Galaxy 95t vs. Galaxy 93T

[cbshack]

Do any of the members own one of these radios and had experience tuning and converting them? What are your thoughts?

Thank you.

 

[Moleculo]

I know Justin has worked on them both...maybe he'll give his opinion...

 

[freecell]

just exactly what would you like to know about them?

 

[cbshack]

How are they holding up in the field? How are the receivers? Are there any upgrades to the receiver that can be done? Do they drift on SSB like some of the other Galaxys? Thank you.

 

[cbshack]

Has anyone come up with a way to improve the receive on this unit? Changing the front end transistors to gasfet or mosfet? How are they holding up in the real world.

 

[cbshack]

Justin are you talking about changing q17 for the rf amp and q9 for the if amp? Thanks.

 

[cbshack]

Would gasfet or mosfet be a better choice? I realize that both have a faster gate time and linearity vs bi polar. Except for a little cost savings why would Ranger use the bi polar. It seems by adding only a few dollars in better parts they would have a way better radio? Would the gasfets be better for hf aplications?

I will take the bate. What modifications do you offer for the 95t and 93t?

 

[cbshack]

Any other techs have ideas on this? Thanks.

 

[cbshack]

I have spoken to one of the techs at Galaxy and he told me that Bill Goode, several years ago, sent in a Galaxy with his Gasfet mod. It did reduce the noise floor somewhat, it made the receiver more sensitive, but Galaxy did not, after testing, find that it increased the adjacent channel rejection. It actually reduced it. Is this true? Do other components have to be changed for this mod to work? I realize Bill is no longer with us and can't speak to this issue but I would be interested in all techs thoughts on this topic. I also realize that they use gasfet of mosfets in Amateur radio gear and we all know how much better this works.

Also I know of some techs who use the Lou Franklind filters with success. I wonder if changing some of the diodes to Shotkys and using a Lou Franklin filter will yield similar or better results?


May Bill Goode rest in peace.

 

[sleepwalker]

bump

 

[frmboybuck]

I have a 95t and am very happy with it. I wasnt real happy with the reciever untill i got a complete alignment and since then i have been very impressed with it compared to other galaxy models. TX is awsome and the rX is now, every bit as good as my S-9 was. I had the S-9 first and liked it. Bought the 95T and sold the S-9. i really like the performance of the 95T. I take my radio out of my truck every night(it gets beat up alot)and its been holding up very well

 

[King Mudduck]

I don't understand why people seem to feel like they have to modify something that works great as it is. I have had my 95T for the past 3 years , it works great and i have no problems with poor receive at all. As a matter of fact its a little to good as i can here more far off chatter than i would like to. You dont need to do this or that to a Galaxy,just sit down take your time putting a tune on it and thats all you will need to do.

 

[malcontent]

93t vs 95t

I have a 93t set up by Justin with the mods you spoke of, and could not be more pleased with the performance,the radio does drift slightly until warmed up and the audio is very good on am and good on ssb ( the 6900 F-150 that Justin did the same mods to works better on ssb ) The rx is better with the mosfet mod, and has held up well for 8 months of slip seating, hope this helps.