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JC Penny 6218 CB Radio

Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by Peanut Butter, Sep 26, 2010.

  1. Sep 26, 2010 #1
    Peanut Butter

    Peanut Butter Road Train Member

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    I just picked this radio up the other day, a JC Penny 6218 and seems to work pretty good altho the mic on it was messed up but i had a good cobra mic that works good on it and i only paid ten bucks for it, anyone ever had one and know how good they really are?
     
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  3. Sep 26, 2010 #2
    cagey53

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    I had a JC Penney 23 channel radio back in the day, I can't remember what model. Seems to me it was manufactured by either Royce or Uniden and it was a pretty good radio. I kept it for years until I got a Cobra 40 ch.
     
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  4. Sep 26, 2010 #3
    Peanut Butter

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    the 6218 is a 40 channel radio i also have a JC Penny pinto 23 base station radio thats pretty good, i am glad the one i just bought is a good radio for ten bucks
     
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  5. Sep 26, 2010 #4
    delta5

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    JCPenny cb radio? wow, now we are going back a few years LOL
     
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  7. Sep 26, 2010 #5
    joplinlocal

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    I've got two JC Penney "Pinto" 23 channel bases. Both work like new putting out 4 watts dead key and 12 watts swing. Got one for free... the other for 5 bucks at a hamfest advertised as not working, but cleaning the channel selector fixed it. I use them to monitor the Petro and Pilot truck stop activity a few miles away on ch 19. 4 pin cobra mics work well with them. I've heard the old JC Penney radios can be peaked and tuned to really talk, but I haven't tried yet.
     
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  8. Oct 9, 2010 #6
    PhilB

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    That's an old but very good radio. Unlike the new ones the 6218 has many internal adjustments which if misused could get someone in trouble with the FCC for using very excessive power.
     
    PhilB, Oct 9, 2010
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