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Joe157
| | Posted on Monday, September 10, 2001 - 7:53 pm: | 
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Hello All, just got a Galaxy 2517 a couple of months ago. But had to take it to a tech with an 'O' scope and freq signal generator to get it aligned. So now i can use it to talk SSB, and it does a good job. It gets great feedback on how it sounds. It should also have a 6 digit freq counter instead of a 5. Other than that i wish that RCI or whoever made it took more care to see that it is right before it leaves the factory.
Thanks ahead of time for any comments,
and happy DX'ing... |
TED MILLS
| | Posted on Saturday, June 29, 2002 - 8:48 pm: |
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HELLO JOE 157 THIS MAY NEVER REACH YOU AS YOU WROTE A LONG TIME AGO, IF SO I ALSO OWN A GALAXT GALAXY 2517, I TWO FIND THEM A GOOD RADIO, I AGREE WITH YOU ON NOT HAVEING THE SIX DIGIT, I WAS THINKING OF GETTING A PLUG IN FREQUENCY COUNTER SIX DIGIT FOR THE RCA PLUG IN THE BACK, HAVE YOU DONE THIS? MINE WAS OK WHEN I GOT IT AS FAR AS EVERYTHING, THE FREQUENCY COUNTER WAS ON FREQUENCY, I ONLY WISH IT WAS SIX DIGIT, PLEASE ANSWER IF YOU RECIEVE THIS, I PUT MY EMAL THERE, IF ANYONE ELSE HAS A GALAXY 2517 PLEASE ANSWER I HAVE A FEW OPERATION QUESTIONS.
THANKS TED |
Topten
| | Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 10:40 pm: |
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Hi Ted, wow i was scrolling through these old posts and saw your response. Well i did use a 6 digit freq counter for a while, but i had to constantly adjust the course to keep it on freq which got to be a pain on SSB. So now i have an RCI 2985DX, & the 2517 is just a backup. The 2985DX is a much better rig than the 2517, the SSB is rock solid and it stays right on freq.
The AM isnt as loud as the 2517 but thats better because you wont tend to bleed on the neigbors, and there are no echo toys. I also like that you can select ANL only, rather than both ANL + NB or off, this feature works much better for me. Hope you get to read this and happy dxing !! :-)
Joe-157 |
Tech671
| | Posted on Friday, September 13, 2002 - 5:20 am: |
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Joe...
Just to let you know (you probably already do) the reason you don't have to adjust the 2985 is that you wouldn't know if that last digit flickered for it's a passive counter. The 2517 has an active counter and actually reads what freq you are rx'ing or txing on.
Granted the 2985 is a bit less temp sensitive and over all better geared to the serious ssb operator. |
Karatebutcher
| | Posted on Friday, September 13, 2002 - 9:38 am: |
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TOPTEN Thank you for the come back, I really love my 2517, I sent it to the shop also at first, I have a seven digit counter also, but when I took it to my tech he put it on the scope and it was off frequency . he showed me how to take the coarse from 12 oclock down past just to 5 on the front counter on the radio on AM , then return it just to where the 6 comes up, key the mike and it shows right on 5 say 27385 when you key up, the seven digit shows out going 2738500 or 01, I never again have people saying I am off frequency.
Thank you for your answer |
Topten
| | Posted on Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 2:53 pm: |
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Hi,
Thanks KB, & Tech 671. If i send it in to Copper can they make it stay put on a SSB Freq? It drifts when you go from one channel to another on SSB (upper or lower). Then you have to key it up on AM and zero out the freq counter again to be on freq. This isnt any fun when your trying to talk skip. Well,,, some time ago i really screwed up both meters on the radio, and lets just say that they both need to be replaced. :-( and uh... the channel indicater is screwed up too. But the radio stills works real good. (im red faced)
Guess it needs some real attention now by a good tech. I learned a valuable lesson, dont take the lid off of your radio, just talk on it.
Sign me: Big Dummy... |
Karatebutcher
| | Posted on Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 7:51 pm: |
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TopTen,, slap, slap, slap, remember what your father said to you years ago, if it works won't Fix it, ok enought of that lecture, you have a good radio in the 2517, if you want it fixed you will have to really good radios, but the problem with having two base units you feel like they are your children and you can not favor just one, and then it bothers you not to use the other, I have three bases, I drive myself nuts, but I have all the time in the world to use them. It's your money lets spend it,
Get it fixed talk to tech 671, send it to copper if you can, radio's like the dx 2517 are worth it. |
Highlander
| | Posted on Sunday, September 15, 2002 - 3:43 pm: |
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I agree that you should get it repaired and properly aligned by a real tech with real test equipment and a knowledge of export radios. I had this done to my Galaxy 2517 and it is a terrific radio. Everyone in town has asked to buy it, but I wont let it go. |
Karatebutcher
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 11:05 am: |
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Topten Where did you go, We are waiting to see if you are going to fix the radio, it is a good unit, if you don't want it, send the AM to Highlander, and I will take the SSB, send Taz the off switch. |
bruce
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 5:10 pm: |
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Taz NEEDS a OFF switch LOL |
Karatebutcher
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 10:00 pm: |
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TAZ Is an enjoyment, he is also one of the smartest up coming adult I have talked to in a long time, at the age he is, and a mind of his own like he has , he will develope into a very interpriseing person,I always give credit where it is due, [now about the off switch] lets shake his bushes |
bruce
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2002 - 4:52 am: |
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Karate... Taz is just that and we swap notes off the board almost daly...... but i still got to PICK on him LOL. He reminds me of myself in 1963 when i started electronics school and can see he will become on of the young men this country needs for our next generation of leaders. I have spent the last 20 years tring to help handicapped kids 12 of thoes i ran little league teams for them ..... some have done ok and have jobs most like my own son who is 19 cannot even talk but you got to try to give them a bit of childhood. Its going to be up to the young men like Taz to carry on and for the oldtimers like us to pass down to them the knolage that you just dont find in books.
Bruce |
Topten
| | Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 6:17 pm: |
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Hi All,
Had some trouble logging on to the forum.
Yes indeedy i will be getting my radio fixed.
Thanks to everyone for all of your comments.
Hope this goes message goes through this time! |
Karatebutcher
| | Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 9:44 am: |
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Topten, ok that is good, let me know how it works out, they should be able to make it like new, maybe next time you can DX with the forum,the 2517 is a good radio |
Topten
| | Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 5:49 pm: |
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Thanks KB,
Oh, I could of DX'ed with the forum alright.
I'm using my RCI-2985dx which is even a better
radio than the 2517, (in my humble opinion).
But i'm not putting down my Galaxy, after all
it was I that screwed it up!
I'm a conehead <:-[ |
Karatebutcher
| | Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 7:16 pm: |
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Topten, ok, that is good to hear about getting it fixed, You should have joined us all out there, it was a weird feeling talking to people that you have been sending notes to on the forum, really felt good, I really like my radio,but I listen more than I talk, but yesterday I went WILD. NO COMMENTS PLEASE |
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