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president grant pc-999

i miss my madison....one of those thing when your young....swapping radios every 5 mins.

Are we talking pre frequency readout? If so I have to nominate the trusty old Cobra 148 GTL-DX. They were always a good performer, especially if you managed to pick up a non modded radio. Unfortunately in the 80's and 90's most of them were modified to hell and tweaked to death by the golden screwdriver brigade.

I do however have a soft spot for the Multimode 2. They (and the other Cybernets) had a strong receive on SSB but suffered with bad channel rejection as a result.

Of frequency display is permitted it's got to be the President George. A radio years ahead of its time. Definitely the best looking of the President radio's and very well built. I still have the same George I bought new from Knights in 2001. Won't part with it.

148/3900 but did like the 160ch Colt Excalibur Ssb hombase.

Mobile-wise - MM3. Never owned one but always wanted to as it had sooo many controls on it. There's a nice one on scambay at the mo but could never afford it.

Homebase-wise - Marko Excalibur, but had to settle for a very similar Petrusse Excalibur but it has more blocks so it's a bonus.

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I had a Ham Int MM3 that was as-new in the box as the owner brought it by mistake! Cost £150 back in the day and I have to say for a MM it was OK - had lots of fun with it including its oddly counting down channels, but other than that it served me well for a long time. Had a (13) 148 and a 2830 as well but I had a penchant for the MM3.

If I ever had one, I'd probably send it to Nick to have a PIC thing fitted to sort the channel weirdness out then

The Collector wrote: ↑14 Aug 2018, 07:55 If I ever had one, I'd probably send it to Nick to have a PIC thing fitted to sort the channel weirdness out then

He did that for me when he was working on my jumbo 3

My Petrusse Excalibur is one that Nick had his hands in for the previous owner from on here. I can't fault its operation and I wouldn't have been able to handle not having ukfm on it which he'd done too.

It looks the biz and stopped my craving for a nice Marko mk3, but it's a shame there's no bugger around to talk to

Still looking out for a SS 3900f .
Was offered a black 3900 e but didn't take it. But the F just draws me.

5 band Jackson. Stick a counter on it and it ticks all the boxes .

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Jacko , yes I must say I do like the Jackson 1. Didn't they do a 6 band version too ?.

I just have this thing about the ss with frequency counter on.

Having variable ssb output would be nice too

Tristar 777 for me.. my first SSB wireless back in '84... boxed and as new i bought off a striking miner via Eyeball Electronics in Leeds... still got it...
A close 2nd is my AR144 cos on SSB it is the biz

PC-999 Grant,
Simon (Mudslinger) put me on to them a few years back when reading one of his posts and I have to agree they are truly an excellent rig.
ST9-FDX comes in a close second, both are very stable on SSB (based on other rigs around at that time). Limited in frequency coverage and lacking KC shift – or at least one offering a decent wide range but nevertheless both Grant and Stalker are my favourites.
I have a 146 GTL that needs repairing, and think that also may prove to be a great little rig.
I can’t bear listening to the receiver audio from a Cybernet on SSB these days, they hurt my ears but I always thought they sounded better on AM than the Uniden stuff.
Just wished conditions to the far-flung parts of the globe would start pouring through the speaker again…….

My favorite two have been back in the 1980's was the Tristar 747 then later was the Galaxy Pluto.
Fun days.
cheers.
mark.