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mikefromms
| | Posted on Monday, November 17, 2003 - 6:52 pm: | 
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Anyone interested in a loud base station should take a serious look at the DX2517. For under $500 shipped with the "big base quality check" this radio gets respect on the air.
Last night I talked over 70 miles the way the crow flies barefooted. I'm hearing stuff my fellow cb'ers aren't hearing good enough to pull out. I talked to a station not far from my home town. I'm in Booneville, Ms and talked down below Pontotoc 50+ miles; Selmer, Tn. 50+ miles; Boliver, Tn 70-80+ miles; Walls, Ms. 75+ miles. It was a great night for talking and I had as much fun as I've ever had.
I'm not saying this radio is the only one or the very best, but I can attest to it's performance as can my contacts. Buy one and let the techs do their magic. There's a guy in town that says I'm louder now than when I used to run a box. Don't run a box anymore because it burned up, but I don't need it anymore. All DX2517.
Proud owner.
mikefromms |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Monday, November 17, 2003 - 8:15 pm: |
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Let me get on my soap box"DX2517 GUYS" best base galaxy ever made!Bigbob |
Karatebutcher
| | Posted on Monday, November 17, 2003 - 9:18 pm: |
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Gee Mikeforms I am really glad you like the 2517, Where do you set your Mike gain and FR knob how many watts pep on ssb ??? on ssb?? |
392
| | Posted on Monday, November 17, 2003 - 9:42 pm: |
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Mikefromms,
Glad you scored big!! Keep on and I may have to get one.
does the unit drift on ssb like my 88 does?
392 |
Radiodude
| | Posted on Monday, November 17, 2003 - 10:59 pm: |
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Yes the 2517 is a drifter (some are real bad)!! I had one and sold it. I saved up talked to the wife and got a 2995dx, now there is a radio!!! |
Karatebutcher
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - 8:53 am: |
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Down with Radiodude, long live the 2517 ha ha |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - 5:58 pm: |
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Mine does not drift,when you turn it on it says 27.406 after 2 minutes it says 27.405,if left on it stays there,and once clarified that's it until the next guy,it really doesn't matter what freq.Bigbob P.S.Ya know maybe 307 fixed that too. |
Radiodude
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - 7:03 pm: |
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Ouch that hurt!!!! I am only saying the "ONE" that I had drifted!! LOL Bad radio I guess... |
Karatebutcher
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - 8:28 pm: |
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Ok Radiodude you got the only drifting 2517, I can understand that now. thanks
Up with Radiodude |
Topten
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - 9:51 pm: |
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The Galaxy 2517 is a great talker on AM and overall an excellent radio. But my 2517 drifted like a boat without a rudder on SSB. Sold it and got an RCI 2985DX, it stays on freq first time every time. If only Galaxy would of put a six digit frequency counter in it, and a switch to lock down & center the frequency like the 93-T than I would of hung on to it for sure. I'm glad that Mike's got his radio aligned and tuned by the best. Enjoy & Happy DX'ing out there.
73's... |
Karatebutcher
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - 10:32 pm: |
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SURE LIKE MY 93t ALSO |
Cactusjack
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 12:01 am: |
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I sure love my 93t. Best radio I ever owned.(That's not saying much, haven't owned very many radios LOL.)Now all I need is 307s special touch and it will really be the best radio I ever owned. Just can't stand the idea of being without it while he tunes it up.LOL |
mikefromms
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 11:29 am: |
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That 93T is the mobile I'd like to get one day but now I'll have to settle for the Lincoln (LOL).
I don't know how many watts I put out. I guess I need to hook up my watt meter today and get some figures on it. I figure it does as much as anyone else's 2517. People have made comments that it sounds like it has a linear hooked to it. One guy told me to be sure to unplug and disconnect it when bad weather is coming (I do of course) because I'd never get another one that talks this loud and clear. I run my mic gain wide open on am and a d-104 handmic around a 7. I know, I know, I'm forsaking my good ham manners, but I'm a loud motorscooter and still don't tear up the tv. No complaints so far. I don't even bother my tv closest to the set up.
As far as I know, it does not drift on ssb. I do, however have to back off the mic gain because I am just too loud according to a man across town. I hope it never does drift. If it does I will take advantage of my warranty (no breaking the seal on this sucker) and get it repaired or repla...well, repaired).
Keep the discussion going. Oh, I almost bought the 2995dx but was a little afraid of the built in linear and someone said it had a ugly backlit light on the meter. Can't have an ugly light on the meter (LOL). I'm sure it is top of the line, no doubt.
mikefromms |
Scrapiron63
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 1:35 pm: |
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You know I've owned several Galaxy Saturns, a couple 2517s, several Galaxy mobiles like the 77 and 88, have one now in fact, and never had any drifting problems. Now the freq counter will change as it warms up, but thats just the numbers, the frequency of the radios are very stable after a few minutes warmup. I've watched them on an external freq counter, and had no movement that was noticeable. I don't care what the frequency display shows anyway, as long as i'm on the guy i'm talking to, I think some people worry about that readout too much. Besides that, the other guy may be drifting, or tuning his radio. It's hard to find two people thats on the exact same frequency anyway, and everyone's hearing is different, he might be tuning you and moving around every time you talk. Maybe i've been lucky and just had good Galaxys. |
mikefromms
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 1:16 pm: |
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Well, I've had the dx2517 about a month now, and I must say "if Rodney DangerField had one of these he would get all the respect he ever wanted." I literally can talk to any of the local traffic I hear (not skip). This radio has better ears than my Lincoln. This is not just "this is new that is old syndrome," this is for real. The antenna I use with this radio is the Thunder 8xb by Signal Engineering. When you get out to the last two or three s-units this is where this radio and antenna shine. I hear things I used to not hear. I'm now not only loud, but proud to be the owner of one of the best radios and antennas on the market.
Loud and proud in Mississippi
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Karatebutcher
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 7:03 pm: |
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Mikeforms really glad you are enjoying your 2517 so much, some time put an external 7 or 6 digit Frequency counter on it, just pluges into the back, and a small 3 anp power supply or what have you, all from Coppoer of coarse |
mikefromms
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 12:24 pm: |
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You guys who got your 2517 tuned from copper, I'd like to compare am power. What is your am wattage when the knob is turned all the way to the left and what is it all the way to the right? My rad shack meter shows about 6 watts all the way to the left. My power doesn't vary a lot from say 1200 to fully opened. It's gets out great with knob all the way to the left or the right. Great radio.
mikefromms |
Cm3885
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 1:45 pm: |
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I have the 2995 DX and the radio is awesome! The backlit readout is kinda gaudy to look at but i like the radio overall.... The little amp does just fome for me and i dont need a linear anymore because the radio does all the talking.. |
Boxcar
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 5:09 pm: |
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mikefromms, i have a rci 2980 on its way and i believe these are the same boards as the 2517, right? if so, i'll let you know what my am power is running versus sideband so we can compare a little. i am not exactly sure what has been done to it because i bought it from a guy in iowa and he said he had a tech fix the warbling that is usually a common thing with that radio, plus he turned up the power a little. Anyways, i can't wait to test this bad boy out!
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Highlander
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 7:19 pm: |
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Boxcar, did you get the 2980WX or the 2980? The 2980WX has the same board as the DX2517, but the 2980 does not. |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 7:51 pm: |
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My dx2517 is 2.5 watts all the way to left and 13 all the way to right,it affects ssb power too 9 left 35 right,at 2.5 watts it swings to 30,hows that?My eagle 2000 is same board as 2980,even on it's best day it could not do this without mods,the 2517 with 307's magic touch is my last base ,I hope it lasts many many years,the little silver sticker will never come off at my house,I'm afraid,to just breathe on it's innards would ruin what 307 painstakingly perfected.Bigbob |
Boxcar
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 8:15 pm: |
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It's the regular rci2980. How many versions of the 2980 and 2517 are there? I can never keep up. What do you think of the 2980? |
Highlander
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 8:35 pm: |
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The regular 2980 is a fine radio. The 2980WX is an upgraded version, with RCI's newer EPT6900 board. There is only one version of the Galaxy DX2517 that I know of, it also has the EPT6900 board. The board in the regular 2980 is the EPT3600, which is the same board in the Galaxy 33,44,55,66,77,88,99, all the Superstar variations, the Galaxy Saturn, all the Mirages, the Voyage vr9000, most of the connex's, and many more that I can't think of offhand. The most important factor is who tunes/aligns the radio, and if they actually use the proper test equipment when doing so. If the 2980 hasn't been butchered by some chop-shop hack, then you would probably see very little difference in performance between it and the 2980WX. |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 10:02 pm: |
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The eagle 2000 is the same as the 2980 and the eagle 5000 is the same as the 2990,from my own experience the 2517 is a head above the eagle 2000 in performance,but the 2000,2980 and 2517 are all excellent sounding radios and have good ears and are good drivers for most 4-pill amps,enough to fully excite the amps without distortion.Bigbob |
Radiodude
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 10:16 pm: |
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Save that $500 and put a bit more with it and get a 2995dx best radio ever made for DX |
Cm3885
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 12:11 am: |
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No dought about it Radiodude! I like mine a lot!
I also like the 2517 and the 2980 maybe someday ill get one of them too just to have as a side radio...
One question on the new 2517 is it the new version that does 10 watts AM and 25 watts SSB or the version that i used to own a few years ago that was the 10 watts AM and 30 watts SSB version?? |
Highlander
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 8:07 am: |
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Cm3885, I don't think there are multiple versions of the 2517, that difference in SSB power is probably just marketing discrepancies. After a tune-up, it can actually do a little bit over 40 on SSB. |
Cm3885
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 1:14 pm: |
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How ell do they perform on SSB drift wise? Nothing worse than a radio that drifts on SSB. You know how very very important it is to be on freq and not heara bunch of old codgers yell "you are off freqency"! |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 5:45 pm: |
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ROCK SOLID. |
Boxcar
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 6:38 pm: |
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Well, got my rci2980 in today and what a talker on sideband. Does 40 watts easy! Am isn't so hot though. Had it deadkey 2 watts and only goes up to 12-15. Does anyone know what the variables are on this radio? All I want to do is see if the modulation variable can be turned up just a wee bit. What can this radio do on AM without cutting anything? |
Buck
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 8:31 pm: |
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That is a good sounding radio Boxcar.....If it came from where I think it did, It rocks. Did you get it off of ebay???
Buck |
Highlander
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 8:34 pm: |
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Actually, 2 swinging to 12-15 is perfect for most CB-type amps. That's about a 1 to 6 ratio, which will exceed 100 percent modulation by quite a bit. That's pretty much what my 2517 does. On high it deadkeys 10 and swings to 35 (astatic 600 meter).
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Cm3885
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 2:15 am: |
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I need to interject on here about the 2517. Now back in 1995/96 or so i used to own a saturn (which looks like the 2517)that i used on SSB and AM and it did drift on SSB the first 1/2 hour that it was turned on but im the type that leaves a radio on for weeks and months at a time and after the first hour or so it stayed right on freq and never changed for as long as i left it on which at times was for months!!! LOL |
Boxcar
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 6:47 am: |
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I have a question though. I tried turning the variable for my modulation which is vr14 and there was no change on the meter from either all the way clockwise or counter clockwise. I'm taking that if that's the case, the limiter might be cut but the limiter is still in tact. Now this throws me because there was no change when turning this variable. Hmm? I'm stumped! |
Dinker1
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 11:40 am: |
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the 2517 did come out with a same thing as a recall on the drifting on side band i know i fixed the teck problem and boom that was it-- just like tha cobra 2000 and the freq counter, they had a tech problem on them and were to be taken in most was not and that is why suck a run on bad freq. counters with age and i think with the 2517 we will see the same thing down the road-- but mercy its a great radio.. DEAN |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 1:29 pm: |
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Boxcar,check r-239 if that is clipped it disables vr 14 |
Boxcar
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 3:33 pm: |
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Bigbob, I thought r249 was the audio limiter? Regardless I did check both r249 and r239 and they're both still connected fine. do you know where I can find more specs on this radio than just the variables readout and channel conversions? Thansk for the input too Bigbob!
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Bigbob
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 11:50 pm: |
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You're right 249,hit wrong key,lol. |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 11:53 pm: |
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Boxcar,a cheap and dirty trick in the past was to cut the trace to the limiter,so it looked normal but did not work. |
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