These refurbished radios<GALAXY>, advertised, anyone know how old these are..1..2..5 years old? I noticed places selling them, and have asked but NO answer, although the WARRANTY is OK 2 years, just curious.
DOCTOR
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It's a crap shoot, might be old school finals but most probably newer mosfets. Some are refurbs because of operator error, others had small issues that got fixed, some had major issues and who knows if it's fixed or not.
Heck if you want a refurb just go to Copper or H & Y, they sell refurbs all the time................. as new radio's. LOL.
Heck if you want a refurb just go to Copper or H & Y, they sell refurbs all the time................. as new radio's. LOL.
Think all of the old stock radios with 1969 final transistor must be long gone by now. Nothing wrong with the MOSFET versions; but I prefer the 1969 versions as 9C1 does. So long as they sell them at a fair price and offer a reasonable warranty and they have been aligned properly, they work well enough to do the job.
I recently picked up another DX-88HL (with 1969's) at the local Hamfest last month with a D-104 handheld mic for $75. Guy said that it all worked fine, which wasn't true. You know the regular fixes: putting back the AM Limiter, USB didn't work, freq counter wasn't stable, and the power plug socket was broken - as well as a few other things too. After fixing all of these semi-serious problems and aligning it, it is now the radio I use in my shack.
But having these radios aligned is key for fine performance. Mine works xlnt on 10m; gets compliments all of the time and most people ask me if I am running an Icom or Yaesu. I laugh to myself and hold my tongue. But the whole point here is this: These Galaxy radios almost always need to be aligned to get it to RX and TX well, as well all of the other adjustments to make this radio worthwhile - IMO. Have yet to work on one that didn't and have worked on some new ones too . . .
I recently picked up another DX-88HL (with 1969's) at the local Hamfest last month with a D-104 handheld mic for $75. Guy said that it all worked fine, which wasn't true. You know the regular fixes: putting back the AM Limiter, USB didn't work, freq counter wasn't stable, and the power plug socket was broken - as well as a few other things too. After fixing all of these semi-serious problems and aligning it, it is now the radio I use in my shack.
But having these radios aligned is key for fine performance. Mine works xlnt on 10m; gets compliments all of the time and most people ask me if I am running an Icom or Yaesu. I laugh to myself and hold my tongue. But the whole point here is this: These Galaxy radios almost always need to be aligned to get it to RX and TX well, as well all of the other adjustments to make this radio worthwhile - IMO. Have yet to work on one that didn't and have worked on some new ones too . . .
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