skybolt, at this point im a bit confused as to what you actually saw as the problem.
"the sears gets 3-4 s units before the ranger even starts to receive."
can you explain exactly what you mean by this?
im wondering if you might be misinterpreting something.
the more details you can provide the better. i want to address the roadtalker comparisons, but i need to know exactly what you are experiencing at this point first.
now, as for what GIjoe electronics said to you; he is full of crap.
"A radio meter can be adjusted to show anything you want."
that is true.
"Every radios meter will show something different."
this is sort of kind of true in a way, sometimes, but without a long explanation, suffice to say that the meters in radios can be set correctly and will read somewhat the same afterward.
"The 696F's come with the receive already tuned about as good as it will get from the factory."
that is just utter BS. ALL cb radios are mass produced and given the absolute minimum tuning attention possible because that requires an actual person with knowledge and skill.
the only thing they really pay attention to is that the radio wont key up with more than 4 watts and that the modulation cant possibly exceed 100%.
every CB radio can benefit from a full alignment, and i have yet to come across one radio that was tuned right from the factory.
sure, they work, but they are stunted.
"I am not familiar with the upgrade you mentioned."
now that just scares me right there! they guy in charge of tech support for GIJOES doesnt know about the schottky diode/2999 upgrade?
either he's been living under a rock, or he's lying.
lets try to back up a bit here, get all the info we need to help you, and i bet you will be happy with all your radios.
LC
