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Wolverine
Advanced Member
Username: Wolverine
Post Number: 524
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 9:09 am: | 
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One of the so-called local techs in my neighborhood (With the golden screwdriver), states unequivocally, that all dual final export mobile radios will fail in 1/2 of the time their normal cb 40 channel counterparts, because of more solder joints and complexity of the internal board and circuits,especially while being used in a trucker's environment. In other words, more parts that can fail. which raises the question, what are the top 2 mobile exports, as far as reliability, and ruggedness??. Magnum? Superstar?,Connex?, your answers are appreciated.
Wolverine. |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 3156
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 9:58 am: |
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Woverine .......
BUNK!
I have 4 htx-10 and a 257 and they get used the oldest is now 7 years old and STILL going strong!
Now look at HAM radios they have MANY times the parts of a CB set and like my FT-620b is MORE THAN 30 YEARS OLD!
True the more parts the better chance something will fail but if you take care of a radio its going to last a LONG time. |
Wolverine
Advanced Member
Username: Wolverine
Post Number: 525
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 14, 2005 - 2:59 am: |
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Thanks Bruce. I kinda figured that it was the "Jack Daniel's" drink that was doing all of his talking while he was boozing it up. I even took him to the e-bay site where you got export radios that are years old selling like hotcakes. He could'nt believe his lying eyes.
Wolverine. |
Wildrat
Intermediate Member
Username: Wildrat
Post Number: 152
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 14, 2005 - 8:25 am: |
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plus the fact that almost all,if not all these radios are built by Asians. |
Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 1673
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, October 14, 2005 - 5:22 pm: |
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wolverine-honestly & with NO exaggeration on my part, no matter what anybody may think, i have truly seen more GALAXY radios with durability problems due to "lack of ruggedness". coincidence or possibly the fact that there PROBABLY ARE more galaxy radios out there then any other type, maybe. have seen few if ANY 148/XL radios suffer those types of problems, even the infamous connex 3300 seems to be durable. superstar 3900's & 120's also seem to be seen rather infrequently-even in the 'old' days when they were 'it'.
MOST radios are the same internally, it's probably more of a 'where it was built' or monday/friday sort of thing. go to a ham website that does reviews eham & you'll see the same love/hate thing goes on with yaesu/kenwood/icom like here with galaxy/magnum. in this case though, galaxy IS inferior |
Wolverine
Advanced Member
Username: Wolverine
Post Number: 527
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 3:50 am: |
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Patzerozero, what do you think about magnum series?. Are magnum radios built better?, or are they on par with the galaxy series as far as breakdowns??
Wolverine. |
Hatchet
Junior Member
Username: Hatchet
Post Number: 33
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 9:06 am: |
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They are just as prone to breakdown as any other radio |
Bigbob
Senior Member
Username: Bigbob
Post Number: 2238
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 9:55 am: |
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OHHH,WOLVY,don't ever ask pat about breakdowns with magnum and galaxy in the same sentence,OHHH LORDY. Bigbob |
Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 1691
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 7:56 pm: |
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i sent you some factual/verifiable info wolverine, but, yes hatchet is right in saying 'They are just as prone to breakdown as any other radio'-the key word being 'prone'. DO they break down as much??? it does NOT appear to be that way. they seem to have less 'durability' problems then others out there. as for repairs due to poor tech work, yeah, there probably are at least as many, if not more, percentage-wise due to lack of understanding of the radio.
the last galaxy i owned in the '80's was not 'over-screwdrivered' & it performed, well, OK, i suppose, with an amp, it got out fine, but everytime i hit a bump it needed a repair. back then, that was the norm for galaxy radios, yet they STILL sold well. the connex 3300 was THE radio to have, but i NEED SSB, whether i use it a lot or not, so the connex was NOT an option.
now, my XL has been in my 4X4's for OVER 10 years-it's gotten rained on, snowed on, sits outside from below zero to over 100°, has 'jumped' more times than i care to remember, endoed once, rolled-over twice, gotten 'sandblasted'while rolling, and bounces around almost everytime it gets switched on. it has NEVER been opened up for so much as a speaker problem, no broken wires, broken traces, or problems due to bad solder joints. i'd say durability is a result of quality craftsmanship. if magnum continues its quality control in its factories, it WILL be a truly reliable piece |
Wolverine
Advanced Member
Username: Wolverine
Post Number: 529
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 - 4:36 am: |
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Just got in to the old salty mine. Thanks for the PM Patzerozero, very informative.
Wolverine. |
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