Sideband mobile CB with best/most audio

[preacherman]

Title says it all...not exports, but CB's and allowing for the fact that there may be some considered best quality and some the best quantity.

List one or two of your top candidates.
preacherman

 

[268]

For a SSB cb you can't beat the Uniden Grants. I would put those first and seconded by Philipine Cobra 148. No China shit... Now there may be some really great SSB cb's that go way back but I can't give specific models. The old Tram mobiles had some unreal audio.

Uniden PC 76 which is only AM as I know you know, are really good audio output machines but you want SSB radios. The Grants may not be huge power monsters or "the" loudest radios out there but when you look at the cost and reliability and modability they are tough to beat. I think properly tuned Grants and 148's are probably, pound for pound, some of the best radios out there. I am re-thinking my desire to get an export radio, although the SS 158 EDX really has me interested.

 

[lords]

yeppers, 148gtl had it for a long time on the SSB
not to say a nice mod box on AM even non clipped

 

[unit725]

xl

Grant XL or LT

 

[AudioShockwav]

Mobile or Base?
Mobile:

# 1 Cobra 148 GTL
# 2 Uniden Grant XL
# 3 Realistic TRC 448


73
Jeff

 

[667 chicago mobile]

Re: xl

Grant XL or LT

Im with you on the Greant.. And I useing a GTL 148-F for a base station radio...

 

[bob85]

none export,

sharp ssb5470

 

[sixwheeler775]

Like others have said in here, Uniden Grant is one of the best mobile SSB radios out there.

An older (Phillipines made) Cobra 148GTL is another good one(same as Grant really).

Those 2 are the best CB SSB mobile radios out there, these days.

 

[park]

Can you buy the Grant XL or LT new anywhere?

 

[King Mudduck]

You may be able to find a NOS grant or 148gtl on eBay but they wont be cheap. Like others here have said you cant beat there performance on ssb.....unless you step up to a 2950 DX ( export ) or a full blown ham rig.

 

[Carl]

a 148 beats the hell out of a 2950 in ssb performance, you are getting a constang 6db of white noise from the cpu. not to mention the 2950 has a frequency display not a counter. i can make the radio transmit in any frequency its capable of and have it show 28.420 on the display. doesnt mean its on frequency.

ive had and modded more 2950's and 70's than i can count over the years and they are fine radios but no where near the performance of a well designed uniden main board design. a hr2510 hives better stability, no cpu noise and just as much versitility as a 2950.

i agree that noting beats a hf rig for ssb use, especially up you buy a narrow filter (2.3k or so). fine tune the notch and you can hear 1 person at a time, regardless of others with there megawatts yelling "cq".

 

[King Mudduck]

Learn something new everyday. I always wondered why the receive sounded cleaner on my 148 or grant than a 2950.

 

[15minigrass]

Id say 148GTL and the new kid in town Galaxy 959.

 

[radioreddz]

go with a Grant XL add some extra channels & a freq. counter along with a small amp and go SSB Dxin. i have a 2950 DX & a uniden 2510 but always go back to my Grant XL. great RX and can be made to drive an amp with good swing. :twisted:

 

[preacherman]

Thanks to all for the responses. I kind of figured the 148/grant would win out here. I probably should have been even more specific and said..."which ssb radio has the best AM audio"? I've had many radios over the years and the Uniden chassis radios are still at the top of the list for me.
preacherman