as well and look at the price difference for a single chip based clock with no functions that kits of the time were selling for under $20 in the backs of magazines.
None of today's remaining bases include a clock. I think the last was the Cobra 2000, and look at the prices those get.
Does this sound like an option you'd want in a radio today? Do you consider a big box cb radio a faddish item that's a relic from the past?
Was there ever one that you thought was the coolest looking thing you had ever seen and wish you had it?
I forget which classic website I was looking at a few days ago, but had mentioned the old, chrome and woodgrain bases were full of air and had clocks in them and was a "fad" at the time.
RCI and Galaxy seem to be doing pretty good with their big boxes and if anyone is paying attention to market prices, those old, classic SSB mobiles aren't selling for that much, but the same radio dressed up in a big box with a clock does.
What's the thing with the clock? I've never know an amateur radio besides a general coverage receiver to every have a clock built in. It was usually an accessory in a station console or in some cases in the separate power supply as an option. That never caught on in amateur equipment. That bell and whistle sold an awful lot of CB's years ago. People always wanted the top of the line base that had the clock. Heck, that digital one that debuted in the Radio Shack TR57/457 literally sold the radio. The very same radio without the clock; TRC-458 never sold as well and look at the price difference for a single chip based clock with no functions that kits of the time were selling for under $20 in the backs of magazines.
None of today's remaining bases include a clock. I think the last was the Cobra 2000, and look at the prices those get.
Does this sound like an option you'd want in a radio today? Do you consider a big box cb radio a faddish item that's a relic from the past?
Was there ever one that you thought was the coolest looking thing you had ever seen and wish you had it?