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Galaxy dx86v
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it’ll move around about .5 khz for few minutes until it is warmed up.
On a cold morning vs fully warmed up it could move 1khz. After that, it seems pretty stable. I like mine. But to fair, these two Galaxy radios are my first SSB radios I have owned. Other than the Stryker 955 that I had for a month that let the factory smoke out.
So does it settle down abit to normal say 27.3850 or 27.3851. I planned on using in the house as a base. Temp is avg about 65-70 all the time.
my guess is it probably will hardly move much inside the house with a constant temp. All my setups are mobile. Also, that sixth digit 27.385x is just a guess.
Do reports from others on sideband say your on freq of off I guess is what I'm asking
Once I tune into their voice, I get good reports. Once the radio is warmed up and I am tuned in, I rarely touch the clarifier again.
Your 955 should have been light years better on SSB as far as stability compared to any Galaxy SSB radio.
when in SSB mode, my 955 meter would peg and the radio would shut down completely. After letting two different shops try and fix it, it popped. It is now a $500 paperweight. AM worked, but the AM receive was either noisy or nonexistent. I bought it in 2013 and it lasted a month.
the 955 experience actually put me off buying another SSB radio for 3 years until I finally bought the 99v2. I enjoyed the 99v2 enough that I bought the 86v for my work truck.
On paper the 955 looks perfect. I may try one again someday, but it will have to be a heck of a deal for me. My next radio might be a Lincoln II+
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yes, that is what I should have done, but I was on the road a lot that year and didnt want to mess with sending it in the mail. My mistake.
My DX86v clarifier does not slide the 10khz needed to make up for not having the 10khz switch. The five channels that the 10khz switch is used for still cannot be reached.
If it's like the other Galaxy "10-meter" models, there is a jumper wire to ground in the radio where the +10 switch would be connected. Removing the jumper wire, replacing it with two wires leading to a switch should be all that's needed.
Much simpler than getting the clarifier to travel farther.
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Much simpler than getting the clarifier to travel farther.
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inside on the mini board that was used for conversion is a 10k spot and 8v spot. Add switch to that and put switch in empty PA speaker hole on back. And done. There is a guy that did the mod with video. Also shows clarifier mod and tone mod.