Loudest CB radio ever made, the unobtainium Buddy Base, Autronics TX-11B
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Dug out one of my keepers as someone may have made an offer I might not refuse. The unobtainium Buddy Base. It is a very early CB and is a 2 piece like a Browning. Separate Receiver and Transmitter. The receiver used an early Super-regenerative circuit which has amazing sensitivity, but horrible selectivity. Hence, it will pull in the weak ones if the band is quiet, but on the other hand, it will pull in around 6 channels at a time like receiving 6 channels at once. Who wants that. Since the transmitter is so awesome, people would often ditch the receiver and run the Transmitter with a good Browning receiver. They made a few versions of this radio, and this one has a 6146B final, which is the same that is used in a Johnson Ranger, and uses a single hi powered 6L6 '7581' for the final modulator tube. I believe these early radios where made before the FCC clamped down on power and audio and hence it is pretty much running full tilt from the factory. It is keying 2 1/2 swings to 17 average and 23 peak. This is one of the very few radios I know of that will out talk a Tram D201. I had planned on keeping it and not selling it but a potential buyer asked if I had one. I said yeah and he said how much. I gave him a Yellow Table price and he said ok. we shall see. If he backs off or changes his mind, it is going back to my keeper collector pile for good until I am ready to run it myself permanently.
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The Buddy Base Wow memories, got three of them and the manual, Jay
3? Thats not fair. Sell me one.
Cool as hell. Always love to see something that I haven't seen
Glad you enjoyed it.
Very Kool! I'm like you now with the Demco SS2 as far as getting rid of it. High offers can change my mind! Thanks for the videos. Enjoyed this one.
Right on!
Never seen one but it looks awesome with all that power
It's the most awesome talking CB I know of.
The Buddy Base receiver schematic that I have shows that receiver as a superhetrodyne with dual conversion and multiple IF stages, so it should be as tight as you will ever find in a CB radio.
If yours is acting like a super regen receiver as you crank up the RF gain, you need to look at neutralizing the first RF amp stage because it shouldn't be self oscillating...
If your transmitter is different, then your receiver might be different too, and I can send you a link to the schematic if you need it.
Dennis
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A very fair evaluation Dr.! I remember when you showed a previous video of this radio I told my Elmer about it. He said exactly the same thing.🤣 I really hope that the guy plans on collecting it, not running it. Certainly it is rare and should be something to keep for history.
Btw, do you know of any company that will cut crystals for these radios any more? It seems like they have all closed up.
Nope, seems like crystal cutting is going the way of the dinosaur.
@@tramdr DDS VFOs are the future.
@@MrTobyfishmight be fine for CBs. But I’m not needing it for CBs. I’m using it for ham on a tube transceiver. They won’t work on it.
Firecracker 🧨+ Loudenboomer , that should do it ! Look out it may start a lipp chopping chain reaction the likes of which have never before been witnessed !
LOL
I had one once about 1995 getting the water have I plugged in and smoke man I wish you still had it how much you want for that one and I'm also looking for a complete set of capacitors for a Browning Golden Eagle Mark 3 can you help me out
I've got people with their name on it for 1500. I don't have a list of caps for the Mark 3. Maybe someone else does.
Nice history lesson. Never heard of that one. What year do you think it was manufactured or sold ? Maybe a VFO for the receive or some kind of filtering circuit. What microphone did they sell with it or offer ?
Super Regenrative is like a turbo circuit that feeds back on itself. Great for sensitivity, but horrible for rejection. It would have to be reworked to superhet and I think it would be a shame to hack this radio. A VFO gives you more channels, but does not help the receive.
High Praise coming from tramdr!
It's my number one.
I would very much like to get a copy of the schematic for that version of the transmitter.
The one I have is for the 2E26 version of the transmitter and I need the one for the higher power (6146?) version.
If you could point me in the right direction, like a hyperlink, I would greatly appreciate it.
Dennis
#12
I've never seen one of those in the flesh. If you go back to the very early days of CB having a regenerative receiver was an advantage to figure out who was on the air. As the service climbed in popularity, Regen receivers were relegated to cheap walkie talkies. That said...
Memories have a price. A guy followed me home from a hamfest one year and started handing out $100 bills for my memories. Yeah, my Demcos wound up on fleabay but he paid me twice what I paid for them. At the end of the day this hobby has to be a business. I know what I paid for my radios and I know what they're selling for today.
I guess when skip is running you could hear the Super Bowl and Mini Bowl at the same time.
@@tramdr Now that would be massively confusing if you add in the Puerto Rico shootouts on channel 9! I'm getting a headache just thinking about it!
Very nice, thanks for sharing
I have this radio!
Its the best transmit ever. Wish I hadn't sold mine. Receive sucks though.
Very interesting, what year was that rig built in by chance?.
www.retrocom.com/buddybase.htm
Doc if it is who I think it is he is legit, Fresno ca.
We'll see.
Can you run that transmitter with a Browning R27 ?
Sure, that was the go to receiver for it.
@@tramdr Awesome
Like what ur doing keep it up
Ps how to get ahold of u
Tramdr at Yahoo.com but I don't do others.
Dude, when you talk you aren’t whistling so why whistle to get max output ? Because you’ll be talking so you’ll never see the 20 watts.
Some people want to see dead key watts, some want to see rms talking swing watts, some want to see swing talking peak watts, some want to see RMS whistle watts, some want to see whistle peak watts. Different strokes for different folks.
What channel and what time might you be on the air?
I hang on the tracks usually around midnight after eating my Skooby Snack. However, I'm in the mud, so I don't talk.
I don't know the MC-12 was dam loud with a good mic.
I agree, I really believe the junky General MC 11, 12 and SB-72 were the only radios that could compete with the Buddy.
I've got all of those now too, but none in the box or even in 'great' condition.
Sonar 2340 is another great one, but I have not heard of one with a collins filter. I am always looking for clean top end rare radios like the 2340, CPI, General 12 General 72, Buddy Base etc if the price ain't too bad.
Curious, what are the best talking AM Ham radios? I hear the Yaesu FT101 and Icom 7300 are very good.
Man your voice sounds familiar
keep it.
I'm going to miss it.
Hello doc,
I need some help from you on the buddy pm me please. Thanks rainmaker here Hudson Valley NY 🗽.
Tramdr at Yahoo.com
looks like a palomar.
OK, but I don't see the resemblance.