Top 10 Rarest Vintage Export CB Radios To Find 

Great list! I miss the HR-2510 I owned, and if I could get another that was in at least pretty good condition and set up like mine was, I would probably buy it LOL. Mine was bought new, expanded and tuned. Then a couple that I knew that worked at ITT did some surgery on it. They did the chip switch mod on it and all of the best mods available. The only things I didn't have them add was noise toys, or echo...I wanted it clean. Once I figured out how the chip worked, that thing was unstoppable, especially when I added the 102" ss whip! Then a new mod was available from my ITT friends...upgraded finals. I really wanted to go full monte on the radio itself, but at the same time, I could get a really good amp that would give me higher power and just as clean of signal. I decided to forego the finals and got a (if I remember correctly) Killer Bee 300?? It was basically a Texas Star 250, but after full testing a bit better. It came from a friend of mine who was also a friend of ITT folks. Winter came and it started becoming too cold to sit in the car just to talk. A local friend of mine had a 70's model Star Duster, so I bought that, then headed to the local radio shop, and picked up a power supply and a D-104 Silver Eagle. I had an all metal roof on the house, so it worked all together like a huge ground plane. With either system I could talk to anyone I could hear (minus Superbowl channels 6 and 11). The following spring I decided to experiment with a DIY beam that my GF's step dad gave me plans for. Called a Dream Beam, it was basically 1/2" thick 12"x12" plywood painted, and 4 pieces of EMT conduit (wish I could get those plans again). It basically looked similar to a half of an Cubical-Quad antenna, or an Avanti PDL II without the egg beater or radiation wire. For fun, I pulled the car right up beside the house and talked to 818 Jamaica on SuperBowl 6! What a blast!

I love your intro it is awesome and the little Batman thing that's cool it reminds me of the old Batman that used to come on

One You Forgot About, Is The Galaxy 2100 And The Galaxy 2 , Thank You For This Video It Was Very Nice.

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Well then are nice radio list better then foggy sounding MOSFET radios. The galaxy echo base hard to find. And the dual final Pluto 50+ watts on SSB on 2 diff band plits. But my favorite I own a Texas star 2100 and use have had a galxy 2100 same radio 6 bands with freq counter single final 25w SSB chrome faced . Thank you for the videos.

I have a Eagle 5000 which is a clone of the 2990 or the Saturn Turbo. I also have a HR2510. Love both of these radios and wouldn't sell them for the average going rate.

Nicely done raccoon I've owned some those radios. A lot of nice memories thank you

I have several 2510’’s , 2600 and a mint original Lincoln , a decent 2970 , and SS-3900GHP ,, but I wish I had them all ! Good video , and some radios from memory lane , very nice 👍

I can understand why they would be hard to find. They are nice looking radios! I thought about you the other day when I found my 1976 Western Auto 23 channel cb I bought when I worked at the local store here in town. Needless to say I am excited. Missing the faceplate and needs to be cleaned up but I am hopeful. It’s a keeper either way. Thanks for your videos.

I have 3 on this list but another one is a Ranger RG-99

I've got the HR2510 that a good friend gave me last year. It was totally dead, but with some luck, I got it back to life and is still working great and so does the power output. I just tuned down the TX power on AM to 4 watts since their finals are hard to find now a days. Matched it up with a Turner Super Sidekick and a rotatable dipole. In fact, I have made contacts to 28 countries with it both on 10 and 11 meters with a total contacts of a 100 plus. Farthest contact I've made was Brazil which is more than 19,000 plus kms from where I'm at. This rig sure is a keeper. I'm planning to change all the caps just to be sure. Thanks for this video and all the best. P.S. Can you do a video on the best HF radios from the 80's to the early 90's? Thanks.

Also, Ranger 2995DX rocks.

I have 4 / 10 radios on your video .rci 2950 , rci hercule , galaxy saturn and rci 3500

I've always wanted one of the Pluto radios. Tough cookie to find around here..

You forgot the sommerkamp ts 788 dx it was a wonderful cb with only a few imported

I have a very nice President HR 2600. I do not think I would give it up for only a couple hundred dollars.

Some radios on your list are currently in production while others are no longer made. Since I bought a President Grant II (2) I have yet to even hear about hide nor hair of another one and I challenge anyone with no ties to England to find another in North America.

Long live rci 2950

have two 2980s

Yeah there's one radio you forgot to put on this list an emperor 5150 it's an import with AMF Upper and Lower Side Band they're good radios

I like the radios but for practical purposes they are mostly overpriced when you can buy a brand new quad 6 for much less.

Northstar n conex 3300+ look for them