What CB radio to buy

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You are welcome no problems.
I have the CRT 9900 and the 6900n both are good rigs.

I like front speaker rig's and that is why I bought the McKinley.

I put off buying the Grant 2 with news of the McKinley coming out and soon as It did I bought one. I accept the slight small display and it's messy control's but you get used to it.
One thing is that the transmitter audio can be a little low so maybe a power mic of some kind might help.

At today's prices I would want one but probably just find a second hand one as new the cheapest one is £265 but there's nothing like it on the market and I doubt another front speaker SSB rig will come to the UK
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lambrettadave wrote: 27 Feb 2023, 13:27 You are welcome no problems.
I have the CRT 9900 and the 6900n both are good rigs.

I like front speaker rig's and that is why I bought the McKinley.

I put off buying the Grant 2 with news of the McKinley coming out and soon as It did I bought one. I accept the slight small display and it's messy control's but you get used to it.
One thing is that the transmitter audio can be a little low so maybe a power mic of some kind might help.

At today's prices I would want one but probably just find a second hand one as new the cheapest one is £265 but there's nothing like it on the market and I doubt another front speaker SSB rig will come to the UK
Thank you for the info, and the great explanation on your channel.
The McKinley is 325.00 here, quite expensive for what it is, a CRT7900 is about 295.00
from EU, more if imported from UK.
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Blimey..... Knights have a used one for £229 if that helps.
I wish we never left the EU but that's the way it is
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lambrettadave wrote: 27 Feb 2023, 16:09 Blimey..... Knights have a used one for £229 if that helps.
I wish we never left the EU but that's the way it is
I wish we left the eu about 100,000 immigrants ago.
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The migrants will still come legally or not
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lambrettadave wrote: 27 Feb 2023, 16:09 Blimey..... Knights have a used one for £229 if that helps.
I wish we never left the EU but that's the way it is
They had a 9900 yesterday but gone today .
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Tin soldier wrote: 27 Feb 2023, 21:41
lambrettadave wrote: 27 Feb 2023, 16:09 Blimey..... Knights have a used one for £229 if that helps.
I wish we never left the EU but that's the way it is
They had a 9900 yesterday but gone today .
I did see that. Someone local is selling a ss9900
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lambrettadave wrote: 27 Feb 2023, 22:01
Tin soldier wrote: 27 Feb 2023, 21:41
lambrettadave wrote: 27 Feb 2023, 16:09 Blimey..... Knights have a used one for £229 if that helps.
I wish we never left the EU but that's the way it is
They had a 9900 yesterday but gone today .
I did see that. Someone local is selling a ss9900

I've got one, from Knights.

Just bought a nice SS 3900 with frequency counter and a tti 881n 👍🏼 🙂
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