Im going to be buying one soon. The owner says its been expanded to 40 ch. Anyone know the difference between the regular Simba (which I have) and this -2?
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Pearce Simpson SSB -2
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There is a thread somewhere on the forum about that radio.
I think the first model was all crystals and the later version used a pll
73
Jeff
I think the first model was all crystals and the later version used a pll
73
Jeff
https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/pearce-simpson-simba-ssb-2.220340/#post-602052
The magic of the search feature.
73
Jeff
The magic of the search feature.
73
Jeff
Reading through that thread and the links provided, it seems that there were a couple versions of that radio. Built during the time that the FCC was trying to decide if it was going to be 23 channels, 40 channels or 99 channels. CB was a hot topic at that time , very popular and guys were holding on to there cash waiting to buy a new radio.
Why throw down 300 dollars on a new 23 channel radio when next month you could have 40 channels ( or more) to use. Here is were it gets interesting.
https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/what-was-the-pearce-simpson-simba-ssb-2.274162/
If you take time to read through the 3 or 4 pages of the above link you will see that the FCC really put the hurt on some of the company's building Cb radios during that time by dragging there feet in the decision about how many channels they would allow. Big company's did not want to build something that was going to be obsolete in 30 days or so when the rules changed. I like the part about some of these radios had provisions to rewire the PLL to expand the radios after they were built and company's that encouraged there sales staff to " hint that the radio could be expanded " after the decision was made. Rember , back then 300 to 400 dollars was a lot of money.
It is a good read and has a lot of history about what happend during that time.
73
Jeff
Why throw down 300 dollars on a new 23 channel radio when next month you could have 40 channels ( or more) to use. Here is were it gets interesting.
https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/what-was-the-pearce-simpson-simba-ssb-2.274162/
If you take time to read through the 3 or 4 pages of the above link you will see that the FCC really put the hurt on some of the company's building Cb radios during that time by dragging there feet in the decision about how many channels they would allow. Big company's did not want to build something that was going to be obsolete in 30 days or so when the rules changed. I like the part about some of these radios had provisions to rewire the PLL to expand the radios after they were built and company's that encouraged there sales staff to " hint that the radio could be expanded " after the decision was made. Rember , back then 300 to 400 dollars was a lot of money.
It is a good read and has a lot of history about what happend during that time.
73
Jeff
in the ealy 70's I had a hard time getting Cobra radios and was selling Midland, gemtronics and pierce simpson and a few Pace radios as fast as I could get them in. normally all I could get was 3 at a time of each brand since my wholeseller was located here in Olahoma city I could go back and get 3 more the next day.. never did sell any Johnson radios and the reason for that was I hated the look of them.
they would get a shipment in and be sold out of the one radio brand they got in by the next day. back then all 23 channels were very busy 24 hours a day. it was very hard to get a break so you could talk on the radio.
in fact the guy that owned the radio supply house now owns Tram Browning items in Edmund, Oklahoma.
they would get a shipment in and be sold out of the one radio brand they got in by the next day. back then all 23 channels were very busy 24 hours a day. it was very hard to get a break so you could talk on the radio.
in fact the guy that owned the radio supply house now owns Tram Browning items in Edmund, Oklahoma.
I had little problems getting the radios I wanted on the shelf but for a while had a problem not having a big enough truck to carry what I could have sold. My first order for Cobra 29's "23ch" radios was for 24 units and I sold every one of them in less than a week with an average of about 35-40 radios a week there were a few times we did over 30k a week in sales and another 6K in radio work it was an amazing business and easy to wish I could back in time. I sold them all Johnson, Midland, tram, browning, Royce, Simpson, cobra, president, Uniden and at any given moment and depending on the deal that presented itself I would sell anything and everything even 8 track tapes and tape players was a really good business and of course handled all the major antenna brands and had a full-time installer that rarely had time to spare and several bench techs including myself that burned more than my fair share of midnight oil. Still would go back in a minute if I could just play Kick the can. Don't ask where all the money went that a real tear-jerker.
