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I'd pay extra. Tired of buying foreign crap. Tried to buy American made cars and found out my Avalanche is hecho en Mexico . . . .

Been doing some more research and I'm thinking Texas Star these days - made by Galaxy, great customer service and warranty.

wish I could fit that on my pickup

That's just the rating of the speaker. I used a15 with my galaxy 959 - sounds kind of low. Not sure what the solution is . . . . . . I'm thinking the radio doesn't have enough punch . . .

Lowes up here didn't have anything. Didn't even know what guy wire was although they obviously had steel cable. Bit of a language barrier I guess. Stopped at a rat shack on the way home - one of the decent franchisee stores. Two things: 1. apparently they are getting away from the...

The IMAX is sitting on top of a 15 foot pole bolted to the shed and I think I want to go up to 30 feet with it. Even though the Radio shack poles are pretty heavy duty, I'm thinking 15+ feet of unsupported pole is going to whip around too much and I need to tie it down. Need hardware to...

79-290 - No loss there. Noisy receive, removeable faceplate broke pretty easily . . . . not cheap either. It was pretty though . . .

Bummer . . . . no 27. It gets weather I guess . . .

Wanted to use it for CB but it looks like it doesn't go lower than 29 Mhz. Any way to mod? Or am I just using it wrong?

Been using SSB for comm with folks I know from the mobile and then hanging around on AM and jumping in from the base. Can't say I notice that much difference in range from AM to SSB. Maybe 25% further or so . . . . . but it could be the terrain. Definately goes further than AM . . . . ...

If you turn down the gain, it basically lowers the signal strength of everything. So noise gets lower . . . . . but strong signals can still get through. Not choppy like the squelch. To see if it is working look at your s-meter. Say you have 3s of noise, turn the control counter...

I turn down the RF gain if it gets too noisy - squelch has always been un-user-freindly . . . . never can get it to work right without chopping someone up.

How long ago? Wonder if they still monitor now . . .

Seem pretty cost effective for the watt . . . . looks like they use tubes: http://www.rmitaly.com/showProducts.asp?idgr=1&cat=7&NumPagRec=1 This guy has them pretty cheap when compared to X-force base amps and some others: http://www.dandjradiowaves.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=27_55...

Is that an international thing? Possible these guys are from outside the US is why I ask . . .

Bunch of guys speaking spanish using it up here in the Northeast . . . . . apparently not emergencies. Is it still supposed to be for emergencies?

Was playing around today with a 959 mobile and 2547 base on SSB. After warm up they are fine. Was very satisfied with the range - about 15 miles as the crow flies in a snowstorm from mobile to base with two barefoot radios in the mountains. Have to go slow with the clarifier as a little...

So would a 100watt amp on ssb = 1000 on AM?

Two questions: AM uses carrier SSB pumps all the wattage into modulation COnsidering the legal 4 watts Vs 12, which gets out further? Also, if using a little amplification, are there any rules of thumb that hold true - like SSB goes 4 times further than AM amd 100 watts of amp on...

House lines are buried - these are small street lines after the step down transfomers - I think they are 660v. And confirmed, no noise directly under it with the mobile.