Galaxy radios is dead

[SuperLid]

I somewhat disagree.....
All you wrote, in my opinion, is not facts or factual.
It is merely your opinions.... Which everyone has a right to express....
And, buying pre-made dipole antennas and such is a convenience which was not available back in the times you speak about.....
And neither was technology......

Your opinion is, just that. I am stating more facts, than opinion here. Have you passed the Advanced written exam?

Buying a dipole in a baggie, is not how things were done in the past. The rite of passage, was to make your first antenna. I am licensed over 50 years now. How about you? I also built my first transceiver, the Heathkit HW-101. I know how things were, and how things are now. Things have changed, dramatically, since I started in this hobby. That is a fact.

 

[SuperLid]

Well, we old folks used to have to take a blood test to get married, too. Now, anyone can do it, sooo.......

I see your point and like the comparison. Not so analogous, but......

 

[TM86]

Well, we old folks used to have to take a blood test to get married, too. Now, anyone can do it, sooo.......

I was surprised when I had to do that. I hadn't studied for it or anything.

 

[BigPapaPump]

Is the Superstar 676 made by Anytone?

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Does Anytone even make anything? Looks like the back of my Radioddity QT80.

 

[SuperLid]

Does Anytone even make anything? Looks like the back of my Radioddity QT80.

Anytone, is the house brand of Qixiang, who also makes the QT-80

 

[BC Coyote]

Does Anytone even make anything? Looks like the back of my Radioddity QT80.

Qixiang is the company that makes Anytone.
CRT, Radioddity, and Stryker pay to have the Anytone radios made with their own branding. The Stryker 955HPC+ is exactly the same inside as the Anytone 5555N2 it just has a different shell and those hideous blue LEDs.

Edit to add: Looks like Super Lid beat me to it!

 

[SuperLid]

Qixiang is the company that makes Anytone.
CRT, Radioddity, and Stryker pay to have the Anytone radios made with their own branding. The Stryker 955HPC+ is exactly the same inside as the Anytone 5555N2 it just has a different shell and those hideous blue LEDs.

Edit to add: Looks like Super Lid beat me to it!

Those confounded blue LED's!

 

[BigPapaPump]

Anytone, is the house brand of Qixiang, who also makes the QT-80

Qixiang is the company that makes Anytone.
CRT, Radioddity, and Stryker pay to have the Anytone radios made with their own branding. The Stryker 955HPC+ is exactly the same inside as the Anytone 5555N2 it just has a different shell and those hideous blue LEDs.

Edit to add: Looks like Super Lid beat me to it!

How odd that the QT80 vs the Quad 6 usually favors Radioddity for price.

 

[Eldorado828]

How odd that the QT80 vs the Quad 6 usually favors Radioddity for price.

Those are old facts, most everyone here already knows what post #65 and #66 say. Radioddity doesn't make anything and the radio you're refer to is a clone of the q6 pro.

 

[BigPapaPump]

Those are old facts, most everyone here already knows what post #65 and #66 say. Radioddity doesn't make anything and the radio you're refer to is a clone of the q6 pro.

Actually a less expensive clone.

On topic, Ranger doesn't seem dead. Despite all the negative comments they seem to sell out as fast as retailers can get them. Moreso than any other brand for sure. Keep in mind I don't own or use a Ranger. I currently use an Icom, Yaesu, Radioddity, Connex and a Stryker. Other than the Connex, they all offer more than enough power to get me out 40 plus miles regularly locally. If I needed or wanted more power without the hassle of an amp, I am not sure who could fill that need other than Ranger or Connex.

 

[N8YX]

Buying a dipole in a baggie, is not how things were done in the past. The rite of passage, was to make your first antenna.

Slight thread hijack:

When I can buy a used/great condition "dipole in a bag" for less than the cost of the components, guess what I'm going to do? Especially when I can use said components to make a different type of antenna.

Case in point: The A-D 80/40 loaded dipole. Fabricate a handful of wire spreaders from the same plastic they use, build them into a fan dipole for 12-17-30M. The loading coils go on the ends of the 30M wires and a pair of stubs (two parallel wires in each) nets you 60M.

A-D doesn't offer this commercially but could, as it's built exactly the same way their other products are. I think I have $30 in the works.

 

[BC Coyote]

they seem to sell out as fast as retailers can get them.

As B.T.Barnum of American Circus fame said "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public". There's a fool born every minute it seems, and when they grow up they all buy Ranger radios. There's no fixing stupid.

I'm certain that Anytone is outselling them, especially if you include all the rebranded Anytone radios as well. Nearly everyone I talk to on air these days seems to be running either an Anytone, an Anytone clone, an Icom 7300, or a vintage Cobra. Rarely hear anybody using a Ranger or Galaxy.

 

[AudioShockwav]

, I am not sure who could fill that need other than Ranger or Connex.

Connex is Ranger
Ranger builds Connex, Texas Ranger, RCI, many Super Star clones, all of the Galaxy radios and the list goes on and on.

The thing about Ranger is that they have not moved forward in decades when others have.
Still producing drifty versions of the 12 band radios with nothing in the way of noise reduction or filtering.
Ok if you just use AM, not so much for SSB.
And then the progressive building of bigger and bigger PA's strapped on the bottom of said radios doesn't help with temp stability.
Along with design that is running on the verge of meltdown in some of the multiple mosfet amps right out of the box.
The whole thing is that Ranger "could" do better than that.

They just haven't.

73
Jeff

 

[AudioShockwav]

As B.T.Barnum of American Circus fame said "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public". There's a fool born every minute it seems, and when they grow up they all buy Ranger radios. There's no fixing stupid.

I'm certain that Anytone is outselling them, especially if you include all the rebranded Anytone radios as well. Nearly everyone I talk to on air these days seems to be running either an Anytone, an Anytone clone, an Icom 7300, or a vintage Cobra. Rarely hear anybody using a Ranger or Galaxy.

Years ago Jim Peng, owner of RCI, visited a little CB shop in southern california with a couple of "engineers" from Ranger.
Bill Good was a RF technician working there and went over with, and explained several improvements for the 2950 DX radios that he developed for the chassis.
None of the changes were adopted.
As it was explained later, consumers were buying them as is and hand modifications to new radios was out of the question and they were not going to revise the board.
Comparing that to a company like QX that listens to customer feedback and writes and releases firmware updates for users and, well you know.

Years ago when the 2950 first hit the market, I was a fan.
CPU stable frequency display
It was a great radio.
Back then.

73
Jeff

 

[BC Coyote]

Years ago when the 2950 first hit the market, I was a fan.
CPU stable frequency display
It was a great radio.
Back then.

Totally agree. Back over 25 years ago I had one and while it had a couple of quirks it was overall a great radio.

After a time I decided to sell it and upgrade to a 2970. Oooof...... That 2970 was the biggest turd ever made. Within a couple months of me owning it the problems started and they just went on and on and on. LSB mode would go in and out. No sound would come out of it until it had been turned on for at least 10 minutes. It drifted on sideband. People told me my transmit audio was always crunchy. Receive audio was nasty and shrill. The meter sometimes worked and sometimes just pegged at full.
And on and on... It was mostly down to cold solder joints and the fact that the circuit boards had been ever-so-slightly bent in order to make them line up with the holes in the chassis frame. And of course, poor design. Ugh. Eventually I tossed it in the parts bin and switched to a fully restored & tricked out TRC-458 with a nice Palomar amp. Never looked back and never bought another Ranger made radio since.