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Excalibur wrote:I just did a quick skim of this thread and got that the Cybernet radios have a really good transmit audio but very bad receive/breakthrough and the Uniden radios have a very good recieve audio but very bad transmit. Isn't quite as simple as that.
Wouldn't it be good just to buy one Uniden radio and one Cybernet and put them next to each other have the Cybernet with no volume but use for transmitting and the Uniden with full volume but no transmit also an antenna switcher on the back when you want to change - or even two antennas. Yes you can but isn't convenient.
Or would it even be possible if you were good with circuits/soldering to modify one radio to have the TX board of the Cybernet but the RX board of the uniden? Would that work?
To answer your last line, you can. You could wire stages of different rigs together and take advantage of the best bits of design. There isn't really many "perfect" rigs. What many people say about their favourite radio is just based on nostalgia and fantasy. CB's are built for a price. They all have their quirks - new and old.
Times have changed. Once you get to a reasonable standard on transmit it isn't worth spending more money on a set up. Receiver sensitivity and signal handling isn't such the issue that it once was, especially with the increase in noise from manmade sources. What's the point of have a receiver having 3dB more sensitivity if you have S-6 of PLT noise?! You would never tell the difference.
73 from Dave the Pixie - 26CT052 - 26TM552 - CB Radioaficionado
Regarding 80's Cybernet radio's, someone commented on bleed over during those years, Cybernet were one of the better transceivers for rejection, back then I fitted a crystal filter sorted it, also put one in my Harvard 410T hand held.
Currents Radios, Cobra 148 GTL-DX, CRT Superstar 3900, President Lincoln-1, Colt Excalibur 1200-DX and a Harvard 410T for checking FM audio, rewiring mics etc.