old cb

[fatfinger]

been having a play with my old rotel cb
rewired the mike
clean up and tune, full 5watts of power wooooo lol
and i can tell you
you just cant beat the feel of an old cb can you
it feels so much better to use than my brand new flash radios with all the bells and wistles
why is that
i just cant explain it
you can just smell the early 80's when you fire it up

is it just me or do you lot feel the same
or have i been drinking to much again

[EarthWormJim]

I find the older rigs from the 80's early 90's feel more solid mainly on the channel selector I find the new rigs and my tti-880 too loose and feel flimsy

[east coast cb'er]

i prefer the older 80's rigs,i had one of the new cobra 29's it looked nice but the channel selector on that started playing up

[SandMan]

I've been collecting old 80's style Cb's and now have about 20, mostly boxed top-of-the-range ones, and yep, they're much better than the nasty new ones. I've noticed though as I looked at a few new ones that the old meters and channel selector knobs are reappearing, so maybe the manufacturers have cottoned on the that fact

Bring back the good old Unidens/Audiolines, Yorks, Rotels, Harriers and Binatone 5 stars etc etc... you can't beat 'em!

[stampman]

yup old ones were good but its a fact off life people wll bring out new items to replace or (improve) the old to feed our desires for new (not nesserly better) things it is human nature to what anything better than the nextdoor neighbours

[Godzilla]

I haven't spent almost 2 years finding a jesan kt-7007 for nothing , I almost ripped my newer midland out of the car to put it in

[Silverdemon]

Glad you like the Jesan Big daddy merc
i still use my old fidelity 2000 (the proper one not the cheapo amstrad thing) or audioline homebase both still work perfectly.
had one or 2 of the newer multi channel things here to work on, they went very quickly.

[east coast cb'er]

ive got a few new style rigs but im using my old 1980's eurosonic pt 40 as my mobile rig it seems to work and sound better

[Matt C]

I know how you feel Fatfinger, there's something about the Rotel that blows the newer rigs into the weeds, and you can just 'feel' the nostalgia every time you key the mike!

Nice, nice rigs.......

[porky.69]

very true guys my magnum s9 craking radio but channel selector very shaky??


old stuff built to last ,,,

[Guzzy]

Some current CB radios that may meet your approval:


President Taylor III Classic


President Walker


President Jackson II (SSB/AM/FM) and perfectly legal for use on the correct setting (UK) even though it has SSB selectable on a front switch!

It would seem that at least President are making CB radios that potentially appeal to the older CB generation.

See! It's not all doom and gloom in CB radio!

Ps. I don't work for President!

[fatfinger]

i love 2 use my superstar 3900 also
its new but it feels as old as i do when in use

[jdo330]

I would love that Taylor 3 but you cant get them in them in the UK (can you?)....

ATB, Jon.

[porky.69]

yes president made some very good radios i used a jacko for many years until my magnum s9 came along without any probs =D>