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Creator
Junior Member
Username: Creator
Post Number: 38
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 27, 2004 - 11:02 pm: | 
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Hey, so I returned the hacked DX 95T to whom I purchased it from, because it was'nt what I wanted. So I purchased another, free from the "Golden Screwdriver", completely unmodified, so I know someones grubby hands were'nt in my radio before I owned it.
But now I have 2 new problems, I'm getting reports of the echo on when its not(more prevelant with the audio up on the mic gain and the power mic), can prove this to myself by talking with the PA on. AND if I max the mic gain and the power mic volume, it transmits squealing sound (no, the talkback feature is turned off), can witness the awesome looking modulation lamp going nuts plus with the incredible swing of this beast, you can see the needle jumping w/ the the sound of the squeal.
So I have to back off the mic gain 50% to avoid the squealing, (like I really want to do that). I have flat SWR's, have radio hooked up to an Astron 20 amp PS, what can I do besides ship to tech support ( already have an RMA#)..
One thing for sure, If it did'nt have these 2 problems, this beast would raise the dead! Had it hooked to a tuned mobile magnetic mount antenna mounted (indoors) to a large steal kitchen sink, and only pushed this rig to 12 watts on SSB chanel 38 LSB and spoke to a guy in Colorado from NY! Skip of course!
I would deal with 1000 problems just to get to the day where this puppy will runs perfect, its a hot rig..
Any suggestions before I ship to tech support?
Rob |
Bigbob
Senior Member
Username: Bigbob
Post Number: 1648
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 8:09 pm: |
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Turn your mike gain all the way up on radio and just crack open the mike gain on the mike,these radios have a very hi-gain mike preamp built in,you are in all likely hood over driving the preamp causing feedback squeal,additionally if the mike cord is in close proximity to the radiation of the antenna it will pick up RF and that will cause squeal.Bigbob |
Creator
Junior Member
Username: Creator
Post Number: 39
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 11:45 pm: |
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Bigbob, the mike cord IS in close proximity to the magnetic antenna mounted to the kithen sink (pathetic), like only 3 feet away. Plus I am driving it with a blasting mic, the Turner +3B. The weird thing is I get reports of loud audio, but the modulation meter on the rig only peaks at 60%. Anyway the audio is routed through the echo board, I wonder why there is some echo making its way through with the switch off,
is there a way to bypass the echo board internally????, then I would'nt have to ship out the rig monday..
Thanks Bigbob |
Bigbob
Senior Member
Username: Bigbob
Post Number: 1653
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 4:42 pm: |
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The echo is your mikes sensitivity is too high turn the microphones gain down and it will go away,and you will still have a booming station,cef 197 told me to be quiet I was walking all over the stations that he was trying to copy. |
Creator
Junior Member
Username: Creator
Post Number: 41
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 4:35 pm: |
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Echo problem fixed, called support, asked if you can bypass the echo board, you can, told me how, did it, problem gone! Echo gone and sqeal gone too! Now I can crank it up!!!!
Rob |
Mikefromms
Intermediate Member
Username: Mikefromms
Post Number: 110
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 6:03 pm: |
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Send that 95T my way if you tire of it.
mikefromms |
Bigbob
Senior Member
Username: Bigbob
Post Number: 1675
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 8:14 pm: |
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OK,OK,so I was wrong,so sue me,LOL.Bigbob |
Creator
Junior Member
Username: Creator
Post Number: 42
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 8:23 pm: |
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No way! I love this bad boy! It's got incredible swing WITHOUT the golden screwdriver! The audio is BO-DACIOUS! The louder the audio the more the peak power... Now with an Imax 2000, together we can rule the world! I just need more money, masts, guy wire, good ground, ground plain kit, low loss coax, Imax 2000, low pass filter... I'm on my way..
Rob
One happy camper! |
Parts_man
New member
Username: Parts_man
Post Number: 2
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 9:53 pm: |
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Sounds like a great radio. What will it max out at with swing at a 25% deadkey. The ad in Copper doesn't say. Is it as good on SSB as it is on AM?
Sam |
Creator
Junior Member
Username: Creator
Post Number: 46
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 1:16 am: |
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Parts man: I dont push the radio much past 4 watts on AM because I'm temporarily using a radio shack cheapy antenna (indoors, no ground, hooked to sink), can only handle like 4 little watts. The swing alone is capable of flikering the high swr lights. I really dont want to fry the finals. BUT with variable power set to 2 watts, loud audio swings the carrier to 30 watts peak. Thats UNMODIFIED my friend, when I had the peaked & tuned version at 2 watts it peaked at 200 watts. That needle was fix'in to break!
On SSB, current setup, I DX'ed Colorado from NY at 12 watts peak ch38 LSB (while using the indoor antenna setup) I could'nt beleive it, thought he didnt hear me till we kept the dialog going then I was like WOW, he's really talking to ME! I would recomend this radio to anybody.
Oh, if anyone experiences the problem I had with the DX 95T, here is the remedy (if your not caring about echo)
>>>To bypass the echo board you will need to remove the three pin white connector on the main located toward the front right corner of the pc board labeled J12. Then remove the same type three pin white connector on the echo board and plug it into J12 on the main pc board. Everything will work normally except there will be no echo.
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This was all I needed...
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Bigbob
Senior Member
Username: Bigbob
Post Number: 1681
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 5:42 am: |
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PSSST,Parts man I been hearin' that that rig will swing to 200 with the Copper peak&tune,keep it under your hat ,mums the word,Bigbob. |
Parts_man
New member
Username: Parts_man
Post Number: 3
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 1:08 pm: |
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That's a lot of swing. I've got a RCI 6900f150 that I thought was awesome by swinging 110 watts but the 95 T 's got it way beat. Bucks are gone now but you can bet that the Galaxy will be the next radio on the list down the road. |
Cm3885
Intermediate Member
Username: Cm3885
Post Number: 232
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 1:38 pm: |
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So is the 95T that good? I might have to sell my 2970 DX and get one to try out!!!! |
Bigbob
Senior Member
Username: Bigbob
Post Number: 1690
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 6:39 pm: |
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So far I haven't heard a discouraging word,it's got the same final amp as the 2995dx,200 watts pep when peaked,2 2sc2290s,imagine one for the home and one for the mini-van. |
Creator
Member
Username: Creator
Post Number: 85
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 8:54 pm: |
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Just wanted to mention that eventually I missed having an echo board, so I called Galaxy and they shipped me another echo board FREE! I got it in 3 days! I popped it in and BINGO, my DX95T is as it should be! Perfect! It was a faulty board..
Galaxy is great! Excellent customer service! |
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