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Lamco by any chance? Looks identical to a baracuda I had ages ago - good radio. But £50 good? Not for me 🤣
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Ripshod wrote: 16 Aug 2026, 11:09 Lamco by any chance? Looks identical to a baracuda I had ages ago - good radio. But £50 good? Not for me 🤣
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At £50 and £70 for a harvad good buddy.....

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Come on you lot they are boxed and looking the business 8) You can almost smell that distinctly 80s electronics smell :D Its a lot of boxed Cheiza CB702s has the pimp sold up ?
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Buick Mackane wrote: 16 Aug 2026, 15:22 Come on you lot they are boxed and looking the business 8) You can almost smell that distinctly 80s electronics smell :D Its a lot of boxed Cheiza CB702s has the pimp sold up ?
Definitely smell, never mind almost, s'thing.
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NightProwler wrote: 16 Aug 2026, 11:48
Ripshod wrote: 16 Aug 2026, 11:09 Lamco by any chance? Looks identical to a baracuda I had ages ago - good radio. But £50 good? Not for me 🤣
Good radio? Uh oh I think you just opened a can of worms :D
Not to be confused with the Barracuda HB940 which were Cybernet boarded radios like Rotel and so on.
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The Junksale site used to have bargains, That's where i got my mark two 706. But these days its just over priced crap
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