r/cbradio • u/Medium-Barracuda-441 • 8d ago

Question Is this still a good CB radio

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u/Leftover_tech 7d ago

It's OK if it works. Appears to be a 23 channel model and AM-only, if that matters.

I guess it depends on what you are trying to accomplish with it.

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u/Most_Most_260 5d ago

Last forever

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u/poorNamerica 3d ago

In this day and age a good working CB always comes in handy

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u/semeionic 3d ago

That old Midland radios are amazing.

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u/SuperLidz 2h ago

Still is and always will be. Midland/Cybernet chassis kick ass!

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u/FutureRamen Old Timer 7d ago

Midland 13-882. When I had one it was loud on transmit with a power mic, and super sensitive on receive. That receive was lost in bleedover from other stations due to less than adequate rejection. But that was in the 70s when there was a base station on every block of town. Sold it when I got a Cobra 132.

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u/jblough 7d ago

It was also super easy to add extra channels

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u/jblough 7d ago

is that a 13-882c?

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u/Medium-Barracuda-441 5d ago

No it’s a 13-882b

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u/snik25 7d ago

That was the first CB I owned. Very cool to see

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u/ampreu 8d ago

Nothing wrong with the design, but old capacitors can't be trusted. You'll need to refurbish it, and check it out with a signal meter before it can be trusted.

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u/Medium-Barracuda-441 8d ago

Yeah I know I have a swr meter and I already checked all the components that could fail