Recent content by pmedic433

The radio is fine, I did find that the tip of my skipshooter antenna had corrosion on the tuning tip. Cleaned it and retuned. So far it is working fine.

It's at the shop now. Checked and rechecked the connectors, wiggling it and it still checks out fine. I will post what the shop finds. Thanks for the suggestions!

I did check the coax, no open, no shorts, antenna is grounded to body n frame. Verified by ohm meter. Don't have a dummy load to test out on. Guess its off to the radio shop.

I am having intermittent receive issues, the receive will get loud or quiet randomly. Also when it is quiet the SWR meter will jump to 3.5 when transmitting. SWR when the during (loud receive) is 1.6 to 1.7. I have checked coax for shorts and open, none found. Antenna and gound is good...

How does the radio perform? I have a factory refurb 979, in a 96 f-250 crew cab 4x4, with a skip shooter knock off antenna. It has great receive( I can hear Canada, Europe, west coast on a regular basis)and I've been told it gets out very well, not too shabby in my book. If you doubt the...

It could be world radio.

I hear on 38 LSB several operators put a world wide number after their name. Does this have anything to do with this site? If so how does one aquire one? Thanks from a newbie!

I am just relating the experience I am having with my set up, and for a lot of posters knowing the set up is half the battle. If me and others on here don't post their setup how will anybody know if it is a similar situation to theirs? If we didn't how would the OP know if I'm using a 979 As a...

I've been running a 979 refurb for 3 months now with a skip shooter knockoff in a 96 f250. I can happily report that I have great feedback on how it sounds, and the receive is awesome! I have heard British Columbia checking in, not bad considering I live in Memphis Tn. As far as drift is...