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YES - Start learning as much as you can Before You Spend ~ You Are Right On The Money About That .... Excellent Starting Point Best advice I can offer is 100% recommend https://hamradioprep.com/ First before you start spending your hard earned greenbacks is learn about what 2 way radio is "IF"...

~~~~~~UPDATE 7/13/25~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~UPDATE 7/13/25~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Ranger Superstar SS-158VC6 continues to operate flawlessly with zero problems.... ... I still get what I consider genuine positive comments regarding how well this radio sounds compared to others.... Comments from folks...

I understand your point and absolutely no offense taken.... ... What I learned about how this works today is the New Sales with radio service request take priority over mail-in radio service request.... People buying new radio's are no different from people sending in radios that are in need of...

UPDATE ~ She finally came home and she's much much better than I had hoped for.... .... Sounds like a 1K Radio.... The modulation was what I was more interested in and it excels in that area... ... Huge difference between what I got and what it is now, absolutely no comparison... Truck CB Sales...

UPDATE 5-12-25 I received my radio about 5 days ago and it turned out much better than I had expected... ... The 11 meter bands have been crap for several days but today I started using it and Wow, I'm very impressed with everything.... ... The modulation is extremely strong and it sounds like...

Update ~ It's on the way and looking good ... ... Pheww, was getting nervous LMAO !!...... Hopefully it won't get lost in the mail but it's on the way ~ More to come..... I'll update again after I've taken it around the block... .... 44 Dan ... ... ... 903 Central Arizona ...

Mine is still in the shop... I have high expectations ~ we shall see........... 44 Dan........ 903 Central Arizona....... 73

Everything worked as it should in the stock configuration.... Absolutely no difference from what is advertised other than the defective SSB WHICH was by the way supposed to be one of it's main strong points... ... My point is whatever Walcott did to it for their Peak & Tune didn't change...

Brother we are all on the same page with this business... .... 44 Dan

I bought mine from Walcott also mainly because they are a reputable Ranger Dealer... ... I researched the Radio and Seller which were great but not their Shop that turned out to be Not That Great... Just like yours mine also had deficiencies in SSB that I wanted checked out plus I want some...

This rig will get moved between mobile and base depending on what I need it for so that's why I figured I would try this type of setup... Thanks for the feedback..... 73's

Thanks for the feedback...

I bought this a month ago and had it for a day then sent it off to get "tuned".. Should be back in a week or two (I hope)... Scoured the internet and still can't find much info.. Only folks that say this or that but its all good.... Ranger says its a monster after its been "tuned" .... Figured...

Best long distance traffic in the early morning (5AM to 10AM MT) ..... Local traffic 24/7... Years ago I used to stick a mobile antenna up on my roof to talk all over local area... I've used 102" steel whip w/ barrel spring & swivel ball for mobile since 1969... Works great on the roof too...

Thanks for all the Input as it is helping narrow down the final... Dropping a grand on a new radio system requires much respect and knowledge in my world.... I am glad I posted here... You Folks are alright in my book..... Blackcat630 & 9C1Driver make great sense.... Tunercars and I think along...

Thanks Chris... That's a great bit of info as I had no idea about that... That's the kind of info I'm looking for... I'm leaning towards the All In One type of system because it'll get moved between my vehicle and my shack on occasion... Two separate pieces offers a much greater variety of...

Glad I caught this... Did I overlook when this was made ?.... Thanks for posting..

Wondering how you did it ?? What would you have done different?? Any regrets?? .. What I've been looking at ~ Stryker 955HP + 4 Pill or RCI69FFC6 or Super Star SS-158VC6 or ??? Got to have ~ 10m&11m, 6 digit counter, freeband capability, unlocked clarifier, plus other stuff I do not have to...