Hey Guys! How can a Galaxy DX-959 be in a legal state of tune and still perform? Maybe a Uniden Bearcat 980 can stay pretty much within legal tune parameters but a 959? Care to comment?Jump on in!:headbang
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Galaxy DX-959;A State of Tune:Kitten legal or alligator on the loose?
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Personally, if I were you. I would be happy with a solid tune with maybe the TG compressor and maybe a good amp down the road. You are throwing your money away trying to get every last watt out of it while not making it a splatter box. I would then feed it into a TS amp.
That being said, it is possible to have a dx959 modded up and still close to being legal for power wise.
That being said, it is possible to have a dx959 modded up and still close to being legal for power wise.
Well,the 959 is at DTB for a tune and align along with some other goodies being done. However no TG at this time. It were to be in a legal state of tune like it came from the factory,I'd op for the Bearcat 980. Note:when I bought my 959 new it would barely modulate 60%,and that's whistling hard into the mic but that would keep it from going over 12 watts. I think Ten watts is the max modulated carrier that the law allows. I would like for it to perform like it's made to run within safe parameters. I am having transmitter mods done to it. A race horse instead of a half dead mule!:drool:
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You should check out CBRADIOMAGAZINE.COM. He has posted many videos and written reviews most of the popular radios today.
Also try CB TRICKS.COM. Where there is also much great info on your radio.
Any legally tuned radio will function great with the proper setup. That's what they're designed to do.
I wouldn't worry to much about all the stuff you can do to it, but concentrate more on a setup the utilizes all the elements efficiently, as in the radio, antenna, and amplifier (if used).
All these together (unhacked, and unmodified) if set up properly, will do the job exactly the way that they're supposed to.
Keep it simple, and save the experiments for the experienced.
Also try CB TRICKS.COM. Where there is also much great info on your radio.
Any legally tuned radio will function great with the proper setup. That's what they're designed to do.
I wouldn't worry to much about all the stuff you can do to it, but concentrate more on a setup the utilizes all the elements efficiently, as in the radio, antenna, and amplifier (if used).
All these together (unhacked, and unmodified) if set up properly, will do the job exactly the way that they're supposed to.
Keep it simple, and save the experiments for the experienced.
Off the assembly line radio's are "ballpark tuned" to comply with FCC rules. This means they will always error on the down side of wattage, you might be off frequency but close enough, and the recieve might not be correctly aligned but again, good enough. This would be either a Monday morning or Friday afternoon built radio.
When you take this brand new radio and have a good tech do a correct tune and alignment to factory specs many area's of the radio improve.
Years ago I had a bone stock Cobra 29 that I had a 25 dollar tune and alignment done. Here were the numbers as I recall on a Bird 43P.
Stock:
AM Dead key- 3 watts
Swing Wattage- 7 watts
Modulation- 60%
Tuned:
AM Dead key- 5.5 watts
Swing Wattage- 24 watts
Modulation- 100%
Nice O-scope signal
Recieve aligned and improved
Mine had 60% modulation and 3 3/4 watt dead key with a 12 watt swing. The thing is that unless I'm mistaken,the FCC allows no more than a 4 watt dead key and a 10 watt limit on the modulated carrier. The Galaxy has the potential to do much more. In comparison,the Uniden Bear cat 980 is set up to stay within those legal perimeters. This makes me want to go ham that much more to be able to use more power but you know,the CB band was established for short range communications, say,a business to it's delivery trucks within a moderate size town.
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If you sent it to DTB, it will be right when you get it back...he set up my DX959, its been flawless. While its not my favorite radio, (because of the radio design, not performance), it gets good reports.
As was eluded to, while the DX959 can "do much more", its getting out of its sweet spot.
As was eluded to, while the DX959 can "do much more", its getting out of its sweet spot.
Would you please elaborate on your DTB tuned radio's modulation,Am dead key,Am carrier modulation peak power,ssb rating? I have to give him an answer today. Thanks. P.S. What radio do you have now or what is your preference?
Would you please elaborate on your DTB tuned radio's modulation,Am dead key,Am carrier modulation peak power,ssb rating? I have to give him an answer today. Thanks. P.S. What radio do you have now or what is your preference?
I could care less what it does, I don't have the equipment (nor do I want the equipment) to look at it.
DTB knows more about radios than I do, I simply told him to set it up to do what it should do...he understands I'm not into the "every last watt" crowd, and set up a radio accordingly. As it was, this particular radio went in front of a TS350HDV, and I told him that. All that matters is that it talks, gets excellent reports, and works flawlessly...I could care less if its 10 watts or 12.2563325 watts, or if the modulation is 80% or 99.93594656%.
As for preference, I don't like all the knobs or their somewhat cheap feel. While it performs well, I don't like the physical appearance or feel of the radio. I have went back to a PC76XL in the daily driver and a new General HP40W in the family truckster.
The FCC rules used to read "limited to 4 watts carrier output with 5 watts input am & 12 watts pep ssb", which meant that you would never see the 4 watts because it takes more than 5 watts in to make 4 watts out.
Then in the late 90s the FCC basically gave control of the CBs to local law enforcement, as they were too busy to "waste" time on CB unless there were blatant violations.
I know through the Hollingsworth years, the FCC didn't bother with CB unless there was some severe violation.
Then Laura Smith took over the spectrum enforcement and seemed to be going after anyone and anything that caused interference, including Xbox owners.
So enforcement varies according to who is in charge and we all know the saying "it ain't illegal unless ya get caught!" lol
Anyway, without digging through part 95, here is what the FCC says about CB... Citizens Band (CB) Service | FCC.gov
10 watts max?
Thanks for the FCC link. Here's what I was talking about when I said that CB's are limited to 10 watts modulated carrier power. §*95.667***CB transmitter power.
The dissipation rating of all the semiconductors or electron tubes which supply RF power to the antenna terminals of each CB transmitter must not exceed 10 W. For semiconductors, the dissipation rating is the greater of the collector or device dissipation value established by the manufacturer of the semiconductor. These values may be temperature de-rated by no more than 50 °C. For an electron tube, the dissipation rating is the Intermittent Commercial and Amateur Service plate dissipation value established by the manufacturer of the electron tube. P.S. I'm not very fluent in Greek. :O
Thanks for the FCC link. Here's what I was talking about when I said that CB's are limited to 10 watts modulated carrier power. §*95.667***CB transmitter power.
The dissipation rating of all the semiconductors or electron tubes which supply RF power to the antenna terminals of each CB transmitter must not exceed 10 W. For semiconductors, the dissipation rating is the greater of the collector or device dissipation value established by the manufacturer of the semiconductor. These values may be temperature de-rated by no more than 50 °C. For an electron tube, the dissipation rating is the Intermittent Commercial and Amateur Service plate dissipation value established by the manufacturer of the electron tube.
P.S. I'm not very fluent in Greek. :O
This makes me want to go ham that much more to be able to use more power but you know,the CB band was established for short range communications, say,a business to it's delivery trucks within a moderate size town.
Not to rain on your parade, (and you may already know this but) but in amateur (or "ham") radio, the name of the game is to use the least amount of power to make the contact, although, yes you can legally use up to 1500 watts tops.
But yes I do see your point, as yes....CB is limited to 4 watts and yes CB (when it first started back in 1958) was designed to be used for short range communications. A poor man's business band if you will. Not a very good business band though.
Yes,thanks. I agree with you. I'm weighing all my options and am getting up to speed. Yes on using the least on making contacts.in CB land,I live in out in the sticks. The local contacts are between 10 and 30 miles away from me on the average. This necessitates using enough power along with good clean modulation. If and when I do go Amateur and set up a base station,I'll take all this advice into consideration. Going Amateur and being able to talk skip is my goal eventually.
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