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Galaxy DX-99v2 with amp or RCI -2970n2??
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The 99v2 was receiving but not transmitting. Been riding in the truck the last trip or two.
Walked it thru DTB Radio as my travel plans for the afternoon got cancelled. Realized I might get lucky: Dave would be in and could deal with the radio as I waited (Carlisle, PA is a long ways from home). Delivered just up the road but never expected to come back to this major truck intersection of truck stops, etc.
Fixed that TX (“solder problem”; no, don’t ask where; apparently since new and not first time), removed relay talkback and lowered dead key down to 1.5W. Got it back on frequency. Audio now nicer than before (across another radio a UNIDEN Zachary).
Time to get it back in the rack in the Pete.
Found a 5.5” Francis gathering dust to get me another 6” higher than the Skipshooter. Puts me dead at 14’ (where trailer requires 13’ 5” clearance).
I’ve been to this shop in the past only to find him closed that day on several occasions. Other days, a line waiting. Felt providential to drive up today, walk in and he had my radio cases off minutes later with a good idea of where to go next in his examination. No one else came in (rare for a Friday at truck-related services).
Left tech questions alone in main so as not to jinx the spell. A quite different experience than previously (previous not bad, just that diagnostic focus and work didn’t need anything from me except occasional short answers; cooking with gas was underway. Griddle hot and bench gear was talking).
About an hour of shop time purchased. Hopefully the last as the almost seven-year total dollars spent on this 99 hit the limit.
No other radio has given me as much enjoyment as this one. Others may offer more advantages, but this one has been my gold standard: from the Cobra 29 range of things to here IS the CB Radio range AM/SSB as I’ve experienced it until last month).
A KL-203 to go behind it now, and a new KL-7405 at home waiting to go in. (Have upgraded truck power to 6-AWG at 19’ versus previous 10/2 Duplex at 36’ since last used).
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Had some Skip running a short while today. LSB-38 was quiet, but radio seemed “tighter” while checking thru a few other channels. I knew it was off some compared to my other radios, so this (hoped for) improvement ought to matter once have an opening to work with.
Yes. The little amount of Sideband opening that has come in shows it quite well as to performance.
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Exactly what I was told by two techs.
Thx for confirming. Its very pleasing to have it back in operation.
Exactly what I was told by two techs.
Thx for confirming. Its very pleasing to have it back in operation.
you can try slapping the top of the box and it might start up again for a bit. If it does this, it may be a way to confirm that. (ask me how I know) And that little connector is VERY hard to solder! I tried fixing it myself and failed, but I told Galaxy about it and sent it back to them and they went ahead and fixed it under warranty. I had another from effingham that did this too.
One of those techs was DTB RADIO as he was repairing it.
If I slap a radio, it’ll stay slapped.
Forgot to add to my original post: Not long after that bench test was running two (2) 7’ Skipshooters on Pro-Comm mirror mounts and that TRC- Radio Carrier on the passenger seat .
If I could hear them, they could hear me
(No real interest in SSB at that time, so only tried it occasionally)
It was (is) a winning combo.
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If I could hear them, they could hear me
(No real interest in SSB at that time, so only tried it occasionally)
It was (is) a winning combo.
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