What CB/11m Radio Stuff did you buy today? (2017)

[superstar]

Found a nice Harvard 420m fitted with a K tone bleep at the Newark antiques festival today,
£10 bargain

[Auldgeek]

Couple of recent purchases. Both in excellent condition.

The Colt is completely stock whereas the "Cobranet" has had a 4khz dropper added to the CB/PA switch to catch some of the muppets. That will be removed.

[mrpsychopath]

Is that the lynseboot colt from evolbay.

[Auldgeek]

Is that the lynseboot colt from evolbay.

Both radios were purchased from eBay.

[The Collector]

Bought a nice boxed Merit 6 channel handheld for £13 odd to sit next to my "Great" branded one. Just need the "Sirtel" now to get the matching set

[dt307]

bought a cheap mint boxed delta force today that has self destructing driver syndrome,also a mk1 grant on its way here.

[Auldgeek]

This is a Dirland 3900F that I purchased a while back from France. Been to Nicks for an overhaul and I've elected to have the bands shifted up by one to cover the SSB side of 28Mhz.

I've converted the bezel and knobs to chrome and added a custom faceplate. New cases too (not chrome!)
Pretty pleased with the outcome.

[CBR1100XX]

Looking good ,far better with the custom faceplate .

[JibberJabber]

The black and chrome looks great ... Looks much better than all black or all chrome... How good are the 3900f's..?.. compared to say an Optima(that works) (-;.... Or the Magnum 257..?..

[Auldgeek]

Looking good ,far better with the custom faceplate .

Thanks m8

[Auldgeek]

The black and chrome looks great ... Looks much better than all black or all chrome... How good are the 3900f's..?.. compared to say an Optima(that works) (-;.... Or the Magnum 257..?..

Thanks. This 3900F seems to work well. One thing I really like is the quiet receiver. I have a number of current radios and most of them have a much higher noise level on receive. There's the usual drift that's associated with these but it's really quite small compared to some of the "newer" 3900s

I just got rid of an Optima MK3. Bought it new last year but didn't really take to it so it ended up sitting on the shelf.

[JibberJabber]

I don't know what it is but I just love the Optima..I prefer the MK1 .. Evem though the FM is quiet..(if you get one that works properly) I have had great reports on SSB with HM-36.. I may try the 3900f .. But I'd have to do the same as you .. Black and chrome..(-;

[mrpsychopath]

This hobby can get out of control very quickly, since i came back a few weeks ago my collection gets bigger the more rumaging i do.
now standing at
galaxy saturn base
midland 8001 xt x2
anytone at5555
superstar 9900
albrecht 6110
cobra 29 uk ltd
and jesan 900 pro thingy
as well as all the other crap you need to run them all.
would be better off going back to cars and bikes cb radios dont take up much space hence why you need lots

[JibberJabber]

.... It is a sickness I'm afraid... And it just keeps spreading..!. ... I got myself a cabinet for my radio gear after accumulating loads of shelving and custom made cabinets , it just got out of control.I sold much of it ..... The cabinet I now have houses around 4 radios the way I have it configured .. Trouble is I bought a Cobra 2000 GTL recently which doesn't fit ... So guess what I'm making a special unit for it and of course that means there will be more space above for radios..lol.. So now I am over my self imposed limit and currently at six.. I'll put some pics up when I get a chance..

J

[mrpsychopath]

I am getting rid of some before it gets out of hand. At least i am lucky they dont make stuff i realy like now, if this had been the 80s, think it would be a different story.