I bought a rci 29702n in May from the shop in Kentucky name starts with a C ends with r Paid for the alignment. Radio never worked right, Even my 50 amp Astron power supply wasn't enough to power it. Sent it to Ranger for warranty, They said they have never seen one so far out of alignment. Surprisilingly nothing was damaged. They did a total alignment on it. Got it back yesterday. Never worked this good.
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I had a similar problem with the 2970N2 I got from "C" oppe "R" electronics.
Thing was way out of whack.
It depends on who they send the radio to to get tweaked. Lon, tech 808 in Bloomington, Illinois used to be one of them and he was GOOD. Well he passed away a few years ago so i don't know who does their work anymore...
whats wrong with a magnetic mount antenna on a metal vehicle? you don't lose any noticeable performance vs a through mounted antenna of equal design. many people these days drive nice vehicles and don't want to damage it with a standard mount or work in urban areas where antenna height must be regulated.
not everyone has the want or need to run 102" whip.
Bwahahahaha!!!!!
He was good at brown-nosing Sam Lewis and Chet to get free equipment.