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Magnum Radios... anygood?
- Thread starter Mr. Doug
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The Magnum OmegaForce is the best radio I ever owned. Not that I've owned hudreds of radios, but I did have some good ones. I think for what I paid for it - about $220 almost new - that it's hard to beat. The TopGun modulator is superb - IMO. It certainly gets out great and the need for running power locally is nonexistant.
I think Magnums are very good radios.
Top drawer...
I think Magnums are very good radios.
Top drawer...
i have the Omegaforce, Deltaforce, S-9, and M-1.....all are top notch radios, topgun is great to have when you want to use it, just leave it off with amps. Magnum radios are a great am/ssb combo. with Galaxy you get BIG AM POWER and a drifty ssb situation. with RCI 2950 you get ssb stability of a ham rig, but not that big booming audio, more of a clean sound. the S9/Omegaforce give you that awesome audio, and decent ssb stability and clarity. Magnums are some of my favorites, good stuff for sure
On the other side of that coin, I wouldn't give you the time of day for either a Mini or a Millinium and if someone came at me offering any Magnum with Nitro Knobs I'd run untill I had a heart attack. I get enough interference in my mobile installation already from trailer cords and clearance lights, that I don't feel a need to add to it with dirty contact rings for pretty knobs.
Yea they make some pretty good radios, depending on the model.
Yea they make some pretty good radios, depending on the model.
i love my magnums.my only regret was not getting one
sooner.as others said ya get stable ssb and good am audio
plus with the 257/omegaforce ya can save the channel and mode
as well.
sooner.as others said ya get stable ssb and good am audio
plus with the 257/omegaforce ya can save the channel and mode
as well.
you gotta watch runnin a amp with a magnum also..alot of people have burned up a lot of amps with these radios..you can get em to dk 1 watt but they still swing at least 30..very touchy clarifiers also..almost impossible to clarify in the mobile..much better drift wise though than a galaxy . if it wasnt for rangers white noise , ranger would have em all beat .on ssb anyways .
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my omegaforce only goes 2or 3 kcs either way from the factory.thasts not
mucjh at all.magnum has ranger beat every way they do more output
haver actual s-meters.cleaner recieve.and they save the mode and freq.
a very nice feature.ive never experienced any drift and i got 2 ssb magnums
plus magnums is good on am/ssb not just one or the other.yes a 2pill is not
a wise choice.a straight 4pill is better like a ts500v
i drive a 2 pill all day long. 2 x 2sc2879.......throw a 3 watt dk at it and never look back
Hey! I have a Magnum Delta Force,its a great radio in my opinion!
Everyone i talk to says that it is very loud and has lots of swing behind it! I am using it for a base unit for now till I can get my 2517 and then i am just going to leave it alone so i can use it when ever i want. I would reccomend one of these radios to anyone who is looking for a strong radio that is very user friendly! Well anyways thats all i can think of so I hope this helps! Have a good one and keep on keepin on!
Everyone i talk to says that it is very loud and has lots of swing behind it! I am using it for a base unit for now till I can get my 2517 and then i am just going to leave it alone so i can use it when ever i want. I would reccomend one of these radios to anyone who is looking for a strong radio that is very user friendly! Well anyways thats all i can think of so I hope this helps! Have a good one and keep on keepin on!I only know one guy that owned an S9, and it was in the shop for repairs every week...he was a slip-seater though.
He sounded very loud within a few miles, but as soon as you cross a certain point, he would literally fall off. Probably had a low carrier and a lot of swing???
He sounded very loud within a few miles, but as soon as you cross a certain point, he would literally fall off. Probably had a low carrier and a lot of swing???
Never had mine in the shop; but I've only been running it less than a month. Runs cool w/o a fan too...
I get out thirty miles and hit a guy with S9+; he has a Super-Penetrator antenna 40 ft up and I have an IMAX 2000 30 ft up.
If that guy you are listening to starts to fall off after a few miles; blame your mobile radio/antenna that's recieving it - or you are the one that has moved into a poorer position to recieve. Make no doubt about it, these Magnum radios talk fantastic.
If that guy you are listening to starts to fall off after a few miles; blame your mobile radio/antenna that's recieving it - or you are the one that has moved into a poorer position to recieve. Make no doubt about it, these Magnum radios talk fantastic.
I can hear the other guys he's chatting with...and that bunch runs nothing more than barefoot Unidens and Cobras...I'll hear them long after I lose him. He's loud right up until I lose him, then I start to hear the rest of the group chatting with him.
Its not me, its his radio.
low dk and swing is the answer. not a healthy way to operate. if he turned that variable knob up a 1/4 turn, you'd hear him fine
I was given a Magnum 257 blue for doing some work for a friend and it is a great radio that really talks. It was power stroked :headbang when he bought it new and did not like the way it talked, too brassy for him. I detuned it and used it for about a year now. Super on SSB and power on AM! But not overly so now. I plan on giving it back to him on his birthday this year as he really liked his original amber 257.
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