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    COBRA 2000 GTL

    Cobra 2000GTL I had a Cobra 2000GTL in 1982 and I had to sell it, that was a big mistake on my part, brought another in 1991 and had it till 1995, it was a great radio, but sold it when I upgraded my HAM ticket. Brought a 1982 2000 that had been rebuilt off ebay for $350.oo in 2007 and have...
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    New generation Cobra 148GTL

    New Gen Cobra 148GTL I have had both over the years, to me I like the new better because it has more features, but still can be converted sounds good on transmit 4 & 12 watts and the receive is as good or better than the older ones. the price is right around $150.oo todays dollars. works great...
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    what radios have the best ears ?

    Wat radio has the best ears Its the antenna that determent's the ears of your system, I have found that an antenna what is wound with thin wire that will do the JOB will hear a lot better than an antenna that uses very large wire for the coil. Case in point my K30 hears better than my K40 and...
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    200GTL DX

    Cobra 200GTL I believe I have one of the last Cobra 200GTL sold. Five min after I got it one of the segments in the read out went dim, sent it in under warranty, Got it back, never have had any trouble with it since, very good radio, no drift, did add a Cobra power mike, friends say it sounds...
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    Galaxy94HP radio owners feedback?

    What feedback is there on the Galaxy 94HP from owners of them? Thanks, Walterb
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    Help on next CB-10 Meter Radio purchase

    Which Radio For the last 30 years I have tried a lot of CBs and 10 meter radios Mobils and bases, I still use a 148GTL the new one and a Cobra 2000GTL an 1982 model. Another good radio is the S-45 it can be used for a base or a mobil with good results, the sleeper antenna for CB is the K30 its...
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    maco V-58 vs. workman W-58

    If its about money go with the cheapest it will work ok. If its about performance and the bottom of the antennas are at the same level, the longest one wins, if both antennas are at the same height at the top its a tossup. If your looking for an antenna that is broud banned an A99 is a good...
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    Hustler Truck Antenna vs Wilson 1000/5000

    Like BM said what are you needs, I run a K30 with an RM-60 and a new Cobra 148GTL and get great results. Brought a K40 and was going to use it, but under a side by side test to my amazement the K30 smoked the K40 on my little SUV. I have a friend that uses a W5000 and an ICOM 706M2 and he tried...
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    Best for noise..

    It depends on weather your talking SSB or AM I think the Cobra 148GTL is very quite on both for CB and a good choice for SSB is the S45 and S9 there right up there as is the RCI 6900s...........................walterb
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    MULTIBAND VERTICAL HF ANTENNAS

    I have tested lots of different HF antennas and bang for the buck an A99 and a G5RV if you have a HF radio with an Antenna tuner built in will work just great. The A99 for 10-17 Meters and the G5RV 10-80 Meters, these antennas overlap on the higher bands so you have some...