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is a President Grant Export Am/Fm/Ssb as good as the uniden grant ? what kind of deadkey and swing can be expected ?
If you are talking about the older style Grants and not the LTs......the export will in no way be as good as the conventional Cb radio. The audio on the regular 40 ch Grant is leaps and bounds better than the somewhat anemic export.
The Grant export will do the watts if tuned right but the audio just isn't impressive like it's 40 ch counterpart.
I have both of those radios and for some reason the single 1969 final Grant XL drives my amps way better than the dual 1969 export Grant.
the export grants are EXCELLENT radios. maybe in the top 5 export radios EVER BUILT. definitely top 10. .
in a word-NO.
or-maybe.
or-not really.
definitely not 100% better in everybody's eyes. the export (real, original) used dual finals that easily approached 50 watts PEP if 'done right'. its dual conversion receiver was on par with the mb8719 unidens. BUT, the BIG BUT, broadband ANY CB to operate far further then it was designed, and you start to lose something. a bit of receive quality, a bit of xmit quality, etc. how much? take 2 identical zr1 vettes off the assembly line & race 'em. one will be faster then the other....but they are the same. oh well. tolerances. blueprinting. etc. same with radios. when i was a kid, wanting toys, the export would be the way to go. today, i'm happy with 26.835 & 27.605 as my highs & lows, & the xl fits the bill. slider. no biggie. 10kc switch. no biggie. and i can 'better' both receive & xmit on the xl til it's better then the export. i could add a beep to the xl if i so desired. even a magnum endless echo-HAH! the export doesn't even have 1 of those! neither radio is made new anymore. you can find NIB xl's for pretty much the same price as when new 10 years ago. been a LONG time since i saw a NIB export grant. even junkers approach $150 frequently. for me, the export doesn't offer anything i can't duplicate and better, with the xl. would i tell somebody not to buy a 'good' export grant-or turn down 1 myself if the price was right? NOT IN A MILLION YEARS!
is a President Grant Export Am/Fm/Ssb as good as the uniden grant ? what kind of deadkey and swing can be expected ?