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Whether you say it here or on Sparky's, it's still ignorant BootyMonster.

It's the same radio almost. I dunno about you guys, but I find the receive on my 959 to be on par with the 10 meter radios I own. It's smooth and pulls in distant stations without a lot of noise. A simple mod for that radio that is often overlooked is the installation of ecg583 schottkey diodes...

The 959 is a single final radio. 1969 final in the older models and the newer ones (08 and on) have a Mosfet final.

competition wise, it was boring as hell. But i went to have a good time with friends. And that I did. and I got a smoking deal on a Base box!

I ran the same configuration in my bonneville. 959 driving a Davemade 1x4. 1000cca battery, stock alt, and i put another battery in the trunk to supply the box. I ran the box variable wide open and dialed the 959 down to about 1 watt. I got 100 watt deadkey and swinging to 950 watts PEP. If I...

I gotta say I like the Dave boxes...Also, check out lipzipper amplifiers. He's builds a great box.

it has 2 1446s in it. output is about 250 watts, PeP of course, I would run no more than a 2 watt deadkey into that amp, and it likes plenty of swing. You may be better served with something that has 2290s or even 2879s in it. the 2290s will take a 3 watt deadkey just fine. Loading...

Oh damn HV! Leaving 619 out in the breeze? Shame on you duckplucker...

if you havent owned these from new, I might suggest that the rec diodes were replaced with the WRONG Schottkey diodes. The same thing will happen is you use 1n4001 diodes instead of the right ones, which i believe are 1n64 but dont quote me on that.

First off, you are wrong. the 959 is FAAAAARRRRR from a glorified 148. When properly tuned, this radio swings clean, clear and loud. the rec on it is second to none and it has the bells an whistles many people look for. The main circuit board is a 10 meter board, also. You will not see big...

Anyone seen that horse around here? I'd like to beat him a little more....:headbang

I do not claim to be a pro, but it seems to be your radio needs one of 2 things...either an alignment, or a new pll chip. Time to send it to the shop of your choice. Or part with it. In which case I would like it. I love me some 959 :)

Stay away from the super ears mod, you'll blow the front out of your radio. also, if you do the Schottkey diode mod, don't use the 1n4001. I believe the one to get is the 1n6 or 1n64 something like that. They are hard to come by, but really make a difference. Someone on this forum may be more...

There was a maul, but I believed it has just been dropped...A wise man once told me you are someone I would not want mad at me...

Oh boy what did I start...

LOL! I may be a CB'er, but I'm not an idiot! I don't understand the "volting" phenomenon. I have a 5 pill dave made in my car, and if I want a bigger box, I'll go buy one, not run 20 volts through and beat up the components. I do appreciate your humor rfoverlord!

Yeah man, that is harder and harder to come by these days. I normally do my business with Sparky's CB shack through the mail, but I found this place on my route in the Bronx, and it came recommended from a lot of the locals, so I've bought a bunch of small stuff from him. A cable here, a mic...

As a CB guy, I gotta say, that post just makes you look uppity, further perpetuating the stereotype that CBers and stupid and Ham's are stuck up. I wish they had some 11 meter gear at Hamfest by me. We had one yesterday and I went through everything. Turned a couple old cobra 29s. Nothing fun. I...

Thanks to all who advised. I brought it back to where I got it and the shopkeeper hooked it up and said, "You have a bad keying transistor...here's a new one" he tested the new unit for me and all is well. Thanks for the info guys!

BJ- Yep I saw those instructions also. It seems that my amp was successfully converted. It matches up to the instructions here. A few people had mentioned it may have a bad keying transistor, so I'm going to change it tomorrow and see what happens!