browning golden eagle "it squeals ".......AND?

[natureboy757]

Great classic radio, wish I had 1

[PONY EXPRESS]

Yeah those were the good days. I remember people putting springs on the screws of the D 104 Desk mic head and making bong sounds when they keyed up. That got old real quick but that Browning Squeals was actually a part error that became a bonus making that a real popular radio brand and REAL BIG $$$s back in the 70's - 80's
I seen others have mentioned the error as well. We had a neighbor whos handle was Alligator who had 1 . I had to listen to that squeal all the time as he was just down the back alley from me. I despised that radio back then

[ma deuce]

a guy here in town has 1 and that squeal gets on my nerves, after it keys up its great but that noise can become annoying

[Jawbreaker]

Im getting back into CB radios again After 30 yrs.! Had a big stick and a shooting star. With my cobra cam 139 and palomar 200 watt tube amp. I have been looking for a Browning on line but cant find anything. Does anyone no where i can look? Yes i loved that sound back then, when one keyed up it took ur breath away! I still love the old vintage radios coz of that great audio!

[Jawbreaker]

I just purchased a BROWNING GOLDEN EAGLE MARK III , i cant wait to key it down!

[Jawbreaker]

Well my childhood dream is coming true next week. My Mark III is coming cant wait! I had the cobras and love them but the sound of a Browning Keying up is truely awesome sound in my book! I cant wait to go back to 1975 also and throw down some serious modulation!

[rev ike]

Good luck @ Jawbreaker I hope you enjoy your new toy HNY!

[Sporty Mike]

There's a local near me that has one, the first night I heard him, I made the mistake of saying it was squealing, that night I got schooled on the Browning!!

And now like everyone else said, you can't miss'em!!

Personaly, I love the ping and I love the tone, but they are a little pricy for me, and I don't know JACK about tubes!!


Stickin with Solid State,
Mike

[Jawbreaker]

There cheaper now then in the 70's why i never had one. took all i had to get a cobra 139 and a Y- quad back then as a 16 year old kid, plus buying my 72 nova. My parents loved that antenna on the roof! lol.

[kb3ite]

I like it. To me it sets the radio apart from the rest on the bunch.

It's neat b/c the squeal changes every time you key up a little bit.

Aside from the squeal, most Browning's have the best RX you can buy.

To each their own

Actually the best RX is that of the Cobra 2000 and it's Uniden/President Madison.
The Tram D201 and Golden Eagles were fine radios but they are overrated IMO. A classic radio is not necessarily the best.

Not in a million years will a 2000 hold a candle to a Tram nor a Browning!

[kb3ite]

The Browning ...PING...Is the same as the sound of a Harley Davidson Big Twin...Nothing on this planet sounds the same.As well as nothing saying.....HEY! I'm an American and I buy American stuff.For those people who might have forgot.It's called AMERICAN PRIDE!........

[kb3ite]

I forgot to add this in my last post.i wanted to respond to jester's comment about the ..PING...being annoying I think he refered to it... ..Have you listened to channel 19 at all??..Nothing but a bunch of jack offs using every four letter word in the book.We call them the F troup around here with their echos and their roger beeps and god knows what else.Are you telling me that the little ping that the eagle makes is worst than that bull.^&*(..You have got to be kidding me..Please...They won't put up with it.Put it this way...When I key my bird up they have no choice but to put up with it lol

[SIX-SHOOTER]

I LOVE my BROWNING GOLDEN EAGLE MKIII but it can NOT hold a candle to my TRAM D-201(hand wired)for output power, audio,or ears! Nothing wrong with the EAGLE but it's just NOT up to the TRAM tough standards! HEAD TO HEAD the TRAM "KICKS MY BIRDS BUTT"!

SIX-SHOOTER
NORTH FLORIDA

[Bonehead 291]

An earlier post mentioned a 4 way switch for ping lengths 1 of which was (I shudder to think) no ping "what" a BROWNING with no ping, thats like buying a Mercedes an taking off the emblems,:). I was (and still am) a Browning guy in the mid 70;s (still have my 4 piece mrkll) but recently aquired a D201-A and have taken back all the duragatory things I said back then, one h"ll of a radio. now have 2 D201-A's, and a mrklll, another tuber from that era that is every bit as good a performer but not as glamorous was the Sonar FS-23 of which I have 2 also. When playing with 40 year old stuff you'd better have spares. By the way I need power cords for a Regency Imperial and a Lafayette Comstat 25-B if anyone out there has such, I'm a buyer. Bonehead, Bourbon Country 291, (Vance)

[North Texas Mudduck]

That squealing feedback is hideous....the one thing I have noticed about people who have had this done to their radios is that they have become pariahs that stick to one or 2 channels max, because the truckers on 19 won't put up with that crap!

No one wants to hear that. They want to hear clear, loud audio that the Browning is known for, not some god-awful squeal...

Im not sure what they do in your parts
but i talk on what ever channel the skip is rolling on
if skip is on 19 then guess what im not going to let some gearjammer or steering wheel operator get in my way.
and they can do it the easy way or the hard way
they can put up with my driver or they can do it the hard way with both footpedals down
then they can either listen or turn it off.
truckers own no channel.
my Birds and all my Bird watts will soar and sing all day.

i find it funny
they tell me to turn that radio off its squeling i say ok let me turn the mark 2 off and get on another radio
then i fire up the mark IV well that gets them going ok ok i will turn it off
then i fire up the mark III this is the loudest of them all.
and has the longest squawlk of them all.
so where ever skip is im talking on it
they dont like it Tough ____

[Roger224]

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[GL427]

I love mine but after my last move new place won't allow me to install antenna so my baby MARK III is in storage. Once I can find a better a place that will let me install antenna my baby goes in for a checkup and installation of a new transmit mode switch . Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[crazy_cooter]

is it amazing that 1 tech messed up and put the wrong cap. in the browning while being produced. an accident turn selling point not to shabby (i love my browning and use it every day as my primary radio (gldscrewdriver 421 )

I give you a thumbs up GLDscrewdriver, I do the same with my Mark III too.

[dirtyjob]

lol i get that "squeal" comment all the time from younger operators that dont know radio's but on the flipside it also sparks great conversations from older operators.

[BobCB]

I know I'm going to sound like an **Censored** for this, but that "ping" is why I despise Eagles. There's a local here that runs one and it annoys me to no end. Never have liked them. I see I'm in the minority here

[Av8r1]

Yeah I can see that side of it though.

[crazy_cooter]

They are an American made radio made out of high quality materials for their time. My mark III has proven to be reliable, and has outperformed any radio that I have ever put against it. Show me an RCI, Galaxy, Cobra, Uniden, Stryker, Magnum, Mirage, or whatever radio that can take the abuse and heat like an old browning can? I guarantee you'll be sending those chinese made pieces of junk back to the repair shop to have the mosfets/pills/finals replaced after they overheat and burn out! The audio of a browning cannot be touched by anything made today, PERIOD!

[peterwo2e]

i think ill spend some time keying my browning golden eagle so i can laugh when they say "it squeals a little for some reason"

let everybody know that is no squeal. what they hear is the first roger beep ever made 40 years ago. those browning were way ahead of their time. i love the pinger it drives the newbies nuts!

[bluemeanie]

My MKIV is suffering from old age and had to go to the bird hospital. When he comes back there will be me, the ping and another Golden Eagle with 6 20LF6 making a point. Yea baby. Nothing like Golden Eagle audio and a receiver so sensitive and squelch so soft you can hear mouse farts

[dirtyjob]

i wouldnt sell my mk IVA, s23/r27 or mk III for anything Love the audio/rx and ping!!!