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RCI 2990
| Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 1:14 am: |
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I saw one on Ebay and ive never really have seen one.. When did RCI make them and were they precursor to the 2950s? |
RCI 2990
| Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 3:06 pm: |
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Anyone know anything about this radio???????????????????? Hello???????? |
Kc0gxz
| Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 3:59 pm: |
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RCI 2990 Yes and yes. Jeff. |
RCI 2990
| Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 12:58 am: |
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Well can anyone tell me anything on this radio?? Geezz at times i feel like my posts are ignored and a waste of my time to post them... |
Moderator558
| Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 4:29 am: |
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I had a 2990DX it was a nice base radio 150 watts built in power supply and has been replaced by the 2995DX which is similar just no echo I think they are a great line of radios made by RCI You can go to ranger web page and look at it http://www.rangerusa.com/95dx.html |
Highlander
| Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 4:57 pm: |
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I have heard of them (2900, not 2990)...I heard they were real problem children, lot's of bugs, failures, etc...I'd stay away if I were you... |
Kc0gxz
| Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 9:41 pm: |
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RCI 2990 It was one of RCI's first 10 Meter radios. If memory serves me correctly, it was their first dual final radio. Plagued with problems, it was soon replaced with the 2950, a much better radio. If you own one of these old 2900s, keep it. They are rather rare today. They're not really worth much, but just the same, I wouldn't mind having one myself in pristeen condition. Jeff, kc0gxz. |
Codeman
| Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 8:38 pm: |
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I had an original 2900. back in 1988. What a hunk of junk that thing was. It warbbled on both tx and rx. I sent it back 3 times to get fixed only to have the same problem each time it came back. I finnaly got to exchange it for a new HR-2510. A rig I still have today(I think it is in the closet someware????) My advice. STAY AWAY from this rig. |
Mayor513
| Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 12:44 am: |
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I got an RCI 2900 back in 1990. It was a nice looking radio. It performed fairly good on AM and FM, but SSB warbled horribly. SSB is my favorite mode, so I was quite disappointed when I found that it warbled. |
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