best moblie radio for ssb?

[redlght]

I'll go with devildog that 980 for 100 bucks is a solid ssb radio no firlls just hook it up and talk.

[bbqradio]

You won't regret it. The 980SSB is a great radio.

[lightning293]

For SSB use I go to my Magnum 257HP, the best I ever run so far on SSB and it screams on AM too thanks to the stock powered mic and factory Top Gun compression kit.

[Russ]

I too go with the Magnum 257HP radio....all around great little radio!

[103mass]

The 980SSB is a great radio for normal reg 40 channel CB .....SSB is great on it

[MDYoungblood]

The 980SSB is a great radio for normal reg 40 channel CB .....SSB is great on it

Agreed the best SSB radio for a beginner, pretty much a good radio right out of the box.

3's

Greg

[Rabbit Ears]

HR2510 with a Texas Star 500....SKIP?? Yup, and a Turner SSK.

Current production??? That'll take some thought....I'll lay my bets on mudder's RCI2970.

[bluemeanie]

OK I'll throw my 2 cents worth in. The best mobile for sideband with out a doubt is one that begins with IC FT TS. If ya want the best don't play around with tinkertoys. Go straight for a real mobile hf rig. No question, no doubt, leave the kiddie toys. My opinion and 5 bucks will get you a cup of coffee in most American restaurants. And you can agree with me or you can be wrong. 73's
Blue

[Rabbit Ears]

Got it! My local *telephone* is a very old HR2510....*Turner +3 mic*. Have plenty of radios on the shelf.

[MDYoungblood]

OK I'll throw my 2 cents worth in. The best mobile for sideband with out a doubt is one that begins with IC FT TS. If ya want the best don't play around with tinkertoys. Go straight for a real mobile hf rig. No question, no doubt, leave the kiddie toys. My opinion and 5 bucks will get you a cup of coffee in most American restaurants. And you can agree with me or you can be wrong. 73's
Blue

You forgot "DX" and no it's not a Galaxy.

3's

Greg

[bluemeanie]

What do you expect from a high school dropout anyways

[Rabbit Ears]

I dig the cat! Nice shack!

[Scipio Kid]

Now, this will fly in the face of everything that's been said here but ... in '76 or '77 Sears was selling the Roadtalker radios and I bought their high end, 40 channel SSB unit (they didn't have or at least stress model numbers back then, everything was simply Roadtalker). It was the first 40 channel radio I'd ever seen and it didn't even have a digital channel display, just the big round clickety-clicker in the middle with 40 of them instead of 23. My Father-in-law bought one at the same time. He had dual 3' fiberglass whips on his truck and I had a single, mounted center on my VW bug just below the rear window. Those radios acted like they had 20+ watts on am and 60+ on sideband. Made my Midland and his Royce look like junk. From that little VW I could skip sideband all over the country. I talked to California, Florida, Mexico, Alaska ... easily, and everyone I talked to thought I was on a base station with a linear and a big tower antenna. My Dad-in-law had the same experience. We could talk to each other like were on cell phones anywhere, any time. We regularly talked from Salt Lake to Park City. Not so impressive so far as miles go but when you consider the Wasatch mountain range, with 11,000' peaks was between us, it's impressive, even today. So far as performance went, those little things really got out!

[Rabbit Ears]

Back in 1981 in Steamboat NV.... I used a Roadtalker 40 SSB. Well....YUP! It worked great!!