http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/eld/5298575323.html
He contradicts himself between his ad and his statement of .22uv noise floor.
Here is .125 uv noise floor which he thinks can't be done.
Watch "-125db" on YouTube
You're also talking about 2 differnet radios here. So how can you compare both if they aren't the same?? Like comparing an apple to an orange. Or did I miss something here. And what is the point?? You his saleman?? You been on here for days now splattering every other tech it seems for the one you have and also have made the statement that your radio system is better than most base radios stations with beam antennas and such. Very bold claims from someone who doesn't even know WTF he is speaking about when it comes to radios. Another cheerleader for a tech, a cheerleader that actually knows not very much about how radios and their components actually work, but rather a truck driver. Why don't you stick to truck driving and quit bothering other shops with stupid ass questions and quit wasting their time trying to make your tech look good. Dammit man. We got it, you like your tech!!! Stop beating a dead horse!! Sorry. Rant over. But for real, enough is enough man.
The last couple I heard when I was in California I could barely understand and they disappeared out of my receive about 8 miles down the road. In the flatlands I can generally hear a stock radio a minimum of 20 miles away Mobile to Mobile. The Schottky diodes seem to create front-end overload problems sitting in truck stops with high powered stations nearby. A buddy of mine in San Diego sounds crystal clear when I'm sitting in his driveway running massive amounts of power up close does not overload the front end of my receiver but then but then again I don't have Schottky diodes in any of my radios. It's not really comparing apples to oranges because Mark Sherman gets the same results out of any radio he works on regardless of which model it happens to be. my galaxy 959 with the MRF 477 final performs the same as my Magnum s9 as well as my president hr2510 but then again all of those radios were tuned by the same guy so I would expect similar results between all those radios. All of them have a noise floor at least -125 dB or lower. With the noise floor @ .2 microvolts lower than the flame thrower radio that easily makes a 20 mile difference in how far the transmitting station can get from me and still be heard. That's a huge difference in distance simply by having a lower noise floor. I guess it also explains why it takes an extra 10 minutes for the guy in the truck next to me to be able to hear the guy I'm talking to going in the opposite direction.
Well, that sad truth to this radio - IMO - is that you would have to pay a shop at least another $100 just to undo the 'flamethrower work'. Even if you had it modded just for AM use, you could still do much better with a Uniden or Cobra AM radio.
the whole point of the video was to show that you're getting robbed of receiving distance by paying that technician $150 for his time and effort when you could have easily spent half the amount of money for 5 times the amount of distance in receive capability. With my galaxy 959 sitting at the TA truck stop in the bottom of the canyon in Albuquerque New Mexico having a conversation with a buddy of mine at the route 66 casino over the mountain on the other side of the mountain at the bottom of the valley on the other side I can hear him just fine with a noise floor of .012uv and with my other galaxy 959 with a noise floor of .3 uv I had to drive further east up to the top of Sedillo Ridge to an altitude of 7000 feet in order to hear the same guy sitting in the same place. So I wouldn't say that I'm parroting someone else's words I'm speaking from experience in the real world.there's really no response for a post like this. You stated what you believe, you stated why you believe it, and you explained why it matters to you.
There' no point in anyone disagreeing with you, even if they have a solid argument, because you have made it clear that you don't value anyone's opinion besides your tech's.
that is your choice and you are entitled to it.
The only question i'm left with is, why did you bother calling that shop in the first place?
just to waste someone's time in order to have something to post to youtube?
putting it on youtube just so you can post it to the CB forums?
What is the point? you aren't the person to have a debate with, as you are just parroting words you heard from your tech.
If he would like to come on here and have a discussion about noise floors, the effects of lowering them, and how to do it the right way; then we would all enjoy that and we would all learn something.
you have nothing to teach, and it would seem that your only purpose is to show people that you called some tech and hassled him.
Is that what you wanted to convey to all of us?
congrats, you did it.
now what?
LC