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HoosierCardinal
Posted on Monday, September 30, 2002 - 1:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

anyone run or have ranned a messenger amp? I had a messenger 800 a few years ago but i couldnt run it right because my power supplier wasnt big enough.
Anyone know if these amps are even made anymore? I havent seen anyone advertise them in a while.
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Taz
Posted on Monday, September 30, 2002 - 11:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

They are really nice amps. Just everybody and their brother seems to make them so you dont know who the origional is.
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HoosierCardinal
Posted on Monday, September 30, 2002 - 12:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah it seems like everyone makes then now. Imposters are not wehat i want. I had the original and it worked great.
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Tech671
Posted on Monday, September 30, 2002 - 9:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

In their day they were great. In today's market they rank average.
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HoosierCardinal
Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 2:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Average? Is that good or bad? It seems in the CB world everything is marginal..
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Tech671
Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 10:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Not the greatest, not the worst...avg.
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Sparkomatic
Posted on Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 12:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Tech671......Is that an average rating taking in consideration all the custom mades like XFORCE and DAVEMADE or is it just a comparison among all the "Stock" amps?
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Keepitreal118
Posted on Monday, November 10, 2003 - 9:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'd take a Xforce or Dave Made over any Messenger or any stock amp. Not to mention they'll out perform any mass produced amp.
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Sparkomatic
Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 7:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I know someone that had a Messenger M500 and on 15 volts it would swing to 550 on a Bird 43P.......he went with a Davemade 200 (2 pill) with a M40 driver and it equaled the messenger.
That just about sums it up.
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Mrhappy
Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 11:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

What? Davemade and XForce are mass produced amps.
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Pig040
Posted on Monday, November 24, 2003 - 10:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Not mass produced, as we think of it. You can call either of these places, and talk to the person that made your amp. You can also talk to them before your amp is made, and ask for a particular deviation, you cant do that with a lot of these other amps unless you can talk taiwanese, haha
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Oldpirate
Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 4:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I am setting up a cobra 148nwst in the car and plan to use a texas star DX400V amp. the cobra is giving 4 watts am and 12 watts PEP on sideband. Anyone have any idea what the deadkey and peak power should be

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