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A Real
Charmer. No,
the Cobra V isn't some
kind of late model
snake, it's
a glitzy new
CB
rig
which just
blew
on the scene from the windy
city.
The
Cobra
is
right in step with
the latest trends
in CB gear -little
in size,
all transistorized, low
cost, efficient; and
it claims to be the
first rig on
the market with
a "special protective
circuit
for
transmitter
components."
In the
performance department,
the
Cobra
V
has transistorized
transmit
/receive
switching
(that means
no moving parts and
therefore less
chance for
mechanical failure when
a tired
old
relay
drops dead
of
fatigue).
There's also
a clever
new
voltage
filter to improve
the
clarity of the
signals inhaled
by the
Cobra V.
B &K Cobra V
CB
Transceiver
Running a
whopping
100% modulated
5 -watt
input
on any
five
channels, the set puts up quite
a
showy front
with
a
walnut
grain
finish ('neath
that
frilly
walnut
finish
is an all steel
housing).
For those
wise
guys out there in the reading
audience
who come
on strong
with
the
fancy
12
a
what's
new
product
column
that's
fun
to
read
tech talk,
we
note that the Cobra V comes on
strong with better
than
half
a
microvolt
sensi-
tivity (for 10 db S /N) and
a
selectivity
of
6 db
at
±
3
kc
-O.K.?
You can
get
enough literature on the Cobra
V
to
stuff a megacycle if you drop
a card or
letter
to the manufacturer, B
&K
Division, Dynascan
Corp., 1801
West Belle Plaine
Ave.,
Chicago,
Ill.
60613.
A'
Matchless Antenna? We've
seen some
wild
looking things
connected to the output of CB
rigs but the Antenna
Specialists
MACH
III makes
the rest
of
them
look like as tame
as a tranquilized
bunny rabbit.
Not
knowing
exactly
how
to
describe
it, the best
we
can do is
simply
parrot
the description of
the thing as
stated
by the
manufacturer: "A spiral shaped,
printed- circuit
coil,
waterproofed
and
shock -suspended
inside a
wing- shaped
ornamental base."
This
all
boils
down
to
the fact
that this circuitry is a "involute
transducer"
(wha
?).
Now that the engineering is clear to you (be-
cause
it
certainly
isn't
to
us) we
can
get into the
performance
of
the
little
devil.
It's
a
32 inch
steel
whip, basically, set into
a futuristic cyco -lac
plastic base
containing all of
the sophisticated
jazz
we just told you about (don't ask us to re-
peat it please).
Available in a
variety
of
mounting types (with
or
without
shock
spring),
the MACH III is
DC
grounded for optimum SWR across the band.
The
antenna
may be peaked up to your particu-
lar rig by means of an adjustment in the base.
Prices (depending
on
mounting hardware)
range from
$12
to
$25.
The folks
who
figured
this
one out are at Antenna Specialists,
12435
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
44106.
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