Once set up correctly they can do pretty good and if you like yours that's great. They're a good looking classic radio.I really like mine just wondered what everyone else thought
The best mic I have found for the Galaxy radios is the pro com power mic. And the price is right too.I love mine, but I bought it from Pronto CB in Omaha. For a premium they went trough Transmit and Receive and set it up right. It's a boomer on TX and Rx is better than any radio I had. My stand alone freq counter shows no drift at all. The stock Mic is crap!
I agree Mike. TX can be made to look good, but the frequency instability is a big problem on SSB TX too. At least it was on the few I have had here.Noisy receiver, not bad transmitter, especially after npc-rc.
Useless freq display.
Mike
Oof! I had forgotten about that. Not fun to listen to at all !- I'll also add one to the list: that awful starlite faceplate inverter noise (model dependant).
I repaired and aligned these ones recently. I got them for a steal, because they had been attacked with the golden screwdriver from hell (broken and completely missing slugs, the works!). Whoever did this must have taken them out of the box, watched an "all the way" video and then proceeded to destroy them. Then they must have realized they didn't work anymore, so put them back in the boxes. They still had the plastic protection on the cases.Oof! I had forgotten about that. Not fun to listen to at all !
Both the 949 and 959 were very popular radios for a time, I remember lots of folks having them.
"Friends, don't let friends buy Ranger built radios." Copyright 2022 By SuperLid Enterprises LLC USAI repaired and aligned these ones recently. I got them for a steal, because they had been attacked with the golden screwdriver from hell (broken and completely missing slugs, the works!). Whoever did this must have taken them out of the box, watched an "all the way" video and then proceeded to destroy them. Then they must have realized they didn't work anymore, so put them back in the boxes. They still had the plastic protection on the cases.
My 979 is more stable than the 959. The 979 has a slightly nicer 2-tone waveform and nicer AM mod on the scope. Similar performance otherwise but I would choose the 979 overall (which is similar in many ways to my DX86V which I also like). I got the 86V new, but it also needed a LOT of work to straighten it out. It's fun radio though.
"Friends don't let friends by Rangers" - unless they have a bench full of test gear to sort them out. hihi
a tech went through my new 959b, i was new to ssb. he fixed the awful high pitch noise, there is no drift (winter, summer, or long qso), and it swings lots. doesn't get hot on long qso like the chopped 86v i got from ebay that he also worked on. useless freq counter imo. several options to reduce rx bacon from the factory. will never buy another, but it is still doing good in the car after a yearOof! I had forgotten about that. Not fun to listen to at all !
Both the 949 and 959 were very popular radios for a time, I remember lots of folks having them.