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I have alot of radios I mean alot I collect them I have a few 2950 2990  galaxy 2527 3 cobra 2000 3 cobra 148gtl 2 uniden pc 122  2 uniden (president) hr2510 2 yaesu ft-840 a yeasu 990 a kenwood ts50 with matching at50 antenna tuner thats a few of what I have I have sold alot that I had owned previously and I was looking for something new to tinker with Carl what about the s-9 did you not like?? my buddy has one of those s-980 and payed almost $700.00 peaked and tuned all setup with D104 from the place he bought it at and it sounds like garbage on the airways he told me the otherday that his 148gtl's that I setup sounded better than his $700.00 beast that he just purchased. I told him that was to much to spend on a glorified CB radio and he should buy a Kenwood TS-50 or simular for that kind of money and that an hf rig would have the propper cooling (a fan) to boot.  I just setup a magnum S-380 for someone last weekend and it hammered on my test meter but when put on the air it doesnt sound right so both these guys are complaining about there MAGNUM radios sounding like shit so that has me wondering if I should even bother.  As I said I have plenty of radios but occasionally like to try new things out.  And yes that is what mine was doing is running great then power eventually drops off and funny thing is Im running an ANTRON 99 so you figure it was the antron causing static?? Did you try it on another antenna?? And is it now ok?? mine runs great for a day or 2 then poof half the power is all I get. They said lastweek that it was a bad transistor they had replaced so you may be spot on with that determination Cheech   .