I used to frequent a CB shop and bought my 148 there. The owner of the shop had a Cobra 148DX. He let me look at it. It looked like quite the radio. I guess they are now collectors items. If I remember right, it had AM-SSB-FM and even CW capability, and three ranges of frequencies.
I've heard of the Galaxies, Superstars, and Rangers. Back in the 80's and early 90's most of them seemed to be made by Uniden in Taiwan. I guess production has moved elsewhere (Philippines, and other places) since then.
I haven't monitored the shortwaves much lately, but last summer and fall I heard some Latin Americans on 27445 -- Mexico, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Panama mainly, the receiver being a DX398 and indoor wire. I know just enough Spanish to get the gist of what's said, or catch location info. I don't know how the band has been propagating lately, but compared to earlier sunspot peaks, 11 meters sure seemed dead last summer & fall.