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Oklahoma 428
Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2001 - 6:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Just curious to know who all has one of those dern Galaxy bases...I've got a 2517 and I love it! I wouldn't trade it for a truck-load of Cobra's & for 11 meter they are the Cadillac of bases.
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vernonott
Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2001 - 7:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Oklahoma : I don't run the big black radios anymore ,but I loved them when I did.I have owned three Galaxy Saturns & one Saturn Turbo.Great radio performance ,talk well ,receive well,look fantastic on the desk in the old radio room.
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HONKY TONK MAN 593 OUTTA NC
Posted on Friday, July 27, 2001 - 7:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

galaxy saturn
rci 2980
turbo
rci 2990
all of the galaxy mobiles
most of all the rangers
connex
northstars
and now the general line of radio.
ive had a lot of experience with all of them and many others. galaxy and rangers rule these air waves!! wont ever sell these radios....or my emperor 5010s!!!! they are great too.
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eagle
Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2001 - 9:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

N.Florida
galaxy saturn
2-galaxy 77's
galaxy 33
I'm hooked, can't get enough of them
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Anonymous
Posted on Sunday, July 29, 2001 - 6:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Central Wisconsin
Ranger 2990dx
Ranger 6900fhp
Superstar 3900g
All great radios. These are just a few that I tryed. I too am hooked
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PEDDLER
Posted on Sunday, July 29, 2001 - 7:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Galaxy DX2517
Maco M104C
Antron A99
Maverick 250

All I need;
73,s

The Peddler
Downtown Central Texas 356
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Genocide2rf357
Posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2001 - 7:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I run a Galaxy DX-22B fed to a X-Force XT-40012 base box into a Bird 43P into either a Imax 2000 or a M104c

73's de Genocide
AM 26.965.0
SSB 27.385.0
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Pluto
Posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2001 - 6:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Galaxy Saturn
Galaxy Pluto ; )
73's from the Buckeye State
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Highroller
Posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2001 - 9:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yea man!i have them big black radios DX 2527
with a texas star DX600, A-99 at 72 feet.
it works great!!

#606
The HIGHROLLER. FORT DIX N.J.
CH. 21 or 26.915
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Flash
Posted on Monday, December 03, 2001 - 1:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Saturn
Galaxy 88 (2)
Galaxy 99 (2)
RCI 2970
Pluto
General Lee
Maco 300
Texas Star 500
Texas Star 350
Texas Star 250
Whiskey Steel antenna

I guess you could say I like Galaxy radios.
Tennessee Flash
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Highlander
Posted on Monday, December 03, 2001 - 7:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Galaxy DX2517....Blows the Cobra 2000 away!!!
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RCI 2990
Posted on Monday, December 03, 2001 - 6:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

RCI 2990 here! Basically a galaxy turbo clone. Not a bad radio. Talks great and has great ears to boot! I also own a Cobra 2000, a 142GTL and a Uniden Madison and like them too for local chit chat!!
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Vernonott
Posted on Monday, December 03, 2001 - 7:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Flash:That's what I say - Galaxy,the best thing invented since maple syrup.
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Taz
Posted on Monday, December 03, 2001 - 9:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

by how much highlander? all around or just one thing like transmit or receive??
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Highlander
Posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 7:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Better audio, better receiver, more features, more channels, more modes. Cobra 2000's always sound tinny and high-pitched, and weak. (at least all the ones I hear) This could be because they've all been hacked up so much. The only thing I like about them is the looks and styling.
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Harpoonman
Posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 10:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Highlander,

Keep listening for me (WMC-397, the Harpoonman) on 27.475 LSB, especially on weekends. I think my Cobra 2000 will be at least one exception to being tinny, high-pitched or weak. Granted, it won't compete in terms of audio quality and most other features with radios from ICOM, Yaesu, Kenwood and maybe even RCI and some Galaxies, but if the Cobra 2000 is operating properly, and if one has the right microphone and operating techniques, the 2000 GTL can sound very nice, IMHO.

73

Harpoonman
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Highlander
Posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 8:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Harpoonman,

You're right, I'm sure. It's just that once they have been in a few hands, they never seem right.
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Skynet
Posted on Friday, December 07, 2001 - 8:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hello ALL, I am new and thought I'd jump in.
I recently bought a Galaxy Melaka and a I-Max 2000 antenna. I am hoping to work some decent DX as well as get around locally.
Can anyone suggest what frequency using FM mode I might find some traffic?

Dave
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Tech181
Posted on Saturday, December 08, 2001 - 12:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

FM? Well not really. Most 11 meter (CB) DX occurs on SSB or AM. Try channel 38 LSB or 37 USB or LSB. 27.555 USB is good for international skip too.

Steve
Tech181
Tech181@copperelectronics.com
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flash
Posted on Saturday, December 15, 2001 - 7:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Well sold the General Lee, traded the 2970, now have a Connex 3300, and a 2950+ all the other radios.
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Lawnandgarden
Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 2:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

North Carolina
I have a Saturn, and love it! Also use a Varmint 150. I would love to have an Elkin, or a Varmint 1000.
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Taz
Posted on Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 4:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i own the melaka
NICE radio
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Timetraveler
Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2001 - 5:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have a DX 2547. Got it for x-mas. First CB since the late 70's. I hooked it to an Army Big Stick mounted to the eve on my house. I had a contact north of L.A. which is 1,100 miles from my house in Grand Junction, Colorado.
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Midnight
Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2001 - 9:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I guess I must be to old fashion, still running my old Tram d-201a can go and tune to just about anywhere,as for a mic d-104,with avery clean maverick 250,and yes blow most of the radios away. Nothing sounds as good as an old tube unit if it is run correctly not missed tuned.Will try a new galaxy base in the near future,have a mobile unit and it seems to do very well. 73's midnight
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PoleCat467
Posted on Monday, March 18, 2002 - 10:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i run the Saturn Turbo here barefoot because i cant find an amp that will work good with this big radio.really dont need anything behind this one(200+ watts pep) out the back.
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RCI2990
Posted on Monday, March 18, 2002 - 9:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

RCI 2990 here and a Ranger AR 3500 100 watter.
the 3500 will actually outtalk the 2990 hands down on SSB but the 2990 is set up to talk mainly AM. 200+ watts swing on AM with a 30 watt carrier MAX! AR 3500 is about the same on AM but it SCREAMS on SSB!!!!!!!!!!!

here soon ill have a vintage radio to mess with.
Browning MK-3 with a siltronics mod 90 VFO and a 776 and a banana mike!
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RCI2990
Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2002 - 7:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

BTW, does a RCI-2990 count as a galaxy base? its just like the galaxy sat in all aspects except the name!!!
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Pp1616
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Posted on Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 9:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

the galaxy saturn is the same as the rci-2980 here is what galaxy told me about the galaxy saturn when i asked for some info on it...

"Sorry but the saturn is not a true Galaxy Radio and the sellers of that radio offer no service and no support"