This is not looking too good for Sparky
He does decent work but what can you expect from a "FREE" tune?
Yes, he tunes/aligns the radios pretty well but he does not install any kind of NPC-RC mod like most (all) other shops. Sparky pushes the Top Gun mods, gee I wonder why?!?!? Maybe because he gets the profit from selling them and the profit from installing them. Sparky is an alright guy, but he is in business to make MONEY, pure and simple, just like ANY OTHER BUSINESS. Every business (regardless of subject matter) has a trick to making money to stay competitive. Now, everyone knows Sparky's little tricks.
Most (all) shops do to a radio is the NPC-RC mod, I don't care what ANYONE AND THEIR BROTHER says. There is only ONE way to skin a cat when it comes to modding a radio. If it is an export it gets the NPC-RC mod to make it SWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING like all stupid "get-r-done" mentality CB operators want. PURE AND SIMPLE, don't like it, get a HAM license and stick your nose in the air. I don't care how many shops claim to have "special super duper secret mods" that they do. They are ALL DOING THE NPC-RC mod. 99.9999999% of "techs" are not smart enough to develop any other technology. Heck, the board of a radio hasn't changed in what, 10-15 years?
There are only 4 ways to get an export radio to SWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING:
1. Change resistance of AMC circuit to allow more modulation
2. Cut AMC circuit trace/remove limiter (Sparky's CB Shack method)
3. Install Top Gun Modulator (Fancy packaged NPC-RC mod) (Sparky's other method)
4. Install NPC-RC mod (1N4001 diode w/ 100 ohm resistor on regulator) (Every FREAKING SHOP IN THE COUNTRY'S TRICK!!!!!!!)
People, wake up and start living in reality. There are NO DARN MAGICAL TRICKS!!!!!!!!!