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i am pretty new at the base station side of radios,so when i decided to put up a base antenna i thought "no big deal anybody can do it" guess i lied to myself . the radio i use is a galaxy 66v the antenna is on three sections of galvanized steel (actually 4 sections, on is drove 4 ft in the...

i took your advise robb and sent it to the shop. what kind of power can i get out of a 2166 driver and a 1969 mit final for this radio? just curious is all? will it do the things i have heard ( 40-50 watts ) on a single final

got a galaxy 66 thatis showing 13.458 for the freq on channel 19. what is needed to be done to get it back on freq so that it may be used again. had a bad solder joint i thought checked them and now its doing this ....please help

yeah i have tried that and the humming stops when the echo is turned off. but i gotta have my echo ....i feel naked without it. had it in my radios for so long it just dont sound the same to me

Ok. It works fine with finals it has now, just after a while of using it on high pwr and echo on it goes to humming real bad. If i could figure this out it would be a great lil radio.

i recently got a connex 3300 ( with the heat sink , probally hp version) anyway it has mitubishi finals in and i was wondering how if possible to change those to fets and possibly get more output on final power, an suggestions would be helpful. thanks for all your help and info

thanks guys i just happened to remember that after i posted this, the help is always welcome

i left my galaxy 33 hp in my big truck during my vacation last week, during that time my co-driver had to swap trucks. and in the process hooked( i assume) my 33 up backwards. now i have no power and it blows the fuse on the ground side of a double fuse line that i use does anyboby know where i...

Can anyone tell me how to lower my dk on high power of my galaxy 33hp without loosing the 40 watts of power i have now. I have heard these radios are capable of 50+ watts and i would like to see if mine has anymore hiding in there.....Thanks for your help

Ok i have tried that several times and nothing.....i am at a stand still. I have checked the components in the the receive circuit and all seem fine. Am i missing something or should i just junk the radio

ran across a 148gtl in my supply of "junk"radios, the radio seems to be recievingbut it has no audio or transmit on am/upper or lower ssb. in pa mode radio has audio. not sure where to start on this one "if it can even be fixed" any ideas will help. thanks for the help and ideas

have tried to resolder.not in vehicle,and no thumb screws, had tried everything and cant seem to find the right spot.

Got a cobra 29 with very little to no receive. If you tap the top of the case it receives fine till it fades out again, anybody got any idea where to start to fix this.....cause i cant seem to find where or why it is doing it thanks for the help and ideas on where to start

I recently bought a uniden grant xl and somebody before me had done the irf520 mosfet conversion. The problem is they took the fr gain control and made a dial a watt out of it soldering it to the rf power pot. Does anybody have any pics or diagrams of a grant so that i might b able to get this...

This probably not the right section, and if its not i apologize. I am looking for a President Grant ( older model ) to buy. If anyone has one working or not and want to sell it please let me know. Thanks