Top 10 Rarest Vintage Export CB Radios To Find
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- In this video I'm going to share with you the Top 10 Rarest Vintage Export CB Radios To Find .
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Great list! I miss the HR-2510 I owned, and if I could get another that was in at least pretty good condition and set up like mine was, I would probably buy it LOL. Mine was bought new, expanded and tuned. Then a couple that I knew that worked at ITT did some surgery on it. They did the chip switch mod on it and all of the best mods available. The only things I didn't have them add was noise toys, or echo...I wanted it clean. Once I figured out how the chip worked, that thing was unstoppable, especially when I added the 102" ss whip! Then a new mod was available from my ITT friends...upgraded finals. I really wanted to go full monte on the radio itself, but at the same time, I could get a really good amp that would give me higher power and just as clean of signal. I decided to forego the finals and got a (if I remember correctly) Killer Bee 300?? It was basically a Texas Star 250, but after full testing a bit better. It came from a friend of mine who was also a friend of ITT folks. Winter came and it started becoming too cold to sit in the car just to talk. A local friend of mine had a 70's model Star Duster, so I bought that, then headed to the local radio shop, and picked up a power supply and a D-104 Silver Eagle. I had an all metal roof on the house, so it worked all together like a huge ground plane. With either system I could talk to anyone I could hear (minus Superbowl channels 6 and 11). The following spring I decided to experiment with a DIY beam that my GF's step dad gave me plans for. Called a Dream Beam, it was basically 1/2" thick 12"x12" plywood painted, and 4 pieces of EMT conduit (wish I could get those plans again). It basically looked similar to a half of an Cubical-Quad antenna, or an Avanti PDL II without the egg beater or radiation wire. For fun, I pulled the car right up beside the house and talked to 818 Jamaica on SuperBowl 6! What a blast!
Thomas , I still have my HR2510 ... it has always been one my favorite radios . I've had mine for roughly 16 or 17 years now , and it has always been one of the top performing radios in my collection . It went to Bob's CB right around the same time I bought it , and had some really great modifications done to it. No echo or noise toys because I don't get into that stuff myself ... but adjustable RF power , channel mods , and so on. It's frequency coverage is great . Thanks for watching the video , and for the conversation .
I love your intro it is awesome and the little Batman thing that's cool it reminds me of the old Batman that used to come on
Thanks Tree Guy ... I try to mix a little nostalgia , with some entertainment and good music ... while trying to be informative . I'm glad you liked it .
There's a OTR trucker I watch on UA-cam, ClutchTrucker and uses that little Batman bit in his videos too. A funny guy too.
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Well then are nice radio list better then foggy sounding MOSFET radios.
The galaxy echo base hard to find. And the dual final Pluto 50+ watts on SSB on 2 diff band plits. But my favorite I own a Texas star 2100 and use have had a galxy 2100 same radio 6 bands with freq counter single final 25w SSB chrome faced .
Thank you for the videos.
You're welcome Duane ... I'm glad you liked it
I've got the HR2510 that a good friend gave me last year. It was totally dead, but with some luck, I got it back to life and is still working great and so does the power output. I just tuned down the TX power on AM to 4 watts since their finals are hard to find now a days. Matched it up with a Turner Super Sidekick and a rotatable dipole. In fact, I have made contacts to 28 countries with it both on 10 and 11 meters with a total contacts of a 100 plus. Farthest contact I've made was Brazil which is more than 19,000 plus kms from where I'm at. This rig sure is a keeper. I'm planning to change all the caps just to be sure. Thanks for this video and all the best. P.S. Can you do a video on the best HF radios from the 80's to the early 90's? Thanks.
I have a Eagle 5000 which is a clone of the 2990 or the Saturn Turbo. I also have a HR2510. Love both of these radios and wouldn't sell them for the average going rate.
I am familiar with the Eagle 5000 . I've never owned one, ran one, or heard one before . But I have seen them and read about them . It's definitely not a radio that you see everyday . As for the HR-2510 , I've owned one of those for close to 20 years now , and I love those radios . In both cases , I wouldn't let them go either.
Nicely done raccoon I've owned some those radios. A lot of nice memories thank you
You're very welcome Steve , I'm glad you liked it . I've owned quite a few of them myself over the years .
I have several 2510’’s , 2600 and a mint original Lincoln , a decent 2970 , and SS-3900GHP ,, but I wish I had them all ! Good video , and some radios from memory lane , very nice 👍
I'm glad you liked it Dallas . I still have the 2950 & the HR-2510 , but I've had a few of the radios in this list over the years , and got rid of them over time ... I wish I never got rid of them , they're all great radios .
I can understand why they would be hard to find. They are nice looking radios! I thought about you the other day when I found my 1976 Western Auto 23 channel cb I bought when I worked at the local store here in town. Needless to say I am excited. Missing the faceplate and needs to be cleaned up but I am hopeful. It’s a keeper either way. Thanks for your videos.
Thanks Bill , I'm glad you liked the video ... and good luck with that old 1976 Western Auto 23 channel CB radio . I love those older radios .
I have 3 on this list but another one is a Ranger RG-99
Another good radio.
I've always wanted one of the Pluto radios. Tough cookie to find around here..
I had a Pluto once a few years ago , and I've had the Voyage VR-9000 . I got rid of both of them , and I've always regretted it since . They were both great radios .
I have 4 / 10 radios on your video .rci 2950 , rci hercule , galaxy saturn and rci 3500
All of which are GREAT radios .
Also, Ranger 2995DX rocks.
The RCI-2995 is definitely a GREAT radio ... I have a friend here in my area that has one and he sounds great . But it didn't make this list because this list was for the rarest Export CB Radios you could find , and they're still making the RCI-2995 ... you can buy it anywhere online
You forgot the sommerkamp ts 788 dx it was a wonderful cb with only a few imported
Honestly I hadn't discovered that radio until a few months after I made this video. I'm subscribed to another UA-cam channel that made a video about one ... looks like a good video.
One You Forgot About, Is The Galaxy 2100 And The Galaxy 2 , Thank You For This Video It Was Very Nice.
They're not forgotten ... there's just too many good vintage radios for only one "Top 10" list . There will be more to come in the future.
I have a very nice President HR 2600. I do not think I would give it up for only a couple hundred dollars.
I have one of the original HR-2510's ... I've had it in my collection for close to 20 years . It's a great radio , and I wouldn't let it go for $200 either .
Some radios on your list are currently in production while others are no longer made. Since I bought a President Grant II (2) I have yet to even hear about hide nor hair of another one and I challenge anyone with no ties to England to find another in North America.
I believe that none of the radios are still in production anymore since this was a list of the "Top 10 Hardest VINTAGE Export CB Radios To Find" ... lol .
Do you ever talk about the nato 2000
Hi Joe , to be honest until you asked this , I had never heard of the Nato 2000 before. So I looked it up and noticed that it's a British CB radio. I'm in America , so I don't know much about British CB radios. But maybe I'll check into them in the near future.
Long live rci 2950
have two 2980s
I use to have an RCI-2980 , and I always regretted letting it go . It was one of my favorite radios .
I like the radios but for practical purposes they are mostly overpriced when you can buy a brand new quad 6 for much less.
Honestly I prefer solid state & tube equipment over surface mount , so I'd buy the older stuff before I'd buy a "Quad 6" .
@@RaccoonsRadioRanch but you have to admit it's nostalgia not performance. You can buy a 7300 or FTDx 10 for just over 1000
Yeah there's one radio you forgot to put on this list an emperor 5150 it's an import with AMF Upper and Lower Side Band they're good radios
Not forgotten Gerald ... there's just too many good vintage radios for only one "Top 10" list . There will be more to come in the future.
Northstar n conex 3300+ look for them
I've heard good things about both of them .
MINE GOT frayed in a fire
I FOUND another conex needs WRK..wgere can I get it it dun?
I'm in Wichita kn.
Same as Saturn