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Mod Kits
- Thread starter NorthStar
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If not for mod kits those golden screw drivers would have to find another line of work.I have told guys many times over that you never put a mod kit in an export radio like a Connex or Galaxy.
Now back when i was just getting started in trucking i let a local tech(triple R)do one of his super super mod kits in a new connex 3300 hp.It worked great if the person you were talking to was 3 or 4 miles away but truck to truck it sounded like shat!I left home with it like that and had to stop at ex 413 on I40 in Ten to have it put back stock.After that it worked just fine.Oh well live and learn.
Now back when i was just getting started in trucking i let a local tech(triple R)do one of his super super mod kits in a new connex 3300 hp.It worked great if the person you were talking to was 3 or 4 miles away but truck to truck it sounded like shat!I left home with it like that and had to stop at ex 413 on I40 in Ten to have it put back stock.After that it worked just fine.Oh well live and learn.
broncoman529
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IMO those mods are hack mods no matter who does them. I have had two different radios that I bought which had them installed. Those mods do nothing but reak havoc inside a radio. If you want "BIG POWA" or "MODGE" buy a radio that is capable of doing such. I would be willing to bet a radio with a 1 watt deadkey and plenty of swing would have plenty of modulation to out talk a hack modded radio.
The very definition of a mod(dge) kit is to make a radio key very low, and swing very high. Whenever you deviate form the 4:1 ratio, you will pick up some distortion, however small.
Some of these so called cb techs (not you DTB)do the super mod kit love to show you that big swing on there meters but iremember being told that those mod kits will fool a meter into seeing more power than the radio is really doing.
If you want a really good sounding radio,something that everytime you key up someone comes back and says that a really good sounding radio you got there driver then stay away from the mod kits.I mean im sure you have heard them out on the road.The radios that sound fuzzy or muffeled or the ones that you can hear really well in the truck stop but a mile down the road you cant.Or how about the ones that are so damn loud you cant understand what they are saying,thats mod kits.Mod kits are nothing more than something that cb shops can use to get more money out of you.They will look you in the eye and say oh yes driver you put this mod kit in your radio and you will walk the dog.If they were honest techs they would tell you up front that you dont need it and in time they will screw up your radio but most of em are in it for the money,nothing more.In the many years i have been a driver and have wasted money(lots) on all of the crap those shops have told me i have never had a mod kit improve the way any of my radios have sounded because anything over a 100% mod is distortion.I had a friend that had a Galaxy 99 that had been clipped and snipped and he thought he was top dog.I would hear him say boy look at that swing on my meter all the time,but it sounded so bad.And no matter what i told him he thought mod kits were the 2nd coming.Well one night i recored him and played it back to him the next day,man he was pissed!Oh well live and learn.
If you want a really good sounding radio,something that everytime you key up someone comes back and says that a really good sounding radio you got there driver then stay away from the mod kits.I mean im sure you have heard them out on the road.The radios that sound fuzzy or muffeled or the ones that you can hear really well in the truck stop but a mile down the road you cant.Or how about the ones that are so damn loud you cant understand what they are saying,thats mod kits.Mod kits are nothing more than something that cb shops can use to get more money out of you.They will look you in the eye and say oh yes driver you put this mod kit in your radio and you will walk the dog.If they were honest techs they would tell you up front that you dont need it and in time they will screw up your radio but most of em are in it for the money,nothing more.In the many years i have been a driver and have wasted money(lots) on all of the crap those shops have told me i have never had a mod kit improve the way any of my radios have sounded because anything over a 100% mod is distortion.I had a friend that had a Galaxy 99 that had been clipped and snipped and he thought he was top dog.I would hear him say boy look at that swing on my meter all the time,but it sounded so bad.And no matter what i told him he thought mod kits were the 2nd coming.Well one night i recored him and played it back to him the next day,man he was pissed!Oh well live and learn.
broncoman529
Supporting Member
I have to agree with the Duck. I've seen MANY situations, including my own work way back when I was a rookie and didn't know better, where mod kits made a radio overly-loud (NOT clear) at close range, then disappear after several miles.
I hear NPC / SK's all day long !! from a mile away to 50 miles away ....they sound pretty darn good to me set up right !! .....I am a Rookie !! ......these guys keep there audio down to a degree they sound as loud and clear as the next guy !! .......but after 20 years I still might be in the catagory of .......If a good sounding radio jumped up and bit me in the a$$ , I wouldn't know it if I heard it !!! .........So be it !! ......so please do tell me about the 4 x 4 ratio ? ......but then again I got that already ! or better yet a S-9 that does 2 to 52 ? or any other export for that matter or even a fancy dancey 50 watt mod do'in 2 to 50 or whatever ? or how dirty a X-Force class c amp is ? IM telling you right now it doesn't matter to "them" !! because they didn't go to school for ump-teen years to know the differents...they go to there back break'in stressed out jobs from 9 to 5 or for days at a time.......it's really not hard to please them and there radio gear !! and you bet your a$$ they can here them before they pay all the same !!! I like all kinds of modifacations ...there fun !! and they work !! weather or not they work to somebody else's likings. ......oh yeah ..back to what I said earlier ....if you let them here a slightly tuned radio with the stock mic that comes with it (the right way) ......chances are 'they" don't want to sound that way )-: Why ? because they are so used to hearing the crap as ones could and would put it ........they think there supposed to sound like that ....You can tell them the truth all day long and for many it just goes in one and out the other .....some guys (
and many of them) like to make there own rules about all of this ....in other words ....what is scientifically proven ..means nothing to them for the most part . You can thank all those late night tweek'in tech's of the world for coming up with all of these so called mod's ......oh ....and by the way !! .....I would bet to say that it was guys who new there trades well ....they were just looking at a angle for a few extra bucks along the way. (-: Business 101 baby !! The numbers game !! Auh yes ....To mod or not to mod ? .....that is the question. weather it is knowbler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outragious fortune.
and many of them) like to make there own rules about all of this ....in other words ....what is scientifically proven ..means nothing to them for the most part . You can thank all those late night tweek'in tech's of the world for coming up with all of these so called mod's ......oh ....and by the way !! .....I would bet to say that it was guys who new there trades well ....they were just looking at a angle for a few extra bucks along the way. (-: Business 101 baby !! The numbers game !! Auh yes ....To mod or not to mod ? .....that is the question. weather it is knowbler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outragious fortune.
I hate to see radios that swing like windshield wipers. All I know is on my Galazy 88 when talking to someone that thinks swing is everything I ask them which sounds better. First I talk to them with 5 watts swinging 22. Then 10 watts swinging 22 and ask which sounds louder and better. They always say 10 watts swinging 22. If you are setting it up to run a amp and it needs a 2 watt deadkey I can understand it but not because a low deadkey sounds good by its self. If you want major swing get on SSB.
Just my opinion but the 5 swinging to 22 should sound better as it is basically a 1:4 ratio. I set everything I have to a 1:4 ratio and have never had a complaint
If you have a variable power on your radio try it yourself. . Ive heard the 1 to 4 stuff and thats ok but Ive got a browning golden eagle set at 5 swinging 10. Never had anyone say my mod was weak either on any of my stuff. If you heard that radio I promise you would think it sounds awesome. In DX land if you got 2 radios one at 300 watts swinging 1200. The other at 600 swinging 1200 the second one wins. Scullcrackers are known as boxs that run a high deadkey and they do very well in DX land. Just listen to them. Sometimes on your meter they swing backward abit on the recieving station. More power more distance. 4 to 1 fine 3 to 1 fine 2 to 1 fine. However that radio sounds best is how I try to do it but I favor more deadkey than some. Just my opinion. Peace.