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President Grant Classic Confusion
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oops, my mistake, sorry.
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I bought it not knowing that is was a "classic". When it arrived, I didn't notice the label right away. What are the pros/cons between the two?
there have been some export grants i have one 3 banks of channels, am fm ssb,,, but here is some info about the older grants,,,,,
http://www.qsl.net/kf6foz/transitional/transitional.html
http://www.qsl.net/kf6foz/transitional/transitional.html
I know nothing about the subject, but you had my respect at this point. This is not a fact that people are willing to admit much anymore.
Thanks for the link, Midnight. Unfortunately, none of those radios are either my original nor this radio, lol.
338 - I've been mostly on the upside of deals, but you can't win them all; I'm human. I'm not above admitting my mistakes or impulses. It happens. All you can do is learn from it. I seem to recall an old episode of the Rifleman where ole Lucas McCain said (paraphrased) a man doesn't look back after making a deal; accept the deal that you made with someone and move on.
My hope is to clean up some of those cold solder joints and eek a little more performance out of her.
338 - I've been mostly on the upside of deals, but you can't win them all; I'm human. I'm not above admitting my mistakes or impulses. It happens. All you can do is learn from it. I seem to recall an old episode of the Rifleman where ole Lucas McCain said (paraphrased) a man doesn't look back after making a deal; accept the deal that you made with someone and move on.
My hope is to clean up some of those cold solder joints and eek a little more performance out of her.
Both the original President Grant export and the President Grant "Classic" export are the same basic board, just a different revision level (PC-999AB vs. PC-999AE for example) and the added ASC (automatic squelch control). They both mod in pretty much the same manner.
Think of the Grant Classic as an "updated" original Grant export, if you will.
In other news, I am just about done mapping out a swing mod for the radio that should work. I will post it soon.
~Cheers~
Think of the Grant Classic as an "updated" original Grant export, if you will.
In other news, I am just about done mapping out a swing mod for the radio that should work. I will post it soon.
~Cheers~
Oops - fat fingers!
I re soldered the transister he clipped and it was back to being crystal clear. I recall that SSB was always really nice on that radio.
I've had a ton of cb and ham radios over the years. Then I stopped cold turkey back around 1999. I sold or gave away most everything, but I have alway kept my ticket current.
I re soldered the transister he clipped and it was back to being crystal clear. I recall that SSB was always really nice on that radio.
I've had a ton of cb and ham radios over the years. Then I stopped cold turkey back around 1999. I sold or gave away most everything, but I have alway kept my ticket current.
Cool!
My favorite base was my Yaesu FT-902dm. It was tube output and transistor receive. The audio was just phenomenal! I built a Skelton Cone with a 4:1 balun and hung it in trees at about 125' at the apex and ends slopes to 60'. Each of the four legs was 126' long. It was resonant at 1.993mhz for a group I hung out with on 160M, but with my 989c I could tune it anywhere. It was a monster on 17M! It also had a little gain on cb
My favorite base was my Yaesu FT-902dm. It was tube output and transistor receive. The audio was just phenomenal! I built a Skelton Cone with a 4:1 balun and hung it in trees at about 125' at the apex and ends slopes to 60'. Each of the four legs was 126' long. It was resonant at 1.993mhz for a group I hung out with on 160M, but with my 989c I could tune it anywhere. It was a monster on 17M! It also had a little gain on cb
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at the risk of talking to myself here, lol... The mounting of an antenna has been a total PITA, hehe. I mounted it on my BackRack of my truck, where it sits atop my bedrail. I had to jump through hoops to get this to work, but it's mounted. I also attached some braid from the shield side to the body about 4" away. My DC ground is great. No shorts in the coax. RF ground will be one of those "it is what it is" things, since I know that this isn't the most ideal location. I am trying to get back my old top loaded Skip Shooter 5' antenna from a buddy, but that doesn't seem likely. I need to find a top loaded replacement of 4-5'. The local shop has a Skip Shooter but just the 4' clear... kind of ugly on my truck. I'm running out of time on this one... leaving Thursday.
FWIW, I threw on an old 10M hustler whip and used my 989c to tune it. There's a ton of skip out there. I half expected to hear nothing, lol. I didn't try to make any contacts yet, but I'm already disappointed in the output of this rig on the dummy load. She is a far cry from my old Grant DX... for now
FWIW, I threw on an old 10M hustler whip and used my 989c to tune it. There's a ton of skip out there. I half expected to hear nothing, lol. I didn't try to make any contacts yet, but I'm already disappointed in the output of this rig on the dummy load. She is a far cry from my old Grant DX... for now
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