What CB/11m Radio Stuff did you buy today? (2020)

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Collected my second Rotel 240, Cobra 19X, Midland 77-095 & Major CB20 SWR/power meter today... I say collected since a mess up by Parcel Farce meant they sent them out for delivery and then took them back to the depot, so I went round and sent a flea for their ear too.

Quite pleased overall, the Rotel is by no means a virgin & as well as some repairs it's also had the mic connector moved to the right side of the case but is working apart from the mic being dead. I think that will become my mobile station once I've given it a once over since the one currently in the car is worth keeping for "best". The Midland also works but has no mic of it's own & the Cobra is as yet untested but supposedly dead. Meter has a noisy pot but seems alive enough. Looking good for having a couple of stations on-air on the 2nd...
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The Collector wrote: 28 Oct 2019, 11:58 Bought a new/old stock, boxed Tagra t40 mobile aerial base (very similar to the K40) for just £19.99 BIN price. I've already got a used one, but a nice, shiny new one is always called for. They'd wrongly advertised it as a Targa t140 which helped my cause.

Arrived yesterday....pure filthy antenna porn for the likes of me! ;)
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An original Stalker 9, it looks like brand spankin new both inside & out,totally standard & the controls are nice & tight,
seems to of had very little use (if any).

Price paid...£25 :)
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An original MK1 Grant, this came to me not working as it should it had been modified to work on 10 meters instead.

I sent the radio to our resident radio tech Nick Black Spirit & it now covers mid-hi & 1-40 muppets,he also added a +10Khz step up on the Brite/ Dim button for mw.

In very nice clean condition (just a small mark along the top of the fascia bezel).

Chuffed with & it & great audio reports :).

Stands me at £60.

Chewers Nick for a top job :thumbup:
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A Midland 77-805 (Porta-a-Pack).

This i acquired from an advert that i placed on a local Facebook Buy & Sell Group.

It came boxed & looks cosmetically like new & appears to of seen very little use (if any).

It came minus the telescopic antenna as the seller mislaid it & could not find it {bnghd} , so if anybody has one to sell i will be interested in buying it from you.

Price paid... £20 :)
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Jupiter.JPG
I'm going to clean this up and "pimp it up" in silver , with the gold controls I think .

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cb4ever104 wrote: 21 Nov 2019, 15:05 Jupiter.JPG

I'm going to clean this up and "pimp it up" in silver , with the gold controls I think .

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A dark coppery-bronze-coloured fascia would go lovely with those gold knobs. I have strange tastes though ;)
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The Collector wrote: 21 Nov 2019, 20:45 A dark coppery-bronze-coloured fascia would go lovely with those gold knobs. I have strange tastes though ;)
To be honest I like that gold 3900 GHP facia . The problem is that the bezel is gold , and I've never even seen one before . So I think I'll put a silver one on it , and get a new decal on it with gold on it somewhere maybe . These old Jupiters are great radios . Last of the Taiwan EPT boards with twin finals . Can't go wrong with them .
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I tarted up one of my stealth 360's a while back. It was pretty rough on the exterior but perfect inside. I used a NOS 3900 bezel, a NOS 148 GTL/EX with gold print and I can't remember where I got the black knobs from. Anyhow it looks a treat now. I painted the indicator lines with gold model paint to match the lettering.

The black and chrome go well together.
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astradyne wrote: 22 Nov 2019, 13:15 I tarted up one of my stealth 360's a while back.
That looks good Andy , but I think I'll still try and do something to highlight the gold controls . I won't go overboard . It'll sell easier as well if it's silver or gold . Black radios for some reason are harder to sell .
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cb4ever104 wrote: 22 Nov 2019, 13:22
astradyne wrote: 22 Nov 2019, 13:15 I tarted up one of my stealth 360's a while back.
That looks good Andy , but I think I'll still try and do something to highlight the gold controls . I won't go overboard . It'll sell easier as well if it's silver or gold . Black radios for some reason are harder to sell .
Trends are changing again. When the first 3900 Black radio's first came out people couldn't get hold of them quick enough.

You must post some pics when it's done Paul.
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astradyne wrote: 22 Nov 2019, 13:57 You must post some pics when it's done Paul.
Will do Andy , although it might take me a while as I've 4 or 5 others that I need to sort out first . On top of that I'm only working on them for about 5 or 6 days a year at the moment :) Roll on retirement ! :)
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Fidelity 3000FM Base station arrived today, a cheeky ebay bid after reading a bit about them on here. Not in the greatest condition, there's a bit of wear around the controls & a divot melted out of the top from either soldering iron or fag end & a pair of random black/red wires protruding out the back for something or other. Guessing from how thin the wires are it's some kind of trigger for a tape recorder but will see when I open it up.

Looking forward to bleed-over galore lol
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cb4ever104 wrote: 22 Nov 2019, 13:22
astradyne wrote: 22 Nov 2019, 13:15 I tarted up one of my stealth 360's a while back.
That looks good Andy , but I think I'll still try and do something to highlight the gold controls . I won't go overboard . It'll sell easier as well if it's silver or gold . Black radios for some reason are harder to sell .

You can't beat a bit of gold, especially when it's real gold (albeit 22k plating)...
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The Collector wrote: 22 Nov 2019, 22:50 You can't beat a bit of gold, especially when it's real gold (albeit 22k plating)...
Looks good Dave. That's similar to what I was thinking of doing.

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