I,m in the UK and have just found a Cobra in my late mother's belongings along with a Barracuda and I'm just waiting on a antenna to see if they work !
I still have my 148gtl, I took out transistor TR24 which is the audio limiter and replaced it with a 10mfd mica cap, put a variable drive and pushed a 150w amp that drove a 3,000w vacuum tube linear. I had a multitude of antenna's, 5/8th wave ground plane, 4 element qubical quad, 2 element qubical quad, inverted "V"s I'll safely say I was able to talk four corners of our planet skip or not. Contacted Tasmania once, which was interesting, and a guy in Cardiff Wales, and I'am located in Commiefornia. That 148gtl is a hell of a rig, if you look inside your Cobra 2000 you'll note the circuit board is 100% identical with the 148gtl.👍 Great video Erik, hang on to that rig, hard to find these days.🇺🇸✌️
I have a 148GTL that was given to me years ago. I recapped it and did a complete alignment on it. It is a great radio that I would put up against most of the new radios even though it doesn't have all of the bells and whistles found on the newer models. I can't find a date of manufacture on mine, but it was built in Taiwan with a side mount 5 pin microphone.
I just got a 148gtl my self and had it serviced its going in my truck soon. I also just purchased a Uniden Grant lt the other day because of your videos. I had fallen in love with the looks of it with the green back-lighting and discovered they are a little hard to come by but I finally got one. Lover your videos keep up the good work hope your back is feeling better take care now 😊
I've got both a Cobra 148 GTL and a Uniden Grant XL my Cobra 148 is one of the ones that was made in Malasia the one he is showing here was made in the phillpines and was made prior to the ones like I have that was made in Malasia. What I have been told is that the Cobra 148 was supposedly made in the following order. They were first made in China, Then made in the philipines, then made in Malsia and are now made in Taiwan. I have no idea if that is true but that's what I was told by an owner of a CB repair shop. He said they were all great radios no matter where they were made it's just that where they were made dipicts the order of the manufacturing age of them. In order to find out where they were made it is stamped upon the data plate on the back of the radio. I'll never sell mine it's always been too good a radio to part with. Anyway. Thanks for another great CB Radio video.
very nice radio, do enjoy the old rig demos and hearing you operate, CB really sounds alive and well in the US ! Been picking up alot of skip here in the UK recently on 11m, good listening to the contenital radio come in.
Love it! That was the first SSB radio someone recommended to me when I got back into CB a while back. I immediately looked on eBay for one and saw they get a premium there - even for the beat up ones. I don't have one of these (yet). But I've got other Cobras like the 29NW, 29 23-channel, a 139, and a wicked 50WX handheld. I've always liked the Cobra products for their "ears" - because they seem to be a lot more sensitive in receiving here in the Pacific NW. Thanks for posting, and hope you're healing up well. 993 waving a hand from Seattle!
The 50wx does it have side band If not try and get hold of an albrecht ae 2990 afs it has am fm USB LSB THEY ONLY PUSH 4 WATTS BUT THEY CAN GET A SMALL 20W BURNER
I have one in my truck, works great and it's not even one of the earlier vintage ones. Mine I think was the Malaysian ones made later with the 4-pin mic on the front.
A King of classics... My personal favourite is the Teaberry Stalker 9 FDX. Ticks all the boxes. And receive sensitivity is world class for a CB Radio..
Great video on that classic unit from the time I was first getting I to CB. Back then, all I could afford was a cheap Cobra 19, though. I've missed the last 3 (pathetic on my end) due to a personal Situation, but how about a live stream soon?
After some 20+ years of service, these two of mine are still working perfectly to factory specs. Solid as a rock radios! I would NEVER sell these two. The only real mod that all of these is to unlock the clarifier so that the transmit frequency is the same as the receive frequency. Easy thing to do if you have a schematic to this radio. I do. The FCC required locked transmit on these radios when they were first produced, and they never changed. No radio modulates on AM as loudmouth as these two.
@@FarpointFarms Just today, after wind damage destroyed my antenna a years ago, I am back on the air. Got a 102" whip and spring up on a 22' pole with four radials slanted down at 45 degrees. 1.2 at channel 1. Then 1.1 all the rest of the way across the band and higher! California has already said howdy! And I'm in Mississippi!
Wow you got a great deal on that! I myself had a good friend drop off a 97 cobra 29 with an old school superstar mic. Was all beat up an had serious doubts about it would work but low and behold it works! Same thing with the meter lights up but don't work lol. 73s my friend 295 Maine waving
Still have mine from the 80’s with chrome D104 handheld and K40 magnetic trunk mount. Mic coming out of the side wasn’t an issue back then because the cars had all types of room. I had a 1983 Old Ninety Eight Regency which had the big bench seat front and back. Great talking radio!
Cool radio, had it's non ssb little brother version years ago.. seems like I'm hearing the same clowns and mayhem I heard back in the day.. had fun with it but have moved on to Armature Radio ..so much more organized and reliable.. keep up the cool video's..
Seems like you need a minimum of 500 watts average and a stellar coax and antenna set up for ssb dx. Cobra 148 is a supreme and classic ssb radio. I have a F version.
Great radios .. I'm living at work again .. I don't even have time to enjoy the one I had all decked out and refurbished 🙄.. but il will eventually .. enjoyed the video , glad to see you on the air with that old classic .
Hey Eric. These radios go for silly money here in the UK. £200- £250 (about $300) I have two that are in a sorry state. I'm gonna have to get them restored. Hope you're recovering well friend Andy UK 🇬🇧
You don't use a number on sideband? I picked "197" when I was around age 15. I do miss the 80's and 90's talking on the CB. Things were really booming back then!
I enjoyed my Cobra 148GTL. Unfortunately my next vehicle didn’t have room for it. So I purchased and installed a Uniden PC 122. Another great radio I wish I would’ve kept.
The Cobra 148 GTL DX was and still is the daddy of all time oldie radio! 120 channels low/mid/hi, FM/AM/SSB/CW and Superstar had one excactly the same appearence with their 360FM and back in the 80s I had both with the Cobra having the better bleedover rejection. Then if you wanted the power then there was the Cobra 200 mobile radio that had the Nightwatch facia.
The AX144 was another good radio of the 80s. They had great recieve and transmit audio quality. With the pro 640e model replacement, the quality started slipping.
I just picked up an old brand new one in a box, never installed, everything still packaged up.. Got my antannae up the other night (my grandpas old ssb channel cat is in need of repair) but I hope to be trying to hit you up soon from sw michigan
Well my friend l bought a uniden grant xl at yard sale 15 years ago and l had it in my garage never used it ,, know l just set it up with a antron 99 and is working pretty good it covers from 26000 megahertz to 28000 megahertz it only cost me $ 50 dollar back then l'm happy Whit it !! Thank for the video 📷 this scorpio 0038 wichita kansas !!!🏍️
Hallo. I just got a 23 channel Realistic CB base station yesterday at an auction and it passed both the smoke and explosion test. One thing I noticed on it was some delta tune knob, it turns to - normal & +. does anyone know what that does?
Got one of these at a Goodwill in Kannapolis for $25. Made in the Philippines in 1991 and still going strong. My first cb radio and what led to my addiction to amateur radio.
I get mine tommorow with the mail,practicly unused...why?it came without fm and it was on the shelf for that reason..they put a diffrent cristal in it for 27,415 to 27,855. Without fm on it for most cb ers in europe worthless ...believe it or not
@@FarpointFarms it s a great radio over here as well but people don t realise...also have a few superstar 360 fm and they are the same as the 148 gtl,-dx...
I have the 1991 Cobra 148GTL with all the mods done on it, i also own 2 Cobra 29LTD Classics, and a Cobra 146GTL, as you can see by the amount of Cobras i have that i love them, they are good radios.
I have a 148 GTL from the late 70's/early 80's. It has been sitting for over 25 years. I am thinking of getting it set up in my Ford F150. However, I 'd like to get it checked out first to see if it needs any work or tuning up. My problem is this, the only guy anywhere near me who works on CB's died a while back. Do you know of anyone in my general area you could recommend? I also have a 142 GTL which I will most likely be setting up as well. Any help you can give me would be appreciated.
Back in the day when people picked their handle it was common that others in other places might have the same handle. When talking skip they decided to make a 3 digit number to slap on the end of their handle so folks would know what person they were talking to. Any 3 numbers will do.
Cobra 148 and uniden grant xl. All products of uniden both same exact radio made by. uniden but the 148 cobra gets all the attention even though cobra doesn’t make it Cobra is just a marketing name Could never figure this out
Is it true if you turn on cb 's without the antenna hocked up , you can ruin them ? I got one of these does not seem to work . k40 antenna . turned on a few times without antenna twisted on.
@@MrLeo7627 Almost anything can be repaired. If I were you I'd get a good antenna and an SWR meter and try it out. Most SWR meters include a field strength meter so you can also see if there's output from the antenna. Good luck!
I've owned two of the Cobra 148 GTL over the years. Unfortunately, Cobra has stopped making the 148 series. The 148 has gone through a series of place of manufacturing. First, the Philippines was where the best 148 were manufactured of the side mount mic types. Next came the series made in Taiwan and the final series were manufactured in China with the front mic. Currently, I own the 148 series that was manufactured in China. The series that were manufactured in the Philippines is way better than the ones manufactured in China. I too am a purist when it comes to modifications on these radios. Enjoyed the video please keep up the good work
You are squealing on am. Try a different microphone. I can't believe I actually heard it. Currently my kitchen radio. The most pleasant radio to listen to. Good luck with that.
@@FarpointFarms So you just pick a number pertinent to you and go with it, or is it indicative like last three of your grid or an assigned membership number (as on some ham nets)?
I,m in the UK and have just found a Cobra in my late mother's belongings along with a Barracuda and I'm just waiting on a antenna to see if they work !
Cool Cobra 148GTL It's one year older than me ha! I like the older Cobra's!!
they made some Great radios and they still do. I do love the older ones though
I still have my 148gtl, I took out transistor TR24 which is the audio limiter and replaced it with a 10mfd mica cap, put a variable drive and pushed a 150w amp that drove a 3,000w vacuum tube linear. I had a multitude of antenna's, 5/8th wave ground plane, 4 element qubical quad, 2 element qubical quad, inverted "V"s I'll safely say I was able to talk four corners of our planet skip or not. Contacted Tasmania once, which was interesting, and a guy in Cardiff Wales, and I'am located in Commiefornia.
That 148gtl is a hell of a rig, if you look inside your Cobra 2000 you'll note the circuit board is 100% identical with the 148gtl.👍
Great video Erik, hang on to that rig, hard to find these days.🇺🇸✌️
Good, you fuck up the radio
Honestly, my number one was an still is the great can't forgotten HR2510, cobra 138XLR, Galaxy DX 95T2, Watching from Jamaica west Indies !!
That is a nice little unit.
I have a 148GTL that was given to me years ago. I recapped it and did a complete alignment on it. It is a great radio that I would put up against most of the new radios even though it doesn't have all of the bells and whistles found on the newer models. I can't find a date of manufacture on mine, but it was built in Taiwan with a side mount 5 pin microphone.
The old ones were really good talkers.
I just got a 148gtl my self and had it serviced its going in my truck soon. I also just purchased a Uniden Grant lt the other day because of your videos. I had fallen in love with the looks of it with the green back-lighting and discovered they are a little hard to come by but I finally got one. Lover your videos keep up the good work hope your back is feeling better take care now 😊
You will LOVE the grant LT!
I have the cobra 29 classic Ltd. I've had it for many years and yes it's all peek & tuned. Solid performer. Great video. 👍
Did you send it to someone to have it peaked and tuned?
@@wills1110 I did yes! They did great work, unfortunately there out of business now.
@@404notfound..... oh ok darn, I have the same radio and I like it but I've been considering ways to get better performance
Those are awesome to modify! Using a Mosfet final conversion, you can get some decent swing and power!
have a 29 that has been in 5 pick up trucks since 1988.. I love the cobra cb's.. just gotta keep the wife from spilling on them.. lol
I've got both a Cobra 148 GTL and a Uniden Grant XL my Cobra 148 is one of the ones that was made in Malasia the one he is showing here was made in the phillpines and was made prior to the ones like I have that was made in Malasia. What I have been told is that the Cobra 148 was supposedly made in the following order. They were first made in China, Then made in the philipines, then made in Malsia and are now made in Taiwan. I have no idea if that is true but that's what I was told by an owner of a CB repair shop. He said they were all great radios no matter where they were made it's just that where they were made dipicts the order of the manufacturing age of them. In order to find out where they were made it is stamped upon the data plate on the back of the radio. I'll never sell mine it's always been too good a radio to part with. Anyway. Thanks for another great CB Radio video.
Thanks for sharing where/when they were made. that is pretty cool to know
very nice radio, do enjoy the old rig demos and hearing you operate, CB really sounds alive and well in the US ! Been picking up alot of skip here in the UK recently on 11m, good listening to the contenital radio come in.
Great find. Hard to believe 1990 is a classic.
Yup! People do a double take anytime I say "Back at the turn of the century".... That was 21 years ago!
"A vast wasteland of interesting characters." Ok, that is a nice way of putting it.
Ha! Pretty much.
Those superbowl boys will drop a maul on that Farpoint Farms MUDDUCK🤣🤣🤣
Love it! That was the first SSB radio someone recommended to me when I got back into CB a while back. I immediately looked on eBay for one and saw they get a premium there - even for the beat up ones. I don't have one of these (yet). But I've got other Cobras like the 29NW, 29 23-channel, a 139, and a wicked 50WX handheld. I've always liked the Cobra products for their "ears" - because they seem to be a lot more sensitive in receiving here in the Pacific NW. Thanks for posting, and hope you're healing up well. 993 waving a hand from Seattle!
The 50wx does it have side band
If not try and get hold of an albrecht ae 2990 afs it has am fm USB LSB THEY ONLY PUSH 4 WATTS BUT THEY CAN GET A SMALL 20W BURNER
my first was a stalker 9FDX,lovely radio,,then a Cobra,I was 10 year old,,,started young,, 🙂
That is working really well for a 'classic radio. The yellow knob gives it character :)
Surely adds something to the design!
I have one in my truck, works great and it's not even one of the earlier vintage ones. Mine I think was the Malaysian ones made later with the 4-pin mic on the front.
Love the 148. Wish I never got rid of it. Finally got my base set up. Might have to add a little more mast.
Hello I still using 148gtl and still have a grand xl in box brand new oh and my orange is from Phillipines
Cool seeing some of those still around, and working
I have a cobra 148gtl and its bee moded to cover 26 to 28. Red in dublin
Wow!
I recommend holding on to it since Corba did make them in the Philippines after 94. Excellent radio for $30
It's an oldie for sure!
A King of classics... My personal favourite is the Teaberry Stalker 9 FDX. Ticks all the boxes. And receive sensitivity is world class for a CB Radio..
Nice rig , with fancy home brew knob. I can remember the 90s ( kind of ). 73s
Had one back in early 2000’s. It was a newer version. Unfortunately can not remember what happened to it.
Great video on that classic unit from the time I was first getting I to CB. Back then, all I could afford was a cheap Cobra 19, though.
I've missed the last 3 (pathetic on my end) due to a personal Situation, but how about a live stream soon?
Oooh, The Midnight Cafe?
I'm trying to put something together.
Season 4 starts soon!
Ive one of those with the soundracker function, bought it second hand ,it constantly has problems. Its out being repaired right now.
Some of the newer Cobras have issues for sure.
After some 20+ years of service, these two of mine are still working perfectly to factory specs. Solid as a rock radios! I would NEVER sell these two. The only real mod that all of these is to unlock the clarifier so that the transmit frequency is the same as the receive frequency. Easy thing to do if you have a schematic to this radio. I do. The FCC required locked transmit on these radios when they were first produced, and they never changed. No radio modulates on AM as loudmouth as these two.
Glad to hear that you will not part with yours. If it works great, keep it
@@FarpointFarms Just today, after wind damage destroyed my antenna a years ago, I am back on the air. Got a 102" whip and spring up on a 22' pole with four radials slanted down at 45 degrees. 1.2 at channel 1. Then 1.1 all the rest of the way across the band and higher! California has already said howdy! And I'm in Mississippi!
Wow you got a great deal on that! I myself had a good friend drop off a 97 cobra 29 with an old school superstar mic. Was all beat up an had serious doubts about it would work but low and behold it works! Same thing with the meter lights up but don't work lol. 73s my friend 295 Maine waving
The old ones just work.
Just found one a old trucker was letting go with a Texas star tuned to it. Looking forward to playing around with it.
You will have to let me know how it went
Still have mine from the 80’s with chrome D104 handheld and K40 magnetic trunk mount. Mic coming out of the side wasn’t an issue back then because the cars had all types of room. I had a 1983 Old Ninety Eight Regency which had the big bench seat front and back. Great talking radio!
I had my old Grant LT installed in my Buick Lesaber. That thing was like driving a couch.
Cool radio, had it's non ssb little brother version years ago.. seems like I'm hearing the same clowns and mayhem I heard back in the day.. had fun with it but have moved on to Armature Radio ..so much more organized and reliable.. keep up the cool video's..
Thanks for listening!
Seems like you need a minimum of 500 watts average and a stellar coax and antenna set up for ssb dx. Cobra 148 is a supreme and classic ssb radio. I have a F version.
I know it’s not really comparable, but I made contact with Puerto Rico on 10m @ 100 watts, just last week. When the band is poppin, it’s poppin.
*500W* jezus, u cooking dinner as well ? ;) 73
Great radios .. I'm living at work again .. I don't even have time to enjoy the one I had all decked out and refurbished 🙄.. but il will eventually .. enjoyed the video , glad to see you on the air with that old classic .
The things we do to make a paycheck, I hope that you can find time soon to enjoy it
Hey Eric. These radios go for silly money here in the UK. £200- £250 (about $300)
I have two that are in a sorry state. I'm gonna have to get them restored.
Hope you're recovering well friend
Andy UK 🇬🇧
You don't use a number on sideband? I picked "197" when I was around age 15. I do miss the 80's and 90's talking on the CB. Things were really booming back then!
I do use 707 when I talk skip, but now most folks just know me when I call Farpoint Farms.
i Have a fully working Cobra 148 GTL DX what are these CB Radios like
I enjoyed my Cobra 148GTL. Unfortunately my next vehicle didn’t have room for it. So I purchased and installed a Uniden PC 122. Another great radio I wish I would’ve kept.
Hi I had a Cobra 148 GTL DX 51 years ago great Chicken box
good little radio
Hope your back is feeling better..
Little by little. It's going to be a long road.
I have a superstar 360FM UK version of the 148GTLDX
The Cobra 148 GTL DX was and still is the daddy of all time oldie radio!
120 channels low/mid/hi, FM/AM/SSB/CW and Superstar had one excactly the same appearence with their 360FM and back in the 80s I had both with the Cobra having the better bleedover rejection. Then if you wanted the power then there was the Cobra 200 mobile radio that had the Nightwatch facia.
Glad to hear that you think it is the daddy of all time!
The "daddy? Stalker 9s piss all over them.
@@zukispur5493 Which Stalker 9?
I had one from the 2000s. It burned up in a semi truck fire I've got pictures of what it looked like after the fire
Sorry to hear that.
The AX144 was another good radio of the 80s. They had great recieve and transmit audio quality. With the pro 640e model replacement, the quality started slipping.
I think I owned a 640e at some point, but can't recall it well.
I just picked up an old brand new one in a box, never installed, everything still packaged up.. Got my antannae up the other night (my grandpas old ssb channel cat is in need of repair) but I hope to be trying to hit you up soon from sw michigan
Wow, brand new in the box- how cool is that! I will keep my ears on for you
Cobra 148 is a great radio But Do not get the newer generation ones. Everyone I know that has it has issues.
Well my friend l bought a uniden grant xl at yard sale 15 years ago and l had it in my garage never used it ,, know l just set it up with a antron 99 and is working pretty good it covers from 26000 megahertz to 28000 megahertz it only cost me $ 50 dollar back then l'm happy Whit it !! Thank for the video 📷 this scorpio 0038 wichita kansas !!!🏍️
Very cool!
Hallo. I just got a 23 channel Realistic CB base station yesterday at an auction and it passed both the smoke and explosion test. One thing I noticed on it was some delta tune knob, it turns to - normal & +. does anyone know what that does?
It's realistic's version of a frequency clarifier
@@danielthrelkeld1324 Oh OK thank you.
Great radio, have one myself, never had any problem with it...
It's like my Uniden Grant. It may not be packed with modern features, but it sure gets the job done!
Got one of these at a Goodwill in Kannapolis for $25. Made in the Philippines in 1991 and still going strong. My first cb radio and what led to my addiction to amateur radio.
I had one and peaked it and added upper and lower channels to
A friend of mine did the work to it
There were, or still are a LOT of mods available for this radio.
Still have my working 148 I purchased new in 1985, only replaced the meter once and that's it! 🤘
That is a true test on if you take care of something it will last
I get mine tommorow with the mail,practicly unused...why?it came without fm and it was on the shelf for that reason..they put a diffrent cristal in it for 27,415 to 27,855. Without fm on it for most cb ers in europe worthless ...believe it or not
It will make for a great radio here in the states though!
@@FarpointFarms it s a great radio over here as well but people don t realise...also have a few superstar 360 fm and they are the same as the 148 gtl,-dx...
I have the 1991 Cobra 148GTL with all the mods done on it, i also own 2 Cobra 29LTD Classics, and a Cobra 146GTL, as you can see by the amount of Cobras i have that i love them, they are good radios.
Cobra was the king of it's era for sure!
Did you install 40 channels up and down???or an fm mod????
I have a 148 GTL from the late 70's/early 80's. It has been sitting for over 25 years. I am thinking of getting it set up in my Ford F150. However, I 'd like to get it checked out first to see if it needs any work or tuning up. My problem is this, the only guy anywhere near me who works on CB's died a while back. Do you know of anyone in my general area you could recommend? I also have a 142 GTL which I will most likely be setting up as well. Any help you can give me would be appreciated.
Nice classic radio for sure.
Corba 148 is still made
I don't think it is. I think they stopped making it sometime last year.
That's great
It looks like, sadly, they discontinued this radio.
That is what I have heard as well. Too bad, as it was a great radio!
Like you, i prefer the PTT at the front....
I reckon I need to pull my 148 out of the storage box and blow the dust off of it.
Certainly! Those are great radios!
When you say 707 what are you referring to?
Back in the day when people picked their handle it was common that others in other places might have the same handle. When talking skip they decided to make a 3 digit number to slap on the end of their handle so folks would know what person they were talking to. Any 3 numbers will do.
Cobra 148GTL, the real deal! Way to go!
Cobra 148 and uniden grant xl. All products of uniden both same exact radio made by. uniden but the 148 cobra gets all the attention even though cobra doesn’t make it Cobra is just a marketing name Could never figure this out
Brand image sure does go a long way!
Is it true if you turn on cb 's without the antenna hocked up , you can ruin them ? I got one of these does
not seem to work . k40 antenna . turned on a few times without antenna twisted on.
Probably only if you hit transmit and talk.
@@johnnytacokleinschmidt515 Thanks , Can it still be repaired .
@@MrLeo7627 Almost anything can be repaired. If I were you I'd get a good antenna and an SWR meter and try it out. Most SWR meters include a field strength meter so you can also see if there's output from the antenna. Good luck!
Nice!
Thanks!
I have an immaculate mark 2 version,,
Hang on to that one!
If you sell that 148 you will regret it! They are getting harder and harder to find and the prices are far too high and will get worse.
I passed it along to a neighbor so he could enjoy the hobby as much as I do.
@@FarpointFarms Well that is a good thing now when he gets hooked you can steer him into the Ham Service. 73's K0LC
I've owned two of the Cobra 148 GTL over the years. Unfortunately, Cobra has stopped making the 148 series. The 148 has gone through a series of place of manufacturing. First, the Philippines was where the best 148 were manufactured of the side mount mic types. Next came the series made in Taiwan and the final series were manufactured in China with the front mic. Currently, I own the 148 series that was manufactured in China. The series that were manufactured in the Philippines is way better than the ones manufactured in China. I too am a purist when it comes to modifications on these radios. Enjoyed the video please keep up the good work
I hate that they gave up on the 148, but I'd bet that the cobra company exits CB's all together since they haven't released a new radio in ages.
Ready to sell it yet?
I gave it to a neighbor so that he could enjoy the hobby.
@@FarpointFarms Awesome!
You are squealing on am. Try a different microphone. I can't believe I actually heard it.
Currently my kitchen radio. The most pleasant radio to listen to. Good luck with that.
707?
That's me The 707 is usually used just on sideband to make sure that people know it's This Farpoint Farms and not another one.
@@FarpointFarms So you just pick a number pertinent to you and go with it, or is it indicative like last three of your grid or an assigned membership number (as on some ham nets)?
Westland 707. Good radio. Love mine
For me the stalker 9 is a better radio. I have both in my collection
I'll have to look that one up!
How çome they didn't have heat sink on them is it cos they didn't get hot
How does it compare to say ss9900