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Galaxy receive problems

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rance23

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This is going to be a little long, but here we go...

I’m having problems with the receive on my radio. It is a Galaxy 949

I almost always have to drive with my squelch turned off if I want to have a conversation for any amounts of time. If someone is right next to me it’s fine but if I am passing someone going the opposite way, about 2 or 3 miles is all I can get. Once they get beyond that then they will start fading in to the background quick. Then I will still be able to hear them just very faint. Then I seems like every once and a while they will sound good for a second.

They can still hear me good & I get plenty of compliments on the sound quality and the distance I am transmitting, but my receive sucks.

Also, during this if I am driving with the squelch off listening to other drivers in the distance & trying to pull them out of the background, the hiss of the radio will get louder & louder. Then after about 5 min or so it will go back quieter to the normal range for a few minutes. It seems that my radio receive is worse during the louder times & better when it goes back to normal.
I hope that all makes sense...:confused1:

I have had it to a radio shop to calibrate the SWR on my antenna. And when I first got my radio I took it there just to give it a checkup.

Has anyone else had of even heard of this?

Please help because I would hate to have to take down my Galaxy and put back up my Cobra 25. Maybe I should put in my 25 to rule out the radio.
 

Take the radio to a shop that has the equipment to align the receiver. Probably needs a full alignment, which will include the PLL section. The 949 is a Lite version of the 959, both are fine radios. The receive on these radios are outstanding if they are aligned properly.
 
rance23 said:
So just tell them i need a full alignment & including the PLL section. What do you mean by PLL
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'PLL' stands for 'Phase Locked Loop'. It is the portion of the radio that is responsible for freq alignment and voltage. It uses a chip and a crystal to synthesize freq's; that's the first stage. It is also the very first part of the alignment process too. If the PLL adjustments are off; then the receive and transmit can suffer.

A full alignment will ensure that everything is set up to snuff. All of the Galaxy radios I have aligned needed it. Some more than others. They worked far better after everything was brought back into spec's. Any radio will - for that matter. Done a few 959's and 99V's. Nice radios when aligned.

However, the SSB mode is susceptible to 'drifting' off freq when the radio is in a cold environment - or if it has just been turned on. Despite this flaw, I use a 99V in my mobile. I like the receive and the audio this radio has provided me for the past 3 years and counting.
 
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those guys are right when i got my 949 the techb told me he had to start at the pll and work out. because i had almost 0 recieve before it got tuned
 

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