FPR1981
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- Feb 1, 2021
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Hey peeps! It's been a while. Life has been busy since my music career re-launched back at the end of March, leaving me less time on top of my full-time job to dink around on the internet, but in case anyone has wondered, I'm STILL attracting free and low cost CB stuff like a magnet. It's a force I just can't stop, LOL.
This past weekend I scored a beautiful Cobra 21 LTD classic (traditional silver face cobra that is slightly smaller than the 25 LTD, made in the 1980s), and it works as well as it works. Also included in this $25 purchase was a working Realistic TRC-422A. This is the third TRC422A that I have owned, and they have some of the finest, loudest modulation of any politically-correct radio of that era. In the same deal, I also scored two near-mint Firestik style fiberglass antennas with mounts and some random police scanner stuff.
Just yesterday, one of my personal training clients brought me a complete 102-inch whip, spring and mount. I have no idea WTF I'm going to do with this monstrosity, but I'll figure something else out.
A couple weeks back, I bought a mint condition D&A Raider linear amplifier with 4 tubes. It's showing a consistent 300 watts of output (into my dummy load, cough cough, of course).
A month ago, I was given an RCI-2950 made with the "Mirage" name. The previous owner was a CBer back when I played 25 to 30 years ago. He bought this radio brand new in the late 1990s, used it for a week and put it up in a closet. It's in mint condition, and the audio output is superb. It modulates a very nice 30+ watts on AM.
I bought a mint condition Uniden Pro 510 XL and Cobra handheld for $20. Both work very well.
I traded a home built dipole for a near mint Cobra 19DX IV and a small magnet mount antenna.
Scored a Uniden 988 SSB for $40.
Got a Palomar 500 watt linear and matching power transformer and other goodies for $50. Tubes and caps were all dead, so I turned around and sold it to a local ham/CBer for $150 sight unseen.
Not only has my fortune been good attracting CBs, but I hooked up with an excellent repair tech who has taken care of a lot for me.
A local ham in town who I connected with on the CB who is an electronics engineer completely rebuilt my Galaxy DX66, installing a new frequency counter, aligning it, fixing broken solder joints and replacing the echo board in exchange for a Cobra Cam 88 I had that was dead. He wanted the parts to rebuild his. This same individual also rebuilt the keying circuit in my Varmint XL-600 amplifier, replacing bad capacitors; replaced a blown transistor (MF455) in my RM Italy KL200P in exchange for some old guitar effects and accessories.
A younger guy (25) who got into CB and talks to us, who doesn't have a whole lot of money, expressed how he always wanted a classic Cobra base. So I said I had a 139 XLR that needed some work, and that if someone could get it working, I'd give it to him free of charge. The same guy who fixed up my stuff was feeling charitable and took it on.
A lot of the reason I take in so many of these mobiles is to give them away to people wanting to get into the hobby. I seem to attract this stuff like a magnet.
Anyhow, life is good and I'm rocking and rolling. Hope everyone here is well. Just thought I'd poke my head in and say hi!
-AT
This past weekend I scored a beautiful Cobra 21 LTD classic (traditional silver face cobra that is slightly smaller than the 25 LTD, made in the 1980s), and it works as well as it works. Also included in this $25 purchase was a working Realistic TRC-422A. This is the third TRC422A that I have owned, and they have some of the finest, loudest modulation of any politically-correct radio of that era. In the same deal, I also scored two near-mint Firestik style fiberglass antennas with mounts and some random police scanner stuff.
Just yesterday, one of my personal training clients brought me a complete 102-inch whip, spring and mount. I have no idea WTF I'm going to do with this monstrosity, but I'll figure something else out.
A couple weeks back, I bought a mint condition D&A Raider linear amplifier with 4 tubes. It's showing a consistent 300 watts of output (into my dummy load, cough cough, of course).
A month ago, I was given an RCI-2950 made with the "Mirage" name. The previous owner was a CBer back when I played 25 to 30 years ago. He bought this radio brand new in the late 1990s, used it for a week and put it up in a closet. It's in mint condition, and the audio output is superb. It modulates a very nice 30+ watts on AM.
I bought a mint condition Uniden Pro 510 XL and Cobra handheld for $20. Both work very well.
I traded a home built dipole for a near mint Cobra 19DX IV and a small magnet mount antenna.
Scored a Uniden 988 SSB for $40.
Got a Palomar 500 watt linear and matching power transformer and other goodies for $50. Tubes and caps were all dead, so I turned around and sold it to a local ham/CBer for $150 sight unseen.
Not only has my fortune been good attracting CBs, but I hooked up with an excellent repair tech who has taken care of a lot for me.
A local ham in town who I connected with on the CB who is an electronics engineer completely rebuilt my Galaxy DX66, installing a new frequency counter, aligning it, fixing broken solder joints and replacing the echo board in exchange for a Cobra Cam 88 I had that was dead. He wanted the parts to rebuild his. This same individual also rebuilt the keying circuit in my Varmint XL-600 amplifier, replacing bad capacitors; replaced a blown transistor (MF455) in my RM Italy KL200P in exchange for some old guitar effects and accessories.
A younger guy (25) who got into CB and talks to us, who doesn't have a whole lot of money, expressed how he always wanted a classic Cobra base. So I said I had a 139 XLR that needed some work, and that if someone could get it working, I'd give it to him free of charge. The same guy who fixed up my stuff was feeling charitable and took it on.
A lot of the reason I take in so many of these mobiles is to give them away to people wanting to get into the hobby. I seem to attract this stuff like a magnet.
Anyhow, life is good and I'm rocking and rolling. Hope everyone here is well. Just thought I'd poke my head in and say hi!
-AT
