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Silverado 996
05-30-2013, 10:19 PM
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First, I had to paint the ugly gold bracket flat black. The radio is "mildly tuned" for longevity. 6 watt dead key swinging to 12 watts. Modulation 95%, Shocky receive mod and noise blank mod. The Galaxy drives the hell out of my 2 pill. These picture are right after the install, all of the wires are tucked away nicely now.

Thanks again Tallman!

996 back quiet

619 NJ
05-31-2013, 07:16 AM
Nice! You aren't dead keying 6 watts in to your box are you? You'll let the genie out!


619 the Chef choppin' lips and deep-frying Mud Ducks in the Yellin' Yukon and I'm gone...

Silverado 996
05-31-2013, 07:24 AM
Nice! You aren't dead keying 6 watts in to your box are you? You'll let the genie out!
619 the Chef choppin' lips and deep-frying Mud Ducks in the Yellin' Yukon and I'm gone...

Lol! No, she's turn down to 4 - 4.5 watts

619 NJ
05-31-2013, 07:25 AM
Bro that's still pretty high...I'd be checking that box to see how hot it gets...


619 the Chef choppin' lips and deep-frying Mud Ducks in the Yellin' Yukon and I'm gone...

Silverado 996
05-31-2013, 07:39 AM
That's the beauty of the Galaxy radios... adjustable power output! I've been keeping an eye and hand on it, she barely gets warm. I had a buddy of mine radio check me across town and he said she sounded clean and loud. He said I was pounding the hell out of his base station.. lol!

619 NJ
05-31-2013, 07:41 AM
Excellent :) and yes, that's one of the reasons I love galaxy radios :) keep bumping it down my brotha!


619 the Chef choppin' lips and deep-frying Mud Ducks in the Yellin' Yukon and I'm gone...

Silverado 996
05-31-2013, 07:52 AM
That's a BIG 10-4! You do the same bro, we be thumpin' the midnight skys.... BREAKA!! BREAKA!!

the caveman
05-31-2013, 01:46 PM
(Thud) excuse me while i pick my jaw up off the floor gentlemen... Now I can't use my amp my radio does 24 watts dead key:)

Silverado 996
05-31-2013, 03:00 PM
(Thud) excuse me while i pick my jaw up off the floor gentlemen... Now I can't use my amp my radio does 24 watts dead key:)

You'll blow your amp if you use that radio. No more than 5 watts input on a low drive amp.

the caveman
05-31-2013, 11:22 PM
So I've been told lol. I have no idea how much power that amp puts out.

Silverado 996
06-01-2013, 10:58 AM
So I've been told lol. I have no idea how much power that amp puts out.

That's the beauty of Galaxy's Caveman. When I'm not running my amp, I turn the RF power knob to 100 percent and let dead key 6 watts and swing to almost 18 watts. Then when I need the amp I turn it back down to around 4 watt dead key. Your amp from what I read on the silver eagle can be from 150 watts to 200 watts. Prefect for skip shooting! Take
your radio and amp to Tallman... Let him look at it.

the caveman
06-01-2013, 02:33 PM
I'm planning on it! whenever I get that done I'm getting a sticker (with tallmans permission) that says something like "Tallman tuned" to put on my radio:D

Silverado 996
06-01-2013, 03:25 PM
Tallman Tuned & Apporved

the caveman
06-01-2013, 04:02 PM
I like that even better!

Fogdog
06-05-2013, 11:20 PM
That sounds like a Bitchin Radio Bro. Hope to here ya making my speaker rattle.

Silverado 996
06-06-2013, 05:30 PM
That sounds like a Bitchin Radio Bro. Hope to here ya making my speaker rattle.

Thanks bro, so far it been a great radio. I should have had Tallman put a solar flare / weather condition switch on the radio. Lol!

Tallman
06-28-2013, 01:01 AM
I could have put it on there but you don't have enough dc power to run it! Besides the DPS asked me not to send anymore shake and bake units down there. It seems some dude in San Antonio is melting pavement and the Alamo is starting to crumble! So the shake and bake's will have to be operated in winter only.

Silverado 996
06-28-2013, 08:05 PM
Haha Tallman... That just means I need another upgrade. :)

Silverado 996
06-28-2013, 08:08 PM
Well it does make the prefect D-ice-errrrrrr!!

the caveman
06-30-2013, 09:37 AM
Lol 996 are you why the west is having that record heat wave?!:thumb:

Tallman
06-30-2013, 09:47 AM
Captain Caveman, that's why it is called Shake "N" Bake. First the heat and then the earth quakes.

Silverado 996
06-30-2013, 09:51 AM
Well of coarse it is...but I blame the FireStik!

Tallman
06-30-2013, 09:58 AM
Well of coarse it is...but I blame the FireStik!It might be the type of wax you are using on the truck too!

Silverado 996
06-30-2013, 11:20 AM
It's shake-n-bake and I helped...

Silverado 996
01-07-2014, 08:45 AM
This is the second day without my DX949. My 949 is by far way more superior than my stock Cobra 29LXLE. Whats funny is I really liked my 29 until I got my Galaxy. Hey Tallman feel like doing the Shocky mod on my 29 and bumpin' the modulation up a tad.. lol!

BTW... Tallman is installing a echo**** echo***echo**echo* board in my 949... Man, my radio is gonna rip!


966

the caveman
01-07-2014, 10:26 AM
Well of coarse it is...but I blame the FireStik!
I'm thinking about getting a 102" whip on the bumper.

Silverado 996
01-07-2014, 08:47 PM
I'm thinking about getting a 102" whip on the bumper.

Your not running your monkey made or FireStik no more? What about that antenna you won from DSR? Do you still have it? What brand was it?

solarradio351
03-18-2014, 06:01 AM
You'll blow your amp if you use that radio. No more than 5 watts input on a low drive amp.


996. CRANK THE PLUCKER ! . How do I crank down a grant 2 for a low drive amp( surgery ? ) , I have not had a look to see if Texas Star 667v is low drive, but don't want to blow it out of stupidity !
Cheers Mate: 351 :-)

halfwatt959
03-18-2014, 07:34 AM
996 I dig that mount. Now I know where my loose screws went. The rf variable on my 959 will drop to just over 2 and go up to 6. Is there that much difference in the 949 & 959? Mine has the frq. counter and the slide switches are in a diferent place. Where your sws. are is where my frq counter is. And oh yeah I need to borrow 10 gallons of RF premium.

Silverado 996
03-18-2014, 02:01 PM
Halfwatt- the only differences between the 949 and 959 is the freq counter.

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Silverado 996
03-18-2014, 02:04 PM
996. CRANK THE PLUCKER ! . How do I crank down a grant 2 for a low drive amp( surgery ? ) , I have not had a look to see if Texas Star 667v is low drive, but don't want to blow it out of stupidity !
Cheers Mate: 351 :-)

351 check cbtricks.com for you radio. You may find what you need on there buddy.

Silverado 996
03-18-2014, 02:25 PM
351 I would have jumped on channel 38 with you last night but in need to have my LSB adjusted or something. Somethings going on with it. Possible from shipping?!? I sent a video to Tallman to show him what's going on. It could be something simple or it may have to get shipped back to the blue grass state for further evaluation.

I will tell you one thing this radio is a screamer on AM. I hit Georgia, Mississippi, New York and North Carolina today with 20 watts, I'm still amp less at the moment. The locals here really dig the sound of the radio with just enough echo to sound loud and punchy.

73's

solarradio351
03-18-2014, 03:06 PM
is it drifting off channel on ssb ??

solarradio351
03-23-2014, 04:47 AM
I just keep looking at your Galaxy mate... do like that radio 996.. you got me thinking about getting one ( famethrower on ebay ) built in the USA... :-) NICE RADIO 996.... 351... :-)

Silverado 996
03-23-2014, 11:44 AM
351- I do like the radio, my receive on SSB is way off, need to send it off to be adjusted or I would call out for you. Other than that is a great radio. It's the same thing as 959 minus an freq counter. I have to send everything off this week to Tallman.

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Tallman
03-23-2014, 01:12 PM
The Tallman is waiting for it and has the entire week reserved to fix the SSB problem. I talked to the technician at Galaxy and asked him for the "Proper Alignment Procedure" for the galaxy radios. He read the processes on CB tricks and found a minor discrepancy in one part.

Silverado 996
03-23-2014, 05:20 PM
The Tallman is waiting for it and has the entire week reserved to fix the SSB problem. I talked to the technician at Galaxy and asked him for the "Proper Alignment Procedure" for the galaxy radios. He read the processes on CB tricks and found a minor discrepancy in one part.

I will get both items shipped Monday or Tuesday, got busy at work and gymnastics.

solarradio351
03-23-2014, 05:53 PM
Sounds good mate .. let me know how it go's when its home again... cheers mate.. 351 :-)