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Bbmfic
Junior Member
Username: Bbmfic
Post Number: 37
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2005 - 2:37 pm: | 
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need the channel work up for this radio heard to manny stories about this mod. not sure what the right one is thanks bbmfic |
Bc910
Intermediate Member
Username: Bc910
Post Number: 244
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 12:54 am: |
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ARRRGH! every one forgets about the 6 digit freq part, why?
Do none of you like having a 6 digit counter?
any way, if memory serves jp1 on and the rest off will give export and 6 digit counter ( as apposed to 5 ) any way I love KNOWING I'm on freq. all the time, so i love my 6 digit counter
BC |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 4613
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 1:40 am: |
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Bc910,
What about the 6 digit frequency display?
You mean it has one? 
Mine is always dead on frequency so I never have to use it and never look at it.
Lon
Tech808
CEF808
N9OSN
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Pig040
Advanced Member
Username: Pig040
Post Number: 655
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 10:06 am: |
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I am with you on this one, BC I want a 6 digit freq counter too.
Rich |
Patzerozero
Intermediate Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 360
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 12:37 pm: |
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ok, ok, bc, i know that 27.025 is ch 6, & 27.115 is ch 13, & if i go 27.0248 or 27.1151 you can sometimes 'notch' somebody in or out a bit, but my wife, or my kids, and even the local ducks don't all know that. & the all time 6 digit readout eliminates the channels from the display...when the radio gets a bit older i may look into wiring EXTERNAL switches into the radio, so i can get ALL freqs it covers, 25.615 all the way up to 32.990 without having to open covers & move jumpers. (all time 6 digit readout goes 26-32.99, export goes lower, to 25.615, but not as high, only to 29.205)i also saw on a forum that i CANNOT relocate that the S9 can be modded to go even lower yet, along with some power adjustment mods/upgrades but didn't get to read thru the whole thing & now i can't find it again. |
Bc910
Intermediate Member
Username: Bc910
Post Number: 245
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 1:40 pm: |
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It does drift a tiny bit in extreme teperatures, just a nice thing to have
BC |
Bc910
Intermediate Member
Username: Bc910
Post Number: 245
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 2:40 pm: |
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Well this time your wrong Pat
take a look
(it's blury but if you count youll see)
all 6 digits on the counter and channel display
frequency coverage of 26.065 on band A thru 29.655 on band H with channel numbers AND 6 digit counter
BC |
Bc910
Intermediate Member
Username: Bc910
Post Number: 246
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, January 24, 2005 - 2:47 pm: |
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BTW
The coverage I just stated that I use had to be programmed (VERY EASY) but I chose those freqs so I could go pretty low, still have CB and have all of 10 meters to use when i upgrade my ticket
technically i am using bands B thru I, I just moved them all down 1
BC |
Patzerozero
Intermediate Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 365
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 8:08 pm: |
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hmmmm, mine only puts 6 digit on SSB in export mode, not AM, but in 5kc/10kc 6 digit all the time AM & SSB the channel display is blank, and i swear that the 2 different times i played with jumpers, i got different freq high & lows, magnum told me send it back if there's a problem, but i didn't see a problem, & when i went back to export mode, everything is fine, it's just the 1 on 2-4 off that acts funky! |
Bc910
Intermediate Member
Username: Bc910
Post Number: 249
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 9:28 pm: |
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hmmmm? try 1 on 2,3,4 off again, you may have to program, I did, but works great now!
BC |
Patzerozero
Intermediate Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 368
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 8:58 am: |
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just tried it, bc, & i get NO channel display when 6 digits show AM & SSB...i keep taking off these covers, i'm tempted to take screwdriver & hammer to it to see what it's capable of, can't believe i've gone this long without experimenting on this one... |
Bc910
Intermediate Member
Username: Bc910
Post Number: 252
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 12:13 pm: |
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I'm gonna have to pull the covers off mine to see how I did it maybe I am remembering wrong, hmmmmmmmm?
but I did it and I'll be darned, it works!
BC |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 4740
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 04, 2005 - 1:33 am: |
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Removing JP4 makes this unit show all 6 digits on all modes, as out of the box it only shows 5 digits unless on SSB, which shows all 6 digits.
Lon
Tech808
CEF808
N9OSN |
Patzerozero
Intermediate Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 410
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 04, 2005 - 5:59 pm: |
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i meant to tell that ole bc character, i was mistaken on the jumpers, it's 1-on, 2-off, 3-on, 4-off, that is the mod that covers all freqs in 10kc or 5 kc steps w/the 10kc switch off, and 6 digit all the time, AM as well as SSB. thanks, lon.
now, i do see bc's pic, but with that mod, mine does not show the channel display. in export mode mod, 6 digit only on SSB, ch shows...no problem...are you sure you're in the on-off-on-off mod bc? |
Bc910
Intermediate Member
Username: Bc910
Post Number: 261
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 04, 2005 - 8:43 pm: |
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no pat mine is on, off, off, off
BC |
Bc910
Intermediate Member
Username: Bc910
Post Number: 262
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 8:46 am: |
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Hey, just thought I would let y'all know that I made a 20 mile barefoot contact mobile-mobile yesterday
with a "weak signal GREAT AUDIO" report!
Hey for barefoot stock radio, that aint bad
BC
PS
S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S |
Patzerozero
Intermediate Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 415
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 10:08 am: |
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i give up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
where's that #$%^&$#@ sledgehammer. i work & play too much, don't sleep enough!!! i just did off-off-off-on & got 28065 on ch 1 on every othe r band & 28315 the others. shut off radio & turned back on again & got 28315 on all bands, did it again & got 28735 or something & a different 28 mhz freq every other. BANG!
on-off-off-on got me 30 mhz something on all bands, that's no good, think that's the program-whatever-bands-you-want-mode.
ok, on-off-off-on is how i normally use it & it was fine, band A ch is 25.615 & all rest are good.
on-off-off-off gets me no freq counter but same bands/freqs i usually have.
on-off-on-off gets bands/freqs i use, all the time 6 digit freq display but NO ch display.
i tried on-off-off-off & shut off & turn radio on, tried disconnecting DC & shut off, & anything else i could think of that may 'reset' anything. still no freq display that way. HMMMMM HMMMMM HMMMMM. oh well it works just fine, so i'll put the hammer down & leave it alone now as i'm waiting to take a drive about 35 miles east of home to test some mobile antennas.... |
Bc910
Intermediate Member
Username: Bc910
Post Number: 264
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 5:47 pm: |
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Pat!
My next day off (Tuesday I think) I will try to grab mine out of the truck and take a picture of the jumpers so you can see exactly waht I did
that's the only thing I can think of
BC |
Therealporkchop
Intermediate Member
Username: Therealporkchop
Post Number: 134
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 7:08 pm: |
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Hey that S-9 is pretty sharp looking. Pat should have sent me a picture and I'd probably already have one. I will assume you guys got yours from Copper. What did it cost and what did you get? Another place is advertising them at 318.95. Do these come with all blue displays? What kind of power do they put out and what kind of final does it use? |
Bc910
Intermediate Member
Username: Bc910
Post Number: 268
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 7:57 pm: |
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Therealporkchop
http://www.copperelectronics.com/cgi-bin/checkitout/checkitout.cgi?catalogSTORE:CKIE:prodP03-01087+
That should answer most of your questions, oh and
http://www.copperelectronics.com/cgi-bin/discus4/board-auth.cgi?lm=1089075697&file=/7750/72526.html
There is a link to Lon's review. That review is what made me buy mine! I have NEVER in my life seen a review like that one! Even other radios Lon has reviewed that he likes werent reviewed as well as the S9!
here's a quick rundown:
45 watts
Blue display
6 digit freq counter
GREAT freq coverage
Turbo echo
TopGun modulator 1 watt swings to 45!
Roger Beep
Adjustable talkback
REALLY GOOD RECIEVER!
There ya go porkchop!
BC |
Therealporkchop
Intermediate Member
Username: Therealporkchop
Post Number: 136
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 1:30 pm: |
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Ok, what about this one. Magnum 257 OR S-9? I assume the major difference between the S-3 and S-9 is the freq counter and the meter. That and SSB. So even though this is a S-9 discussion, which do you think is the better radio? |
Therealporkchop
Intermediate Member
Username: Therealporkchop
Post Number: 137
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 1:41 pm: |
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BC910, I just read the review. Thanks. That does help a lot. I saw where it says it needs no tune or adjustments, but on the purchasing page from this site, it offers it for 30 bucks. Does that mean that someone here would say "hey you don't need that" and not take my money? OR if it is offered and can be done on this radio, who would be the Tech that would do it? From reading this post, I see there are apparently jumpers you move for the meter you intend to talk on. This like all other conversions is something I could do myself. But my largest question is, is there a peak and tune for this radio from Copper and who would do it?
I see in the review that you get 45w PEP. Has anyone got any more out of theirs? I honestly was expecting another final instead of the 2SC1969. |
