galaxy 959

[9Lives]

I have the opportunity to get one of these radios for a good deal.. I'm sick and tired of dealing with these new cobra 148.. every one its right..very poor.. when it worked it worked fairly well.good clean.but very fragile..one wrong touch and the radios go hay wire. Im no pro by any means but definitely no noob. This has happened with 2 of these back 2 back and one part goes, fixed then the next part goes it's like clock work .

I know the galaxy is a glorified 148 but looking at the schematic I'm pretty impressed.looks like the things I wanted to do to the cobra come from the factory. Like bias network, power lo hi settings, talk back, freq counter and more.

My concern is.. I'm not sure if he has the mosfet version or bjt.. I think he has both and I prefer bjt. Are the mosfet finals worth a dam in these radios? Splatter? Durable? If I do get afet version has any one converted it back to 1969? I

 

[mr_fx]

the mosfets work fine, also they are CHEAP to replace, about $5 a piece or as low as $0.50 if bought in bulk

 

[9Lives]

Yes I got about 50 from when I went on the ekl craze. But do they splatter in the galaxy?

 

[mr_fx]

well the 949 and 959 use them and they are FCC approved for CB use, so I doubt they splatter too much

 

[The Jerk]

I have one of the early MosFet versions, had it tuned by DTB Radio in Carlilse and it has performed flawlessly for several years now. Other than its just not me, I have no issues with the radio (currently sitting on a shelf).

I think you will be hard pressed to find a older final model as they have not been made for at least five years now (bought my MosFet version used/NIB in 2008) and these radios aren't all that common in the first place.