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I love m’y 2995 DX CF. I have owned it for almost 2 years now and it works very well. I bought it from GI Joe’s Radio. It was widebanded and tuned to give higher power on SSB (roughly 200w peak dead key). The radio needs to warm up in order to be dead on frequency and the SWR calibration never...

Exactly

I doubt it. Never got one unless I specifically asked for it. And then they always charge you for tuning and alignment

From the United Kingdom to the Reunion island was I believe my longest distance DX. I often get the US and the furthest I got there was Kentucky. I use a Ranger RCI 2995 DX CF with roughly 180W on peak SSB, an Astatic hand mic, and a Sirio 2008 Antenna perched on my roof.

I was strongly tempted to go that route Wire Weasel! It’s a no risk course of action but I will have that nagging feeling of just covering up. Although I might still do that because I fear trying to properly tune the clarifier on SSB might be above my competence as so many stations with...

Thank you sp5it! I will check it out

Hi guys, I’ve got a question regarding the reception clarifier on my Ranger 2995 DX CF when listening to stations on SSB (USB). After using it a lot I am almost certain now that it is slightly offset. Meaning I need to set the clarifier turning knob slightly to the left (1 notch) for it to be...

Well, I did have to turn that L4 CW almost half a turn and bingo FM rx is now sounding loud and clear. Thank you for your help!

Below is the response I got from Ranger support team: (and it is the same as yours. In a subsequent email, they also confirmed the L4 probable cause and remedy. Hello, Sorry to hear that your having problems with your radio. To me it sounds like the radio is not tuned up properly, or it might...

Many thanks Mike! Once I find and hopefully fix that L4, I will report back. If you are correct, you’re a true legend. Cheers

Mine was done by GI Joe’s Radio Electronics in KY (859)4020440. They’ve got a website. Great guys in my opinion.

Thank you very much for your answer Steve. You are right that the radio has been expanded to 11 meters, tuned and aligned for peak performance which would explain the integrated SWR reader not calibrating. I’m already using an external reader anyway. As for the FM receive issue it is a mystery…...

A couple of weeks ago I received my brand new Ranger RCI-2995 DX from the USA and after using it extensively I found the following issues. On FM the transmission from my 2995 DX is perfect (I get the same great reports as with all other modes like AM and SSB) but strangely on FM only the...

I had the same experience with 2 of those!!

Same exact symptoms on mine regardless of the power output.

Can only concur. 3 storms here in the UK this year and still standing. Very good ears and recently managed a DX to the Reunion Islands only using 20 Wmatts with my President McKinley!

Haha! Merde is the word. Very expensive radios but the problem is they are ’exported’ / modified to cover 11 meters band by griddy idiots who do a sloppy job and don’t bother to properly align the frequencies before shipping. They know when shipping them abroad that if anything goes wrong once...

Mine is drifting frequencies on SSB…I’m going to have to find someone to tune it properly…not easy to find in the U.K. !!

I know the feeling about spending a fortune. Export radios are never going to be cheap. Although I love my RCI 2995dxcf I have sourced another RCI radio for backup which looks nowhere as good as my base station but has 400W from stock and the goodies from the 2995 (scan, memory, etc). Pretty...

Funny you mention that. Before mounting mine I checked those bolts and one of them was loose so I went ahead and tightened them all before raising the whip.