Galaxy radios is dead

[AudioShockwav]

I'm so old I remember when 10 meters was dead as a post, and some folks were agitating to expand the overcrowded CB allocation up above 28 MHz. Argument was that the hams aren't using it. CB WAS overcrowded, even without skip traffic.
And then the sunspots came back. The "give some of it to CB" discussion scared enough hams to bring the "10-10" club back to life for a while.

So now the shoe's on the other foot. 11 meters is largely vacant again. That's how the hams lost it in 1959, after all.

The only constant is change.

73

@nomadradio
Funny I was re reading this and there's a 10-10 contest going on right now.....
Changes aren't permanent
But change is

73
Jeff

 

[AudioShockwav]

Has anyone considered that it might be the current state of global commerce and specifically importing things into the USA that ultimately crushes Galaxy's ability to generate a profit?

We all know how and why "export radios" make it to us in the first place.

Things have changed recently (can anyone say 'Tariff'?) and i would imagine that a CB wholesaler being asked to take on whatever percentage of an increase in the cost of the radios pretty much put the kibosh on any future deals.

LC

I am sure it's part of it, I know that there's still a segment of the market that likes the Galaxy style of radios.
But.
I think Stryker pulled a good chunk of it away, and the QX radios are now eating a good chunk of sales too.
And QX still remains competitive in price regardless of tariffs.
Ranger seems so stuck in a rut , I mean every thing else now features nrc on tx/rx and is stable.
When they come out with a new radio with the GNF on the front it's
It's a throwback not a step forward.
Maybe the guys at Galaxy did want more features and ranger simply said this is what we have because they want to exhaust the remaining parts inventory?
The 2627 shows that ranger removed one of the finals to make it a single final radio so originally it was assembled for some other radio and got repurposed for this one.
Limited edition ranger 99 built on nos boards with obsolete IC's came from storage somewhere.
I don't know what's up with Ranger or at least the Jim Peng Ranger Malaysia part of it.
You guess is as good as any at this point.

73
Jeff

 

[BayouRadioAmplifier]

hey - BC Coyote

I can tell lots of "sea stories" stories.

after I drink some beers, talking with the guys at the
sports bar. lots of stories. I can tell. one after another!

it was a blast. being a Merchant Marine back then.
with one company, 1986 (Crowley) I had good living conditions on a medium sized container ship. we travelled from Florida, down to
Venezuela, several ports in Brazil, then on to Montevideo, Uruguay.
then on to Buenos Aires, Argentina, then back to several ports in Brazil
again on the way home. Maybe hit Venezuela, Columbia, Puerto Rico. then back to homeport Jacksonville Florida.

the main job was monitoring 500 kHz Morse code for 8 hours
while at sea. keeping a log book.... daily tests of radio gear
and batteries.

the GMDSS replaced all that. no monitoring 500 kHz CW,

I would listen to SW radio BBC and Radio Australia for news.
lots of troubles in South America. for example, we would be headed
to Buenos Aires, then on the BBC it was announced that
Argentina was now under "state of siege" due to all the riots.
(inflation, jobs, etc.)
damn! that meant that we could only party till maybe 10 at night,
and had to get back to our ship.