Picture courtesy of Orange Man-John from Wootton Bassett .
The Fidelity CB 2000FM was a 40 Channel UK FM CB radio, and came equipped with the usual rotary volume, and squelch controls, as well as rotary microphone gain, and RF gain controls.
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The two position switches from left to right are Channel 9/Off, high/low tone, and a dim/bright switch.
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The Fidelity CB's were the first legal FM rigs that were on sale. The Fidelity Wanderer cordless phone was also the first legal cordless phone to market in the UK. Someone at Fidelity seemed to push these things through quickly.
The Fidelity radios were also made under license in the Isle of Man and badged as Lake Manxman, 1001, 1002, etc.
Classic rig that shares the same board as the iconic Harrier cbx/Harrier cb, York863/York 861, Rotel Rvc240/230/220, binatone five star and a host of others..
Annoying squelch operation on all these is easily cured, look on youtube and find a simple and effective solution.
Fidelity 2000 was and still is one of the best made cb radios of all times, it had all the functions you needed but without being over the top, not to many buttons to go wrong and as such is more likely to be found in an original un-molested condition.
Expect to pay around 40 pounds for a good clean fully working model and around 30 pounds for a slightly tatty but fully working model..
Avoid sellers on ebay that claim "untested" "found in the loft of garage" etc, or use to belong to my dad i don't know how to test it..
Because even if the seller is being honest a radio that has not been used for 20 years its likely to have leaky caps and rust on the circuit board..
I would sooner purchase a tired looking working model that an unused for 20 years minter that probably does not work and the seller knows or probably does not work and the seller does not know
This classic rig shares the same cybernet chassis as the York 863, Harrier cbx, Binatone 5 star and countless others.
Renowned for there sensitive receive and noisy squelch popping, the noisy squelch is an easy mod.. see youtube for the video.
As a stock rig it really cannot be beaten, adjust the internal Vr deviation pot to turn up the modulation if using as standard mic, and adjust the power via the power coils near the back of the rig, bottom left area, turn the slugs for max power.
You should be able to squeeze 7 watts out and you can also adjust the low power for anything from nothing upto about 90 percent of full output.
they can easily handle it and in all my years of being a rig doctor i have rarely come across a cybernet rig that has had a blown final.
A lot of people out there "often know someone who owns a shop" will tell you to buy a power mic or a burner.. don't bother as burners cause interference and power mics cause the radio to over modulate and you end up blowing the audio chip. Like mentioned earlier, 7 watts will get you out far enough if you have a decent antenna
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