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Spiderleggs
Junior Member
Username: Spiderleggs
Post Number: 37
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 9:32 pm: | 
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I was looking at another site where they had the usual array of radios. I pulled up a cb radio and they had the price and the price of a tuneup. I can see where you may have to have a tuneup on an export radio as they may not be up to FCC specs, but why would you need a tuneup on a cb? Wouldn't they already be tuned to specs as they have to pass FCC's inspection? |
Rbeswick62
Junior Member
Username: Rbeswick62
Post Number: 18
Registered: 5-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 10:13 pm: |
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I'm no Tech, But by tuning a radio up you will achieve max power out, more precision as far as being on Freq. Over all a better performing radio, As the factory uses a plus or minus tollerance that can vary from radio to radio, leaving to wide of a margin in the performance respect. All radios can be improved, It's a matter of how well you want to receive and transmit, If thets not enough for you then you move on to internal mods of better quality parts than the factory installs in the given radio. Hope this helps!? |
Therealporkchop
Advanced Member
Username: Therealporkchop
Post Number: 757
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 10:21 pm: |
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I believe their claim to 'tuning' is most likely conversion to 'export' radios to talk on CB frequencies. Meaning those radios were supposedly meant to be 10 meter radios but can be modded to talk on 11 meters (cb).
Also their 'tuning' could be in referrence to a hack job. Removing or clipping of limiters and installing the world famous SUPER MOD!!! Most everything that you would probably want to do yourself if you have the know-how and simple tools needed to perform it yourself.
Or it could be alignment of the receiver section and transmitter section. Where they'd make sure that everything was dead on freq or as close to what the factory service manual states. Basically just making sure the meter is as close to right as possible also. It's kinda hard to say without knowing who you're talking about as to whether or not you'll be getting a hack job or not.
My advice is if you know how to do alignments and have the equipment to do it with, just order the radio without them touching it. If you don't and want them to do it for you, ask around and see who else has had their radio 'tuned' by that company.
Good luck! |
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