The Cobra 146GTL and Uniden PC- 122XL are low-cost AM/S SB radios using a gPD2824 PLL chip. The Uniden PC-122XL is the same radio as the PC-122. They changed to the XL series when they went to the Cobra look front panels. Uniden also made the PRO-810e, a base radio with the same board as…
Recently I spoke with Jim Wilson and he told me that Wilson Antenna is in the process of doing comparison tests between their Truck 5000 antenna and open coil as well as other trucker style antennas. They have been and will be testing the “Q” of the coil in these antennas. He tells me that…
The most common wiring available is the 4-pin Cobra/Galaxy/Uniden, although it can be wired to any radio on the market today. I’ve even tried one on a Tram D201 tube rig. It sounded outstanding. I’ve also used one with a Magnum Delta Force, setting the mic and the radio internal turbo echo to different settings…
The new NorthStar line of radios are copies of the Galaxy line. These radios are said to perform as well or better than the Galaxy units. The one reviewed was made in China. In the past I’ve seen good and bad quality from China. Uniden has a factory in China and their products are well…
I don’t have much on this one. I did see it at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year. I was able to get some unadvertised extras while playing with the display prototype unit. We weren’t sure this one was going to be available. They are in the States and I’ve included the…
Here’s a new FCC approved radio from a company I haven’t heard of before. This gold face beauty is made in the Philippines for Fulton Electronics Inc. of Orlando Florida. The face is reminiscent of the old Teaberry radios. Designed with truckers in mind, this unit has a few very useful features that I will…
Kenwood make serious radio equipment. They were the first with FRS digital scrambling. Kenwood claims the FreeTalk FRS radio line has a full range of features controlled by an easy to use menu program. The UBZ-LH14 is small but has a large easily viewed LCD display with helpful icons, a swivel, fold-down antenna, belt clip,…
This is truly is a new product. Echo mics aren’t new, but digital echo for CB is new. Those of you who detest echo mics please don’t skip this article. I know the majority of echo users are out to annoy the world, but digital echo can be an enhancement rather than a detraction. After…
This is the newest arrival from the makers of Emperor radios. It’s a 4 watt AM 12 watt SSB rig. The first radio released to the US by Emperor was the TS-5010, an upgraded copy of the President HR-2510. The new TS-3010 has the look of an updated Cobra radio. The display is LCD with…
This is the other unit that my customer brought in for test. The heatsink and front panel layout looks very familiar. It is a copy of the old Palomar Magnum linear amplifier. The Palomar folks no longer use the Palomar name or produce linear amplifiers since they were busted many years ago. They managed to…
Good quality stock microphones have been almost impossible to find, over the years manufacturer’s reduced the quality of stock mics. Now it’s to the point that even the old coffin shaped mics have been cheapened to the point of not being worth buying. Only Vanco makes a decent quality coffin shaped mic, and it isn’t…
The RCI 2950 has been around for many years. The first radio of this type from Ranger Communications was the RCI 2900. The 2900 radio was a CPU type radio with an analog S/RF meter. Comparing the 2900 to the 2950, the meter was the only redeeming quality of the 2900. The 2900 radio was…