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FS: Cobra 2000 GTL $300 a steal
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FS: Cobra 2000 GTL $300 a steal
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:25:29 -0700 (PDT), Justin
wrote: |This rig is in Prestine condition, with a cobra desk mic. I beleive it |has some sort of mods because it has a switch on the back, i tested it |and it works to a tee. Asking $300 and help with ship, thanks | |Ps- serious enquirers email me for pics at |-------------- $300 dollars? There must be gold in those old radios. There can't be more that $40 in parts for the whole radio. james |
FS: Cobra 2000 GTL $300 a steal
Hello Jay bully for you, yeah the receive alone is worth the extra money.
Although the Cobra 2000 is a fine CB, it has good ears too. For $300 I'd take a well used Kenwood TS-430. Jay in the Mojave wrote: I prefer a Yaesu, Kenwood, or Icom radio to a hot roded CB radio. -- http://NewsReader.Com/ |
FS: Cobra 2000 GTL $300 a steal
Jay in the Mojave wrote:
james wrote: On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:25:29 -0700 (PDT), Justin wrote: |This rig is in Prestine condition, with a cobra desk mic. I beleive it |has some sort of mods because it has a switch on the back, i tested it |and it works to a tee. Asking $300 and help with ship, thanks | |Ps- serious enquirers email me for pics at |-------------- $300 dollars? There must be gold in those old radios. There can't be more that $40 in parts for the whole radio. james No thats a good price for that radio. Bill Good (who passed away a few years ago) a really great Technician and really good friend loved to work on these radios. Bill had a contact within Uniden and Bill asked many times to have the radio reintroduced into the market. But the answer was it cost to much for production. I wounder what the manufacturing cost to selling cost was on those radios. I have seen these radio sell for more on E-Bay. I know these radios had expensive modifications installed that helped the receiver with crystal and mechanical filters in the IF. And even a -10 and -20 dB attenuator. And Bill use to remove the stock rf front end and installed a duel gate mosfet front end that significantly increased the performance of the receiver. The stock front end had too much gain and was dirty. Causing way too much bleed over. I remember Bill removing modifications in the transmitter to return the output power level to the the stock settings as the audio sounded way better, and made it cleaner. I asked him once how he knew how the RF Output was dirty or clean, he replies that he looks at a spectrum analyzer. Well one day I go over to Bills place quit a drive for me and there is a no **** bingo new HP Spectrum Analyzer. He shows me a radio that had the golden screw driver in it, and removes the stupid modification parts, and does a alignment on the radio and then its clean. There was a significant decrease in spurs and trash going out. But as you bought the radio and had the expensive modifications installed you now had a radio that cost the same or even more than a amateur radio that was even a better radio. Bill Good you are missed! Jay in the Mojave Jay, Is that the same Bill from Morgan Hills, CA? On the subject of the 2000. Even with the design performance issues, not that a stock radio was that bad, the 2000 was one of the best looking rigs that came out of that time, as far as I'm concerned. The Cobra 2000 was just a good looking radio that did a decent job with transmit and receive. I have a couple of them that I wouldn't take $400 for. |
FS: Cobra 2000 GTL $300 a steal
On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:20:37 -0700, Jay in the Mojave
wrote: |I would think that there maybe a slight difference between the over seas |and state side manufacture costs. I wounder what that really are with |todays manufacturing with smt ect?!?!? |---------------- What overseas manufacturing buys you often is tax shelters. What foreign countries have done over the past forty years is offer tarrif free zones just to get companies to establish manufacturing centers in their country. In the 70's Malaysia offered US and Japanese companies ten year tarrif free zones. So a company could go into that country and manufacture using local labor and not have to pay tarrifs for exportig piece parts of finished goods. During the 90's that started to change. Instead many countries started requiring local content in the manufacture of goods sold within thier country. That has forced US as well as European and Japanese companies to do piece part manufacturing, source local manufactured asemblies or do final assembly in the destination counrty. I remember sitting at a dinner with a VP of the company I used to work for and he maid the comment that we were running out of "Stable" third world countries to move manufacturing to. That comment was made in 1979!!!!!!!! After China and India, where do they go to? Not a lot left in the world. james |
FS: Cobra 2000 GTL $300 a steal
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:32:17 -0700, Jay in the Mojave
wrote: |james wrote: | On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:20:37 -0700, Jay in the Mojave | wrote: | | |I would think that there maybe a slight difference between the over seas | |and state side manufacture costs. I wounder what that really are with | |todays manufacturing with smt ect?!?!? | |---------------- | | What overseas manufacturing buys you often is tax shelters. What | foreign countries have done over the past forty years is offer tarrif | free zones just to get companies to establish manufacturing centers in | their country. In the 70's Malaysia offered US and Japanese companies | ten year tarrif free zones. So a company could go into that country | and manufacture using local labor and not have to pay tarrifs for | exportig piece parts of finished goods. | | During the 90's that started to change. Instead many countries started | requiring local content in the manufacture of goods sold within thier | country. That has forced US as well as European and Japanese companies | to do piece part manufacturing, source local manufactured asemblies | or do final assembly in the destination counrty. | | I remember sitting at a dinner with a VP of the company I used to work | for and he maid the comment that we were running out of "Stable" third | world countries to move manufacturing to. That comment was made in | 1979!!!!!!!! After China and India, where do they go to? Not a lot | left in the world. | | james | |Hello james: | |Ok great points there! | |There must be some sort of cost relief to have major companies invest |major dollars in over seas manufacturing. It blows me away why we just |can't do this manufacturing work here in the USA. With the technologies |of today we surly can make circuit boards and such here. |----------- Oh we can. There is also one other point to make. The cost of shipping is now becoming a major uncontrolable cost item. When oil was a steady price and not the constant fluxuation it currently experiences, transprotation costs could easily be budgeted for and spread across piece part costs as well as total cost. Today it is not wise to source parts in one part of the world, ship them to the US and then ship them back. For the China and Asia markets that would eat into profits. Transportation costs are now as major a issue as labor. |I have to travel once and while and have to use Delta Airlines, I talk |to people in India to make traveling plans. Now that has to cost some |big bucks to buy and install a major communications network all the way |over to India to save on labor. I would love to know what that all cost |and is saving. |------------- In business captal assets are amoritized over three years. You get to write a good portion off your taxes to install capital equiptment to do manufacturing or even IT. After three years that equiptment hs no book value. |I just bought a new expensive water cooler, as I putting on a new roof. |This cooler cost almost $1400.00 the company Adbieo Air is making big |money on this rally expensive sheet metal cooler. It is made in Mexico, |I'll bet they had it made, assembled, and painted there. But they sure |didn't pay no $1400.00 for it. Makes me think I am in the wrong business. |--------------- Thanks to NAFTA. Trade across the boder with Mexico has little or no tarrifs. I would not be at all surprised that the Mexican company is not a subsidary of Japanese or US company. NAFTA allowed forgein companies to setup shop in Mexico and ship across the border to avoid traiffs from their home country. james |
FS: Cobra 2000 GTL $300 a steal
This is Bill from Morgan Hill.
And Bill Good was very well thought of in the CB Tech Community. He was an interesting fellow, and as MV says, it highly missed by those he got along with. I was just poking around the other day trying to figure out what a nice 2000GTL would sell for. I have one in the used stuff I would like to part with. There is a brand new, old stock on ebay selling for $355.00 and the reserve isn't met. I have had people tell me that they have paid over $500 for one like this. Not sure why. But it goes to show ya, that it is whatever the market will go to. This would be a great radio to re-introduce into the market. Problem is, so much of the parts are in short supply/ Or totally NOT available. The PLL, the Counter Chip, the Finals, and on. This is my first post on here in maybe 5 years. Hello to all those that were customers over the past. I'll try and look on here a couple times a week. 73's Bill "Jay in the Mojave" wrote in message ... Hello MV: No Bill Good lived near Pinion Hills Ca, different Bill. Yeah its a good radio the 2000. And yes you have a very good point there it was pretty too look at. How many times have we all walked into a radio shop/store and told the guy there that don't try to BS us because we are Bitchen type of guys who knows whats happening. Then brain disconnect happens, and say how much for that pretty radio there............ Jay in the Mojave MV wrote: Jay, Is that the same Bill from Morgan Hills, CA? On the subject of the 2000. Even with the design performance issues, not that a stock radio was that bad, the 2000 was one of the best looking rigs that came out of that time, as far as I'm concerned. The Cobra 2000 was just a good looking radio that did a decent job with transmit and receive. I have a couple of them that I wouldn't take $400 for. |
FS: Cobra 2000 GTL $300 a steal
Hello Bill, do you have any beam antennas left for sale? (email me if you'd
prefer) 73 Steve "Bill" wrote: This is Bill from Morgan Hill. And Bill Good was very well thought of in the CB Tech Community. He was an interesting fellow, and as MV says, it highly missed by those he got along with. I was just poking around the other day trying to figure out what a nice 2000GTL would sell for. I have one in the used stuff I would like to part with. There is a brand new, old stock on ebay selling for $355.00 and the reserve isn't met. I have had people tell me that they have paid over $500 for one like this. Not sure why. But it goes to show ya, that it is whatever the market will go to. This would be a great radio to re-introduce into the market. Problem is, so much of the parts are in short supply/ Or totally NOT available. The PLL, the Counter Chip, the Finals, and on. This is my first post on here in maybe 5 years. Hello to all those that were customers over the past. I'll try and look on here a couple times a week. 73's Bill "Jay in the Mojave" wrote in message ... Hello MV: No Bill Good lived near Pinion Hills Ca, different Bill. Yeah its a good radio the 2000. And yes you have a very good point there it was pretty too look at. How many times have we all walked into a radio shop/store and told the guy there that don't try to BS us because we are Bitchen type of guys who knows whats happening. Then brain disconnect happens, and say how much for that pretty radio there............ Jay in the Mojave MV wrote: Jay, Is that the same Bill from Morgan Hills, CA? On the subject of the 2000. Even with the design performance issues, not that a stock radio was that bad, the 2000 was one of the best looking rigs that came out of that time, as far as I'm concerned. The Cobra 2000 was just a good looking radio that did a decent job with transmit and receive. I have a couple of them that I wouldn't take $400 for. -- http://NewsReader.Com/ |
FS: Cobra 2000 GTL $300 a steal
Hello Steve.
I do not have a single antenna for base stations left. I have three radial kits for the A99.. Go figure. "Steve" wrote in message ... Hello Bill, do you have any beam antennas left for sale? (email me if you'd prefer) 73 Steve "Bill" wrote: This is Bill from Morgan Hill. And Bill Good was very well thought of in the CB Tech Community. He was an interesting fellow, and as MV says, it highly missed by those he got along with. I was just poking around the other day trying to figure out what a nice 2000GTL would sell for. I have one in the used stuff I would like to part with. There is a brand new, old stock on ebay selling for $355.00 and the reserve isn't met. I have had people tell me that they have paid over $500 for one like this. Not sure why. But it goes to show ya, that it is whatever the market will go to. This would be a great radio to re-introduce into the market. Problem is, so much of the parts are in short supply/ Or totally NOT available. The PLL, the Counter Chip, the Finals, and on. This is my first post on here in maybe 5 years. Hello to all those that were customers over the past. I'll try and look on here a couple times a week. 73's Bill "Jay in the Mojave" wrote in message ... Hello MV: No Bill Good lived near Pinion Hills Ca, different Bill. Yeah its a good radio the 2000. And yes you have a very good point there it was pretty too look at. How many times have we all walked into a radio shop/store and told the guy there that don't try to BS us because we are Bitchen type of guys who knows whats happening. Then brain disconnect happens, and say how much for that pretty radio there............ Jay in the Mojave MV wrote: Jay, Is that the same Bill from Morgan Hills, CA? On the subject of the 2000. Even with the design performance issues, not that a stock radio was that bad, the 2000 was one of the best looking rigs that came out of that time, as far as I'm concerned. The Cobra 2000 was just a good looking radio that did a decent job with transmit and receive. I have a couple of them that I wouldn't take $400 for. -- http://NewsReader.Com/ |
FS: Cobra 2000 GTL $300 a steal
Hello Jay.
I do remember you from the days of very busy. The HR series 10 meter radios were the best at what they did. Sold at a price point of $200.00 at the time. Hot 10 meter openings were the target, and 10 meter Novice and Tech grades might be inticed to buy. I knew a lot of General Class hams that bought them for what they were designed for. The receivers ... were good. And lets face it the receivers are what we pay money for. My long time favorite radios. Because of the receivers. Base Stations: Browning Golden Eagle Mark II That receiver was the best. Collins Mechanical filter in the IF. But only 23 channels. Mark Invader Mobile. AM only,. Collins Mechanical filter in the IF. Large Meter on the face. Again, 23 channels. Seems that after the 40 channels hit, High end receivers were gone. At least from the CB world. Sure you could tweak up the Uniden radios to do better. The Cobra 2K, and the Uniden Madison. But out of the box.. What say others out there. Name some 40 channel CB only transceivers that would hold up against the fore mentioned radios? "Jay in the Mojave" wrote in message ... Hello Bill: Hope all is well with you and your family. I was a customer of yours as I was treated very well and enjoyed doing business with you. I would think a new base station radio could be released that looked good and all. New parts and pieces could be used. The radio could be designed to allow upgrades to be easily installed like IF Filters, Duel Gate MOS FET Front Ends, DSP, Audio Speech Processors, Edge Lighting, and what ever else. A extended receiver range to attract users to listen in on the 10/15/20 meter bands. I would have a club or group on the internet that could ask technical questions and such, something like the Uniden 2510 had. Dream on! ah? Good to hear from you again Bill please come back, and post more. I use a filter in the computer to filter out the BOZO's and keeps it reasonable clean. Jay in the Mojave Bill wrote: This is Bill from Morgan Hill. And Bill Good was very well thought of in the CB Tech Community. He was an interesting fellow, and as MV says, it highly missed by those he got along with. I was just poking around the other day trying to figure out what a nice 2000GTL would sell for. I have one in the used stuff I would like to part with. There is a brand new, old stock on ebay selling for $355.00 and the reserve isn't met. I have had people tell me that they have paid over $500 for one like this. Not sure why. But it goes to show ya, that it is whatever the market will go to. This would be a great radio to re-introduce into the market. Problem is, so much of the parts are in short supply/ Or totally NOT available. The PLL, the Counter Chip, the Finals, and on. This is my first post on here in maybe 5 years. Hello to all those that were customers over the past. I'll try and look on here a couple times a week. 73's Bill "Jay in the Mojave" wrote in message ... Hello MV: No Bill Good lived near Pinion Hills Ca, different Bill. Yeah its a good radio the 2000. And yes you have a very good point there it was pretty too look at. How many times have we all walked into a radio shop/store and told the guy there that don't try to BS us because we are Bitchen type of guys who knows whats happening. Then brain disconnect happens, and say how much for that pretty radio there............ Jay in the Mojave MV wrote: Jay, Is that the same Bill from Morgan Hills, CA? On the subject of the 2000. Even with the design performance issues, not that a stock radio was that bad, the 2000 was one of the best looking rigs that came out of that time, as far as I'm concerned. The Cobra 2000 was just a good looking radio that did a decent job with transmit and receive. I have a couple of them that I wouldn't take $400 for. |
FS: Cobra 2000 GTL $300 a steal
Copy that, Bill. At any rate good luck to you and thanks for the inventory
report. 73, Steve. "Bill" wrote: Hello Steve. I do not have a single antenna for base stations left. I have three radial kits for the A99.. Go figure. "Steve" wrote in message ... Hello Bill, do you have any beam antennas left for sale? (email me if you'd prefer) 73 Steve "Bill" wrote: This is Bill from Morgan Hill. And Bill Good was very well thought of in the CB Tech Community. He was an interesting fellow, and as MV says, it highly missed by those he got along with. I was just poking around the other day trying to figure out what a nice 2000GTL would sell for. I have one in the used stuff I would like to part with. There is a brand new, old stock on ebay selling for $355.00 and the reserve isn't met. I have had people tell me that they have paid over $500 for one like this. Not sure why. But it goes to show ya, that it is whatever the market will go to. This would be a great radio to re-introduce into the market. Problem is, so much of the parts are in short supply/ Or totally NOT available. The PLL, the Counter Chip, the Finals, and on. This is my first post on here in maybe 5 years. Hello to all those that were customers over the past. I'll try and look on here a couple times a week. 73's Bill "Jay in the Mojave" wrote in message ... Hello MV: No Bill Good lived near Pinion Hills Ca, different Bill. Yeah its a good radio the 2000. And yes you have a very good point there it was pretty too look at. How many times have we all walked into a radio shop/store and told the guy there that don't try to BS us because we are Bitchen type of guys who knows whats happening. Then brain disconnect happens, and say how much for that pretty radio there............ Jay in the Mojave MV wrote: Jay, Is that the same Bill from Morgan Hills, CA? On the subject of the 2000. Even with the design performance issues, not that a stock radio was that bad, the 2000 was one of the best looking rigs that came out of that time, as far as I'm concerned. The Cobra 2000 was just a good looking radio that did a decent job with transmit and receive. I have a couple of them that I wouldn't take $400 for. -- http://NewsReader.Com/ -- http://NewsReader.Com/ |
FS: Cobra 2000 GTL $300 a steal
"Bill" wrote in message . .. This is Bill from Morgan Hill. And Bill Good was very well thought of in the CB Tech Community. He was an interesting fellow, and as MV says, it highly missed by those he got along with. I was just poking around the other day trying to figure out what a nice 2000GTL would sell for. I have one in the used stuff I would like to part with. There is a brand new, old stock on ebay selling for $355.00 and the reserve isn't met. I have had people tell me that they have paid over $500 for one like this. Not sure why. But it goes to show ya, that it is whatever the market will go to. This would be a great radio to re-introduce into the market. Problem is, so much of the parts are in short supply/ Or totally NOT available. The PLL, the Counter Chip, the Finals, and on. This is my first post on here in maybe 5 years. Hello to all those that were customers over the past. I'll try and look on here a couple times a week. 73's Bill WOW!, the great Bill from Morgan Hill !!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!! I'm surprised you were able to find the time to even look at the newsgroup, let alone post. I hope things have been going PERFECT for you. I do have to call and make an arrangement to come over, but a lot depends on stuff happening around here. Landshark |
FS: Cobra 2000 GTL $300 a steal
Hey there, well as you know I am not in Morgan Hill any longer.
See you when I see you. "Landshark" wrote in message ... "Bill" wrote in message . .. This is Bill from Morgan Hill. And Bill Good was very well thought of in the CB Tech Community. He was an interesting fellow, and as MV says, it highly missed by those he got along with. I was just poking around the other day trying to figure out what a nice 2000GTL would sell for. I have one in the used stuff I would like to part with. There is a brand new, old stock on ebay selling for $355.00 and the reserve isn't met. I have had people tell me that they have paid over $500 for one like this. Not sure why. But it goes to show ya, that it is whatever the market will go to. This would be a great radio to re-introduce into the market. Problem is, so much of the parts are in short supply/ Or totally NOT available. The PLL, the Counter Chip, the Finals, and on. This is my first post on here in maybe 5 years. Hello to all those that were customers over the past. I'll try and look on here a couple times a week. 73's Bill WOW!, the great Bill from Morgan Hill !!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!! I'm surprised you were able to find the time to even look at the newsgroup, let alone post. I hope things have been going PERFECT for you. I do have to call and make an arrangement to come over, but a lot depends on stuff happening around here. Landshark |
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