Hi Folks
At one time I was an out and out Ham radio operator and never even thought about going on the CB let alone buying one. I am now an out and out convert! I love em! In the UK we are really restricted over here with both channels and legal radios that meet the required regs etc. One thing that never ceases to amaze me is that so many radios share the same board/chassis/controls etc! recently I have been looking at the wonderful Galaxy range that obviously aren’t available over here. But when I look at the service manual, the board looks quite like the board of my Magnum s9 ( On 10m) with same components and controls in a slightly different layout! So what REALLY makes them different..The way they are set up? The quality of the components. Also I've just seen a lovely advert of a Galaxy DX99V ..hang on a minute that case is the same as my magnum s9 with controls moved around?
Fascinating stuff! I know this probably doesn’t come as a surprise to all of you but as someone who takes the lid off a radio as soon as I get it, I find in intriguing!
I cant help thinking there is a factory with some boards and some different cases and they put them together and bring out a "All new" improved Radio. Or am I missing something?
I would love to see a compiled list of boards that share the same radio/chassis or the other way round! IS there a list like this? I would really love to see it!
Good listening and DX!
Pete
At one time I was an out and out Ham radio operator and never even thought about going on the CB let alone buying one. I am now an out and out convert! I love em! In the UK we are really restricted over here with both channels and legal radios that meet the required regs etc. One thing that never ceases to amaze me is that so many radios share the same board/chassis/controls etc! recently I have been looking at the wonderful Galaxy range that obviously aren’t available over here. But when I look at the service manual, the board looks quite like the board of my Magnum s9 ( On 10m) with same components and controls in a slightly different layout! So what REALLY makes them different..The way they are set up? The quality of the components. Also I've just seen a lovely advert of a Galaxy DX99V ..hang on a minute that case is the same as my magnum s9 with controls moved around?
Fascinating stuff! I know this probably doesn’t come as a surprise to all of you but as someone who takes the lid off a radio as soon as I get it, I find in intriguing!
I cant help thinking there is a factory with some boards and some different cases and they put them together and bring out a "All new" improved Radio. Or am I missing something?
I would love to see a compiled list of boards that share the same radio/chassis or the other way round! IS there a list like this? I would really love to see it!
Good listening and DX!
Pete