Unboxing The CB Radio of my Dreams
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- Back in the day this was one of my dream CB radios, they sounded so good on the air.
Can't wait to get her hooked up and test. Stay Tuned
#CBRADIO #REALISTICCBRADIO #radioshack
Cheers 390
And yes, I bought it off of EbAy.
Well, never say never:)
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please explain why you're busting a nut over a "Realistic" radio? A Robyn solid-state/tube I could understand... but a dive-bomber Realtrashtic? I guess to each their own....
Owned a few Robyns in my day, nothing big. Not in the mood to school you however, most of these CBs were made by just a handful on manufacturers. Excluding the Trams, Brownings, ............ However even those brands had Uniden, Cybernet, Panasonic, Hitachi, build their mobile rigs. Remember... all brands had a dud or "crap model" in their line.
So please keep that closed mind! We don't need you guys driving up prices. ie the douchebags that buy from the yellow table clown.
Because it was a great radio during my youth. How about aligning it, taking the golden screwdrivers out of it and selling it to me
I made more contacts on that radio than my 2510.
Realtrashtic.. lol shut up stupid keep your hands out of em and they're great.
@@390WagonMaster yellow table clown is just that a joke that need booted of ebay and all other places he shows up
I was watching Mower Junkie on TH-cam I just fell in love with this set and I've managed to get hold of this set from Ebay from USA 2 years ago am from UK it fantastic radio to work it yes same as Adam set. Glad you've received the radio all OK
Beautiful radio. And the original receipt and Manual so cool
Nice looking radio.
Radio Shack did have some nice looking rigs back in the day.I can remember as a young fella i couldnt wait to get the new catalog. I miss Radio Shack.
73s
514 Ontario Canada
In the 80's, I had for amusement, a Realistic AM 'phone' radio in my car of the time (Holden Torana). It was an excellent receiver, quality audio on both handset and speaker if chosen. Had a large S/RF meter that was great! Wish I hadn't offloaded it....
@@jeremyh.pritchard5325 I had one as well, wish I kept it.
Just picked up a Realistic TRC449 too! I love these radios inside and out... all around awesome radios!
Nice radio Mike. I don't have a 449, Yet! But I do have a 448, 450 and 451. I think that radio was supposed to end up in My collection......You have My missing link! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Ok, MJ... Now i am on the hunt again. You are a hard man to catch up to. Cheers my friend.
Hello dr CB-radio fan hello, thank you for your very interestet video.
There are the STALKER-101 and President Adams with the similar 858s Chassis in my collection. Furthermore the both PALOMAR SSB-500 and-600 (cheap clones). The old rugged 858s Chassis is my favourite one.
I wish merry Xmas for you and yours. Best 73 to you...
Amazing!!!
awesome radio have a NOS one in the box in my collection great find on a hard to find radio
I like those as well . Great find . I blame a lot of my purchases on Mower Junkie too !! But my wife just isn’t buying it lol
Too funny! I blame a lot of My purchases on Cowboy 347 in Tennessee, But My Wife doesn't believe Me either.
@@MowerJunkie
Hahaha !!
you need to say it "I need more radius" lOVE IT
One of my favorite radios ive owned, bought a lot of 2 of them back in 2010 for $60 local. One was bone stock and one had switches for extra channels. Used the clean one for years and mand my first dx contact with it. Regret selling them and hooing to get another. Those old realistic radios are just amazing.
Looks like a Cobra 148gtl cabinet as well. Nice looking rig, sideband and everything.
Thanks for sharing your new rig with us!, Merry Christmas. 🎄
Nice Bird wattmeter. I must have sold so many of those cb's during close to 20 year career with the shack.
Sweet purchase Mike.
I've been on CB for 51 years now, and before the 40 channel era we called them Radio Scrap. This was earned thanks to splashboxes like the TRC-29 and TRC-23.
But in 1976 the legendary TRC-30A and the top-of-the-line TRC-57 hit the market and were a huge success.
Even so, until a few years ago no serious CB collector would be caught dead with a Realistic amongst their Trams and Brownings.
But the simple fact is that they work well, are easily found, and are usually cheap!
Yes, some of my favorite radios were RS.
Super nice !
You have got a great radio very cheap especially with 2 mics and the docs. If it had the original carton it would be worth $275-300.
I have over 100 Realistic radios many NOS but Not this radio so well done and enjoy it. Hopefully you opened the radio before powering it up as I am a Radio tech in Australia and have close to a 1,000 radios and you should always open a radio before powering it as you would be amazed at what I find inside radios.
Try screwdrivers, nuts screws and various other parts that if you powered it up you will definitely let the magic smoke out and we all know how hard that is to get back🤣🤣
I always check out a new to me radio before testing. Here is a video on that... th-cam.com/video/Wui8_vRklMk/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for your comment. Cheers
Looks really nice. Extra points because it has all of those original docs that came with it! Hope you enjoy it for years!
That is a beautiful radio!
That radio looks great!!! Yes, you lucked out. Oh yes, and some cameras still do use film.
Yes, my old Nikon still takes a good picture. Hi:)
@@390WagonMaster I have three Olympus OM2n and a RB67. They do take great photos, I use a lot of Velvia 50 and Ektachrome 200.
As I have aged I have come to realize that city livin does blow and I’m yearning to get back to simpler times
Yes! City life blows big time
Am glad you are happy
Nice looking radio! You always get good deals, when you do a OTAT, please make it an event, that way we can all join in.
I don't want to sound stupid, but....... What is OTAT
@@390WagonMaster OTAT? Is that an On The Air Test?
Great! Maybe I will hear you when the DX is running . Nice video,. I have lots of CB radio vids on my channels. Cheers & 73's
Looked at your Channel, I have no idea how I missed it before:) I subbed and will be checking in from time to time. Would apreciat if you would do the same. We bad ass CBers need to stick together. Hi.
BTW... I used to live up in Port Angeles WA. Miss that weather. Cheers.
@@390WagonMaster Thanks. Here is my other channel with lots of radio stuff and DX talking Lots of much older vids on both channels Cheers th-cam.com/channels/QNv489h-jgF-ztAXQteJhw.html
A nice classic 858 chassis. Easily modified for extras.
I really enjoyed that very nice radio and that was hilarious
still using daily a TRC 474 I bought back in the 90's at a siidewalk sale for 12 bucks. The guy had cases of them. To this day, hasnt missed a beat. Made by Uniden.
Great little unit there. Bodacious transmit audio.
That is a very nice looking RS radio indeed.
nice rig i have one back in the day radioshack made some good cb radio back then i i still have a trc-440 lol awesome video i miss radio shack to bad they went under
IMHO. RS focusing on cell phones was part of the downfall.
Wish mine was in that good of shape
Nice
That’ll be a killer sidebander!
I’ve been looking for a clean TRC-451! I like this too. Very nice.
They are awesome radios. I have serviced several for customers and have a couple NOS still boxed, not selling though.
My first radio was a TRC 455 I believe always loved
Radio Shack and Lafayette.
I think there is an eBay seller's class on how to make sure to jam the face of the radio close to the box gets smashed real good. Happened to a President I got. IT was mint.
Classic!
Oh my video hits home.i started saying I'll never buy again from @$#*.it really bothers me that sellers have so little regard for good packing..congratulations on a good buy.the receipt is a party bonus! Yes it's mower junkies fault.i saw one in his videos also.now I'm looking for one too.lol.thanks for video.merry Christmas.
lol this makes me laugh just your excitement. i remember when i was into cb i had a couple favorites. first was a trs 431 base station . it had a door bell noise toy for some reason . lol . bought it that way . next favorite was a super star 360 fm . that radio was a screamer . not going to list the number of toys that one had other then its built in Rodger beep . the next one and last favorite was a galaxy 88 dx hl . loved loved that radio . the way it sounded out the back of a 1000 watt base tube type linear and a set of moon raker 4s was just incredible . of course the d104 silver eagle had alot to do with that as well . it was the perfect base station . i talked to so many places i lost count . again other then the built in galaxy echo and Rodger beep we will not mention the other toys in it lol . sure miss them days . they were alot of fun .
The 449!!!! I have one!
You can do decent mods to that radio. Very rare to get a clean radio off eBay. They overcharge for shipping & illegal sales tax now there. -73's
Hahaha. yes the sales tax is BULLSHIT. just wait until the Biden 600 dollar tax his in 2022. We are so fucked!
@@390WagonMaster , that was in the bill that Joe Manchin scuttled, wasn't it?
Decent radio, I have a stack of Realistic stuff over here, all in working condition.
Wow. Thats better then whats out now....im jealous...good for you
Nice radio friend
Btw the full size genuine full color user manual and sales receipt is most valuable for collectors…:)
I know right? Just missing the box. Thats okay, there will be more out there.Hehehe
Cool radio my first CB was a radio shack Navaho TRC 23 back in 76
My brother has that identical CB mobile radio.He even has a realistic TRC24C 23 channel which was his first CB radio.
nice chrome never had cb dreams
I have them all the time. Hahaha 73s
Very Nice....👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
“Wow what a great radio. I don’t care if it works”, he says.
When I'm buying a vintage radio sometimes whether it works or not is secondary. I've been going to hamfests for over 50 years, yet I've never seen a Polycomm Pro until about 5 years ago. I didn't care that it had no power cord or if it worked (it worked great) all I knew was that it was the only one I'd ever seen.
I'm lucky in that I have the skills to work on these things. I recently bought a Courier 1M and an Olson Sidebander and a Polycomm 23 with the same philosophy. They didn't work when I got them but they work now.
Been using cb for 7 yrs now I love my cobra 29 nite watch its tuned up pretty clear but thats whenni was otr it still needs channel read out and an rfx but the one radio I want I want for my dodge is a whistler 2 with duel band its a real cool radio but I've never found one in working or refurbished able condtion congrats on your purchase.
That 29 is a great radio:) Merry Christmas and thanks for watching.
That’s an awesome radio. Nice score. Enjoy.
At 3:49 , the date code on the radio is 6A7. So I'm guessing it was June 1977 or 1987. The first digit is the month, A is the separator and the 7 is the year in a decade. I love the old RS radios, nice find. I enjoyed the RS stores, before the cell phone craze.
Thanks for the information. I found that the 449 came out in 1978. It was "new for 78" in the main RS Catalog. And yes, the cell phone craze ruined RS IMO. In my local store they ignored the electronics buying customers and gave priority to the cell phone customers. RS must have been paying high commissions for that product.
Cheers
KEG-9319 here... Keep on talking about "filming" and don't give a dang about the nit-pickers out there!
KHW-1276 Say'n will do and thanks for your support!
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Those are nice radios I have 2 of them in my collection
nice cb radio
yeah i don't like the yellow table's price. insane.
i have 7 of them. 4 of them in very good condition and the rest are in fair condition. some of you might be wondering why 7 of them? well simply because this radio is my all time favorite radio from radio shack and well just because i can, i also have the power mics to go with each of them and then some. thanks for the video you got your self a nice rig there. i am totally with you on the packaging. thankfully it made it to you in good shape. enjoy
Rafael....You my friend are a sick man:) JK.. I like your style, the uniden built RS rigs are the sleeper radios of the 70s.
Cheers my friend.
@@390WagonMaster LOL i been doing cb and ham radios for about 43 years. i have a room full of radios including the trc 449 some cobra, uniden and teaberry. i started with the trc 451 but over the years my love for the 449 grew bigger and well here we are with 7 of them.i guess i am a collector :-) wouldn't you say? lol 73 to you friend enjoy the 449
Really nice radio for the collection.
CB Radio? I haven't had one of those since the late 70s. That craze went out with Disco
I see lots of CBs however not much on the Bell Bottom and DISCO thing:) Cheers
"W.N Killen" got a good price on that radio. In 1978 it listed in the catalog for $299.95. In 1979 it dropped to $269.95. These were one of the best chassis available. They were soon discontinued because the F.C.C. claimed the uPD858c PLL chip was to easy to modify.
The 449 and 458 were great rigs. I think there was only $10 difference . Love the 458 as a radio, but the 449 had a more classy look IMO.
Cheers
Beauty 👍🏻
Man the way you show your enthusiasm for vintage radios makes me want to start collecting. Great video.
Be Careful, it's habit forming. Cheers.
WOW!!
Making me Green with envy!! Great find!! Nice looking radio!!!
You scored big on this one!!!😊👍
Does it work? Didn't see it working.
If the factory smoke hasn't escaped yet, we can look forward to another squeaky Donald Duck rig. I forgot how crap the Realistic TR series were back in the day. I threw about 10 of them away
They are UNIDEN built, I never had any problems with RS gear. Maybe you had gotten a hold of some bad units.
I've got a near mint condition Realistic TRC-449 that I picked up a couple years ago. It's been sitting in my radio cabinet ever since. Everyone says it's a great SSB radio. I also have a TRC-490 in the original box!
You dont anymore.....its on it's way to me haha. Thanks again.
@@luke8210 That it is.
Those two radios, the 449 and 490 were my two radios in the day. Now I'm stuck with a 706 and a 940.
I got it the other day and hooked it up. Great ssb rig. The stock mic is nothing special. The only thing I've never loved about the realistic radios was the mic jack. I dont like changing out the jack but running adapters is a pain too...
i love the looks of A kris xl 50 cb radio
I let one of those slip through my fingers a few years ago. Take care 3
I just checked the online catalog reference and the TRC-449 first appeared in the 1978 catalog, page 156. Also new were the 448, 457, and the 458.
Unfortunately, it was a two-year only model, as it was replaced by the new TRC-450.
Lafayette Telsat ssb140 or Cobra 2000 in the box nos
This is a tough question, I have been thinking about this for a few hours......
The Telsat is a great radio and I have been looking for one on an off for a long time. However I vote for the 2000. IMHO the Telsat is a better looking rig, from the front it reminds me of a few unidens (Madison, Stalker ) but the Telsat has a Cybernet chassis, and I have not had many radios with those chassis that i like ( Bad adjacent channel rejection mostly ). Now that being said.... I like the looks of the Telsat over the 2000. Still do not own either radio.
Outstanding question. Thanks. Have a Merry Christmas.
Wow! Soooo beautiful front panel …I really like chrome on that as same as on old classic cars!!! Big congrats for shiny machine mate!
Never say Never...
the town is called moosic pa. ( pronounced moo -sick lol )
Thanks
Moosic, PA. . . not far from here.
I have some issues with that buy/sell platform also........so I only opt to sell select merchandise on that site.
Not everything RS sold was in the Dollar Store category class. They also had some very good items. I knew a few people who used RS radios and they soundes great.
My first CB was a Realistic Mini 23 because it's all I could afford.
What is it with Realistic radios not having a mic gain? I've never understood this.
True that, personally, when I ran RS rigs, I either used that great stock mic or a power mic, then used that gain control. Just got used to it I guess. Great comment. Cheers.
How about a Browning Golden Eagle?
Great Radio! I need to get mine back on the Air. I plan on doing that sometime soon, just need to get other projects done first.
Why are CB radio's so much money? As a ham I would never consider buying a 40 channel 4 watt radio for that money.
Somehow CB and Dreams never crossed paths in my mind
Yea! I'm just weird that way. :)
Went 10-100 when I'd received my FCC Part 15 license, KAVU-2318, in the mail. How the hell I remember that # since 1976 is beyond me... Lots of suburban neighborhood married hook-ups and flirting - and fun to figure out who everyone was by driving 'mobile' and spotting big dipoles...ahem.
It is amazing how we can remember the call letters all these years later. I used my Dad's KHW-1276, still remember a bunch of locals as well. BTW... Your channel is FANTASTIC! I subbed and rang the Bell. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Mike
That's the cb of your dreams? Lmao, ok.i own one and it's definitely NOT my dream cb!
Bring it to the Bowl!👍
I’m on it !!!!
I have two Royce radios but they only have 23 channels
Figures its FedEx if I can help it I'll never use that company again.
The correct saying is: “I will never do this and I will never do that”.
Best CB was Johnson white face, 5 channel, and Black face 10 channel. Spend $10 and get 14 watts, reverse transmit and receive crystals and get a private freq
I understand those early Johnson rigs were nice. Cheers
sellers of items on eBay must have banged their heads thinking everything is worth a lot
The TRC 448 is a better radio, it has two VRs that control the audio, it is quite possibly the most powerful, and loudest radio that Radio Shack ever made, but it was discontinued so they are rare, I had two of them..... they put out just about 25 watts on sideband..... and over 18 Watts on am.
@@390WagonMaster .. do you do major repairs on classic radios?
I have 2 that need attention.
Wow! That's nice! I've got a TRC 24...73s
Gee,...The CB set of my dreams is a Icom 7851 with a Alfa 77. But really as a collector I would love to have the Midland SSB ht, Motorola SSB base, any CPI
radio, a set of General Radiotelephone radios from the MC-5 to the super MC-12 SSB, A Buddy Base, and oh so many others but not any Radio Shack stuff,
just to common and dull. JMO
The UNIDEN PC346AA Boards will out perform most every radio on your list. Including the ICOM on 11m. The realistic version of the PC346AA did not have the adjacent channel rejection of say a president Adams, Grant (3 button) or 148, because RS omitted L4 I think it was, and they had that darn 5 pin DIN. But, IMHO nobody built a better chassis than UNIDEN..
Owned a few different GRTs they all talked up a storm and had "decent" RX for their time. I have heard a Buddy Base receiver but never owned them, so never got to spend time to really demo one. But like you said JMO, all this stuff is subjective anyway. Cheers
trc 449 uinden 858 chipset .. mine did 24 watts am 10k slider 1k steps 150 amp
That is a great radio. My friend had one back in 1980/81 I talked to him a lot. I have many TRC rigs. My oldest are TRC 48, TRC 30A, couple of TRC 458's and a TRC 452
Wow! you have some bitch'n rigs, The TRC30A was my first real Base Station.
Your receipt date is likely 77, the last year that model sold was 78
Happy New Year 2022 from DD21
Wow...brings me back to the days of CB radio. I'll never forget the first time meeting a few people in person and realizing "What the actual fuck am I doing with my life?" Sold the radio the next day.
That is to bad, I made some good lifetime friends on the CB. Met many a Hammy Ham, not interested. Stuffy and arrogant.
trc 449 1979 went for 269 bucks great radios
I have that radio and it's nothing to use just something to have.
That's a very nice looking radio. I agree with you I always need more radios. Thank you for sharing with us I'm going to give you a thumbs up and subscribe.
Thank you sir... Happy New Year.
I like using a Kenwood TS-430. So much fun with that !
That is a dang good rig!