Useless CB Functions

[ChubbyChops]

All you need on a UK 40 rig is On/Off/Volume and squelch.
The money saved on all the other useless tat can be used decent electronic components.
The Thunderpole T800 demonstrates this very well.

[Mudslinger]

Lo/DX switch on some Midland/Maxcoms.

All it did was turn the RF gain control on/off

[Buick Mackane]

All thats needed is

[Buick Mackane]

Suppose it all came down to money, You can buy our binatone speedway for such and such or our top of the range 5 star with lots of buttons for a lot more cash and the average buyer thought oh that's a much better radio with all its shiny buttons. But they both use the same chassis, So besides a few useless controls they're the same radio. Same applies to other brands,

[The Collector]

All thats needed is

I've got a NOS one of those lol. For no other reason than it having its box is sooo rare

[Equalizer]

All thats needed is

Ahhh my first radio (albeit the Economy with red display)
A Bremi PSU
Audioline 560 SWR meter
DV27 in loft with ground plane kit :-)

[Buick Mackane]

All thats needed is

Ahhh my first radio (albeit the Economy with red display)
A Bremi PSU
Audioline 560 SWR meter
DV27 in loft with ground plane kit :-)

I Had one too back in the day and liked it.

[lambrettadave]

The internal/external speaker switch on the binatone 5star

[Buick Mackane]

The internal/external speaker switch on the binatone 5star

The purpose of that was you could have a speaker in your kitchen for example and the radio in the living room, So you could listen to the radio whilst you made your dinner, Really useful feature

[Buick Mackane]

Fidelity 1000 channel selector..

[The Collector]

The internal/external speaker switch on the binatone 5star

The purpose of that was you could have a speaker in your kitchen for example and the radio in the living room, So you could listen to the radio whilst you made your dinner, Really useful feature

When the radio was fitted under the dashboard in the car, the speaker was firing down at your feet which was useless due to road noise etc, so you had the opportunity to switch over to a small extension speaker that was usually fitted higher up on the dash and aimed properly towards your ears.

[The Collector]

Fidelity 1000 channel selector..

I've already claimed that one lol

[Buick Mackane]

The internal/external speaker switch on the binatone 5star

The purpose of that was you could have a speaker in your kitchen for example and the radio in the living room, So you could listen to the radio whilst you made your dinner, Really useful feature

When the radio was fitted under the dashboard in the car, the speaker was firing down at your feet which was useless due to road noise etc, so you had the opportunity to switch over to a small extension speaker that was usually fitted higher up on the dash and aimed properly towards your ears.

Yeah but in that case the ext speaker would be left permanently plugged in

[lambrettadave]

The purpose of that was you could have a speaker in your kitchen for example and the radio in the living room, So you could listen to the radio whilst you made your dinner, Really useful feature

When the radio was fitted under the dashboard in the car, the speaker was firing down at your feet which was useless due to road noise etc, so you had the opportunity to switch over to a small extension speaker that was usually fitted higher up on the dash and aimed properly towards your ears.

Yeah but in that case the ext speaker would be left permanently plugged in

exactly, the speaker switch was stupid.

Variable power on legal 4 watt set's

[lambrettadave]

Fidelity 1000 channel selector..

I've already claimed that one lol

I will add to it...
The chanel led display, totally useless on a fidelity 1000