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Ranger RG99 and President Jackson
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I never had a jackson but I do have an export grant. The export jacksons had fm and 5 or 6 bands , im not sure and the export grant had 3 and fm. There are a lot of posts on the net that say the jackson needs to have the rf gain turned back on ssb but apart from that there's nothing wrong with them, just a different design. The jackson had the same final as the lincoln whereas the grant were dual final.
The RG-99 may look like a Jackson on the outside but when you pop the hood you'll find the Ranger ept 6900 board.
IIRC there were some bootleg Jacksons floating around in the mid 80's.
Later production runs of the Jacko came with 6 bands from the factory, a mod that many had done on their own to their 5 band Jacksons.
IIRC there were some bootleg Jacksons floating around in the mid 80's.
Later production runs of the Jacko came with 6 bands from the factory, a mod that many had done on their own to their 5 band Jacksons.
How can it damage the board? I can see it stressing the driver/final stage, or even the regulator, but the board? explain please
better-dual conversion-receiver in the grant. & though the jackson had 1 final that you could coax upwards of 50 watts out of, the dual final grant & its 25 watts was....hi level mod vs low level in the jackson. if i remember correctly. truth be told, while the jackson had more features/channels, the grant was the radio to go with. hence the reason most other exports are based on the grant/grants roots.