Another unannounced one from ranger

[86lidewell]

cp1. Sorry. Did not impact the talk back.

 

[Eldorado828]

I've got one of each that had been stashed for future projects. Was thinking maybe in this one but not sure which of the 2.

 

[Eldorado828]

Just curious as to how you tre-797 owners are liking the little rig. I've yet to put any use on mine as life has been busy. Other than initially testing it for proper operation, it still sits in the box next to the bench.

 

[86lidewell]

Nice radio. It had no issues strait out of the box which was a surprise. Added roger beep to the NB switch. People on ICOM 7300s say its off frequency.

 

[Eldorado828]

Hopefully mine will get set up on the station soon to see if it'll shine. Not expecting a powerhouse by any means but simply to add something new.

 

[groundwire]

I used mine for 5 minutes just to make sure it works and i didn't get a dud. I dont like it, im selling it.

 

[TIN_CAN]

Sad to hear its a real turd.. hope u get your $ back.

 

[twa77]

I used mine for 5 minutes just to make sure it works and i didn't get a dud. I dont like it, im selling it.

What was it you didn’t like about it?

 

[Slowmover]

What was it you didn’t like about it?

His

Hi! I’m the TRE-797 Guy!
tee shirt

was in “Arctic White” versus being in “Evening Light”.’

.

 

[groundwire]

What was it you didn’t like about it?

Look back at the earlier post of mine in this thread. I gave my thoughts on it

 

[86lidewell]

Well, mine got delivered on friday. Put it thru it's paces this morning. Meh, its ok i suppose. First off, it has a cheaper feel to it. Hard to explain. It feels more plastic and cheaper than a 959, 148, 29 etc. Doesn't have that heft to it. Its put together solid, no play in the knobs/pots, controls are solid feeling, no solder blobs, cold joints or mess ups on the circuit board on the one i got. Output power was set up correctly for the most part, on am, 3/4w on low and 4w on high. I dropped it to 1/2w on low. Am modulation was set at around 80% with a 1k tone. I bumped that up to 100% of course. SSB power was dead on at 12w. Now the bad, the frequency alignment was not good at all! Total ballpark alignment. AM was off just a bit, LSB was high just a hair and USB was waaaay off. About 48hz low, yikes! I think they might have skipped the USB part of the alignment lol. Soooo i gave it a full alignment for the heck of it and it talks and hears good now. Talking to myself for like 3min on the dummy load presented no substantial frequency drift. Need to have a full ssb qso to determine the true outcome on that front. The white meter and light is REALLY white. In videos i saw it didn't look that bad, looked to have a good balance. Nope, this thing is white and bright. I will always have a heart for that old school soft yellowish glow of meters and dials so its an unfair biased opinion on my part. But For me, its just too white. in my opinion the radio is fine for the low price and the build quality / alignment reflects that. Is it gonna be my everyday talker? No unfortunately, its going on the shelf and will probably be sold if i come across someone in need of a radio some day. Thats my review on it....

 

[twa77]

I’ve never been impressed by any galaxy/RCI product. There are far better sideband rigs for sure. For loud AM maybe they’re ok, but that’s not what I’m into.

 

[Recon]

you got a good one! mine swings to 10 from 3.5.

Does your 979 have the default roger-beep as the DX 979F?

 

[86lidewell]

Does your 979 have the default roger-beep as the DX 979F?

HI Recon,
I think they're the same. In order to change the tone of the roger beep, a resistor of a different value is substituted.

 

[Recon]

HI Recon,
I think they're the same. In order to change the tone of the roger beep, a resistor of a different value is substituted.

I received my 979F a few days ago and I was fortunate the radio shop installed a on/off toggle switch on the back of the radio so as I can decide if I want to use the roger beep.