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Hopefully I can drop both radios at DTB on Friday...if he doesn't hate me now...

The entire reason I started this thread was because I read both radios sort of share a similar chassis...I know the Washington has a 1969 final, and I'm pretty sure the Grant does too. Therefore I expected both to perform similar, and if they had, I would use the Grant...much to my surprise, there is night day difference. I know that I'll never see the wattage from the Grant as I would my Uniden 76 (also DTB tuned, and doing even slightly better than the Washington), but I expected a little better performance than what I'm seeing from the Grant (or am I grasping here?).

I know that meters are only a reference...that's the reason I was wondering if the Washington had a screww driver in it at some point, and it was just cranked up; whereas the Grant was tuned properly and I was seeing real watts (if that makes sense)...I know nothing of the history of this Washington (but it does have extra channels, so someone was in there for sure).

I will pull my other Grant from the car tonight...see what it does on my setup. I know it talks good...I use it almost every day.

<blockquote data-quote="The Jerk" data-source="post: 150668" data-attributes="member: 7014">Hopefully I can drop both radios at DTB on Friday...if he doesn&#039;t hate me now...The entire reason I started this thread was because I read both radios sort of share a similar chassis...I know the Washington has a 1969 final, and I&#039;m pretty sure the Grant does too.&nbsp; Therefore I expected both to perform similar, and if they had, I would use the Grant...much to my surprise, there is night day difference.&nbsp; I know that I&#039;ll never see the wattage from the Grant as I would my Uniden 76 (also DTB tuned, and doing even slightly better than the Washington), but I expected a little better performance than what I&#039;m seeing from the Grant (or am I grasping here?).I know that meters are only a reference...that&#039;s the reason I was wondering if the Washington had a screww driver in it at some point, and it was just cranked up; whereas the Grant was tuned properly and I was seeing real watts (if that makes sense)...I know nothing of the history of this Washington (but it does have extra channels, so someone was in there for sure).I will pull my other Grant from the car tonight...see what it does on my setup.&nbsp; I know it talks good...I use it almost every day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Jerk, post: 150668, member: 7014"] Hopefully I can drop both radios at DTB on Friday...if he doesn't hate me now... The entire reason I started this thread was because I read both radios sort of share a similar chassis...I know the Washington has a 1969 final, and I'm pretty sure the Grant does too. Therefore I expected both to perform similar, and if they had, I would use the Grant...much to my surprise, there is night day difference. I know that I'll never see the wattage from the Grant as I would my Uniden 76 (also DTB tuned, and doing even slightly better than the Washington), but I expected a little better performance than what I'm seeing from the Grant (or am I grasping here?). I know that meters are only a reference...that's the reason I was wondering if the Washington had a screww driver in it at some point, and it was just cranked up; whereas the Grant was tuned properly and I was seeing real watts (if that makes sense)...I know nothing of the history of this Washington (but it does have extra channels, so someone was in there for sure). I will pull my other Grant from the car tonight...see what it does on my setup. I know it talks good...I use it almost every day. [/QUOTE]

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