Hey Guys! How can a Galaxy DX-959 be in a legal state of tune and still perform? Maybe a Uniden Bearcat 980 can stay pretty much within legal tune parameters but a 959? Care to comment?Jump on in!:headbang
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Well,the 959 is at DTB for a tune and align along with some other goodies being done. However no TG at this time. It were to be in a legal state of tune like it came from the factory,I'd op for the Bearcat 980. Note:when I bought my 959 new it would barely modulate 60%,and that's whistling hard into the mic but that would keep it from going over 12 watts. I think Ten watts is the max modulated carrier that the law allows. I would like for it to perform like it's made to run within safe parameters. I am having transmitter mods done to it. A race horse instead of a half dead mule!:drool:Personally, if I were you. I would be happy with a solid tune with maybe the TG compressor and maybe a good amp down the road. You are throwing your money away trying to get every last watt out of it while not making it a splatter box. I would then feed it into a TS amp.
That being said, it is possible to have a dx959 modded up and still close to being legal for power wise.
Hey Guys! How can a Galaxy DX-959 be in a legal state of tune and stl perform? Maybe a Uniden Bearcat 980 stay pretty much within leagl tune parameters but a 959? Care to comment?Jump on in!:headbang
Mine had 60% modulation and 3 3/4 watt dead key with a 12 watt swing. The thing is that unless I'm mistaken,the FCC allows no more than a 4 watt dead key and a 10 watt limit on the modulated carrier. The Galaxy has the potential to do much more. In comparison,the Uniden Bear cat 980 is set up to stay within those legal perimeters. This makes me want to go ham that much more to be able to use more power but you know,the CB band was established for short range communications, say,a business to it's delivery trucks within a moderate size town.Off the assembly line radio's are "ballpark tuned" to comply with FCC rules. This means they will always error on the down side of wattage, you might be off frequency but close enough, and the recieve might not be correctly aligned but again, good enough. This would be either a Monday morning or Friday afternoon built radio.
When you take this brand new radio and have a good tech do a correct tune and alignment to factory specs many area's of the radio improve.
Years ago I had a bone stock Cobra 29 that I had a 25 dollar tune and alignment done. Here were the numbers as I recall on a Bird 43P.
Stock:
AM Dead key- 3 watts
Swing Wattage- 7 watts
Modulation- 60%
Tuned:
AM Dead key- 5.5 watts
Swing Wattage- 24 watts
Modulation- 100%
Nice O-scope signal
Receive aligned and improved
Would you please elaborate on your DTB tuned radio's modulation,Am dead key,Am carrier modulation peak power,ssb rating? I have to give him an answer today. Thanks. P.S. What radio do you have now or what is your preference?If you sent it to DTB, it will be right when you get it back...he set up my DX959, its been flawless. While its not my favorite radio, (because of the radio design, not performance), it gets good reports.
As was eluded to, while the DX959 can "do much more", its getting out of its sweet spot.
Would you please elaborate on your DTB tuned radio's modulation,Am dead key,Am carrier modulation peak power,ssb rating? I have to give him an answer today. Thanks. P.S. What radio do you have now or what is your preference?
The thing is that unless I'm mistaken,the FCC allows no more than a 4 watt dead key and a 10 watt limit on the modulated carrier.
Tuned for optimum performance and clarity with zero spurious emissions.
He should know.
This makes me want to go ham that much more to be able to use more power but you know,the CB band was established for short range communications, say,a business to it's delivery trucks within a moderate size town.
Not to rain on your parade, (and you may already know this but) but in amateur (or "ham") radio, the name of the game is to use the least amount of power to make the contact, although, yes you can legally use up to 1500 watts tops.
But yes I do see your point, as yes....CB is limited to 4 watts and yes CB (when it first started back in 1958) was designed to be used for short range communications. A poor man's business band if you will. Not a very good business band though.