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Author Message   Bc910 New member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 2 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - 10:09 pm:        I LOVE THIS RADIO!!! Even better than my old 99v, so far. Everything seems to work flawlessly, the talk back is wonderful! The echo is up there with the astatic mobile max (my opinion) 1.5-45 watts of swing right out of the box amazing frequency coverage if you choose the right mod. Something like 26.000 to almost 33.000, DARN! My only complaint is, in my opinion the channel selector feels kinda sloppy but I can deal with it. I don't know about any one else but I'm not putting the second "USA" face on it now, I’ll wait till the standard face gets warn and ugly, pull the covers off, sand and paint then put the "USA" face on and it will look like a new radio 10 years from now (GREAT IDEA MAGNUM!) Have fun, I hope every one else likes this radio as much as I do   Jon666 Intermediate Member Username: Jon666 Post Number: 251 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 2:11 pm:        sounds like a great radio im saving up to get one enjoy the radio sounds like a real good radio jon   Jon666 Intermediate Member Username: Jon666 Post Number: 252 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 9:18 pm:        WELL I JUST ORDERED ONE CANT WAIT TO GET IT. ILL GIVE MY REVIEW HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS JON   Northstar Junior Member Username: Northstar Post Number: 38 Registered: 2-2002 Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 12:05 am:        These radios are decent as long as they are aligned by a qualified technician and no one went turning things inside.   Bc910 Junior Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 48 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 1:02 am:        Jon666, U get yours yet? BC   Jon666 Intermediate Member Username: Jon666 Post Number: 254 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 2:17 pm:        yes i got it AWSOME RADIO!!!!!!!! i love it best radio i eaver owned cheers yo magnum international great job jon   Bc910 Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 50 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 6:51 pm:        Amazing isn't it, I mean on the serface it doesn't seem special, but then you turn it on... Just amazing why it took so long for a company to do it is un believable GO MAGNUM!!! BC   Tech808 Moderator Username: Tech808 Post Number: 3353 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 6:59 pm:        Bc910, The MAGNUM S-9 Has many features that NO other MAGNUM radio or any other radio on the market has and it is Truley the FLAGSHIP of the MAGNUM LINE of Radios. Lon Tech808   Patzerozero Junior Member Username: Patzerozero Post Number: 40 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 7:51 pm:        you guys are making my mouth water-oh wait thats dinner cooking. still playing with my brand new 4 yr old delta i just got back from sam. i suppose i see some of the hype in that one. as soon as i figure out what to do with it,(probably put it in mobile #2 or 3, or in the shack w/the rest of 'em) then i'll be whippin' out the ole credit card. the s9 WILL go in mobile #1, boy i hope you guys ain't pulling my leg or i'll have to hold you responsible when my wife asks why the ups man was here again!   Jon666 Intermediate Member Username: Jon666 Post Number: 257 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 10:49 pm:        ill take the blame. belive me you wont be sorry. have copper tune it for you. jon   Bc910 Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 51 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 11:58 pm:        Well duh Lon, that's what I was saying, you just say it better Patzerozero; I will tell you this much from my own personal experience; my favorite mobile I have EVER owned was my Galaxy 99, it just had everything I wanted. Good power, good audio (AM) good SSB good FM echo, and a big ol' meter!!! (I love that thing) Then after using it for a while I realized that there were still some problems, the big ones were the freq shift while warming up, the second would be the darn birdies, one of which was at 27.110 right in-between 13 and 12 ARRRG!!! Other things I didn't like were, I never used the voice changer and robot mainly 'couse they s^ck, any way, long story short, that was my favorite radio (believe it or not) and I have had a lot! The S9 doesn't move on freq and I have the 6 digit enabled! The useless robot and voice changer are replaced by a TURBO echo!! NO BIRDIES!!! Big meter!!!! Nice blue back light, which actually turns red on transmit, not just normal with a red light added!!!!! Better AM audio!!!!!! Great SSB and FM reports!!!!!!! Great power (45 watts stock uuuhh hhuuuu uh hu uuuh huuu that makes me happy)!!!!!!!! I just plain haven’t found a problem yet!!!!!!!!! Sorry I sound like a RFParts salesman or something, but this radio just plain blew my mind Unfortunately I don't think any one has had one long enough in mobile operation to see how well it takes a beating Thanks BC   Patzerozero Junior Member Username: Patzerozero Post Number: 44 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Saturday, August 21, 2004 - 8:24 pm:        nope, wasn't dinner making my mouth water. if only the weeks had 9 or 10 days in 'em, good thing radio room & computer are in different parts of house, or there wouldn't be time to go to work! last galaxy i owned and actually used was a pluto, maybe 10 yrs ago, maybe more. the things you could do with the audio on those older galaxies was amazing, then i'd go in my #1 truck w/ the ar3500 and i'd think to myself what am i doing with that galaxy and that noisy receiver. had galaxy II and original galaxy 88 with no course fine tune(whatever were they thinking w/that one?) that just shook to pieces in my trucks. now that i think about it, my grant xl is the only radio i've had that has not self destructed from the bouncing. never much into toys, only use the roger beep when i need to annoy someone, but the kids sure do get a kick out of the turbo echo in the delta when set to continuous echo! built a box for a truckdriver one time that had EVERY toy in it- rb, 5 tone rb, pings, bells, maybe 25 other noise modules-w/cost of toys & what he paid me to build it he must've had a grand into it!just don't get it. do anticipate ordering a S9 within the next several weeks, so jon & bc, keep us all updated on your S9's til i get mine!!   Highlander Advanced Member Username: Highlander Post Number: 589 Registered: 12-2001 Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 8:19 am:        I don't own one (yet), but from looking at and hearing about the S9, it seems that the people at Magnum just know what's cool!   Hatchet New member Username: Hatchet Post Number: 2 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 9:39 am:        While these radios are nice they are still just a Clone.I would like to see someone design a NEW radio from the ground up. Not just the same radio in a different package. Its like getting the same thing for X-mas year after year. Magnum has the skills to do it if they would.   Tech808 Moderator Username: Tech808 Post Number: 3373 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 10:09 am:        Hatchet, The New MAGNUM line has been designed from the ground up and the MAGNUM S-9 has NEW Features, NEW Components and been Completely Re-Designed with New Features that NO Other Magnum Radio or ANY other radio on the market has. That is what Places the MAGNUM S-9 FAR above any other radio on the market today in overall performance. If you Own one or have Used one you would Clearly see there is NO COMPARISON to any other Radios on the market at this time. It is as people say the " THE LEADER OF THE PACK!" Lon Tech808   Bc910 Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 61 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 11:29 am:        Yeah hatchet, just because it resembles a 99 or whatever doesn't mean it is one. That is what I thought too, but believe me it is not your every day radio. BC   Hatchet New member Username: Hatchet Post Number: 3 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 4:57 pm:        The S-9 and the Northpoints are the same radio no matter what anyone says. The S-9 just has a couple extra toys....Still just a clone of the same old stuff. I want to see someone design a NEW radio not like anyone elses. I know it can be done   Tech808 Moderator Username: Tech808 Post Number: 3376 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 7:01 pm:        The Northpoint radios DO NOT have the: #1 ~ TOP GUN MODULATOR BOARD (A MAGNUM EXCLUSIVE) #2 ~ THE AMT (ALL MODE TALKBACK) also (ANOTHER MAGUNM EXCLUSIVE) #3 ~ The NEW Speech Processor that the S-9 Has (ANOTHER MAGNUM EXCLUSIVE) Sorry but all of the above ARE MAGNUM INTERNATIONAL EXCLUSIVES that NO Other Radio has INCLUDING the Northpoint Radios. Somewhere you have been greatly Mis-informed and have not read the Reviews on the MAGNUM Radios listing the Features that are posted here on the Copper Forum. Compare the Features of the MAGNUM LINE of radios and you will find that NONE of those features are in ANY RADIO EXCEPT The MAGNUM LINE of RADIO's and MAGNUM INTERNATIONAL is also the ONLY Company with the new M-1 that has a MIL - SPEC BOARD in it. There is truth in what you said though in that MAGNUM INTERNATIONAL DID DEVELOP THE NEW LINE OF RADIOS and there are many others out there trying there best to copy them but again they do not have the Parts / Componets that are EXCLUSIVE to the MAGNUM INTERNATIONAL Line of Radios ONLY! Lon Tech808   Bc910 Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 65 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 7:19 pm:        ARRRG!!! What makes you say they are the same...? Have you looked at the boards? Have you looked at the way they are put together, the quality, the features, the design, and the parts that are used? Have you owned, or at least taken apart both radios, before deciding that they are twins. I don't mean to sound angry, I'm not. I’m Just trying to get the point across, this is not a clone! I have been in "the radio community" since somewhere around 1995, and I have used, fixed, owned, traded, bought, sold, blown up more than my share of radios. I have had more radios open and in front of me than most people have had their hoods open on all the cars they have ever owned! I am not a tech! I am self taught, and I must admit I have not personally seen the schematics, or the main PCB of a northpoints radio, however I have seen pictures of the PCB from my old tech and I have physically seen my S9 and though there may be similarities, they are, in no way, even related, two completely different radios. I have never used a Northpoint radio, heck it may be a better radio. I can tell you this; however, it is a different radio! A lot of people make the mistake of seeing the same features, or the same basic design in different radios and assuming that they are the same. Most of the time this is true, however, not always, Voyage VR9000/Galaxy 88 for example, same board, different quality! I, like you would love to see some “totally new” exports out there and even though this may not be to your standards as far as “newness” It was to mine! I just got my Yeasu the other day, and while playing with it I kept thinking “wouldn’t it bee cool if a company would make an export like this, small, powerful, alpha/numeric display, numbered keypad on mic for direct input, bla, bla, bla” Even though the S9 doesn’t include any of these features, it is still the newest designed radio on the market today. Believe me from this point on all other manufacturers will be cloning Magnum’s S9 for their own production lines, and calling it their own. I wouldn’t even doubt that, in a few years Galaxy will come out with a 99M (or whatever they want to call it) with the whole radio being an S9, down to the blue back lights. If not Galaxy, someone will do it. It is sad, that for many years all companies have done nothing but copy each other over, and over, and over, to produce the same boring black box, 40 channel mind numbing CB’s. But take it from me, and the other owners of the S9, Magnum has set a new standard with this one. The closest thing to appear to be copied from any other radio on the market would be the chassis and the over all look of the radio, that’s it! In fact I think they even made that, their own! Thank you for letting me rant BC   Bc910 Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 66 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 7:21 pm:        BTW, I am in no way as elegant, a typer as Lon   Bc910 Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 68 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 7:43 pm:        Here’s some reviews by people like you an I that I thought all’ya might find interesting:. Just sold my S-3 to a friend and got the S-9 and love it!! loud and clear and the top gun does give it a AUDIO kick but takes some of the clarity away. Very quiet recive, I didn't think it was very good at first but after getting used to not hearing all the other racket realized it was good!! Only used the sideband a couple times but it stayes true and really gets out. o********316 __________ have had some nice radios, but nothing like this one. love my s9 Ha********ead57 __________ my general lee, which is a fine fine radio is now my backup radio. I really love that radio, but the s9 I bought last week has stolen my heart. man what a fine looking and great working radio. nothing but flowers and what radio are you talking on. made a barefoot contact yestyerday on 28 to someone outside chicago from texas. talked to someone 30 miles barefoot today, and they were amped up, but not me. I didnt have to flip that remote switch, but when I do flip it the s9 does a great job with my xt400. h*********ad __________ The S-9 is made in china, some of the Magnums were made in the philipeen's and those had some issues.The S-9 is made at a different place. I bought Two, sold my Galaxy 99. I love this radio ( S-9)!! The talk back is like no other and the turbo echo is smooth and unreal !!!! I run with the same bunch of guys in the same area, air reports are awsome compared to my 99. What you hear on the talk back is what is being transmitted . It's clean, smooth audio, good recieve. Rolling Radio tuned mine. At a 3 watt dead key it had 17 1/2 bird rms with 47 peak. All with out the top gun switch on. I'm sure bigger numbers are possible but this thing is clean and crisp !!!!! I run a xt 400 xforce behind it. Rms is 480 and with the top gun rms is 620. but it is not clean with top gun in the one possition with amp. I can have the mic gain at any possition and it just gets loader, not dirtier. I also can be close up and still sound crisp and clean with amp on . I was preached peak watts yrs ago, but RMJS ius were it's at!! my other radio didn't have good rms with same amp , high rms is a huge difference !!! I recomend having it profesionally tuned, spend alittle more and have something !! G**P**p~F***y __________ Look out Connex and Galaxy, the new RF Limited S9 is hands down better than the Galaxy DX99V or any similar radios. The new S9 is an all mode transceiver (AM, FM, SSB, CW) Popular features include a 6-digit frequency counter, all mode adjustable talk back and turbo echo. The main circuit board in the S9 is very similar to that used in Galaxy radios, but with some major upgrades. This radio is like a tricked out Galaxy for less money. It features the popular Top Gun modulator, which is like the SP1-A speech processor. The real advantage to the speech processor is that it will increase your average power, meaning overall you'll be putting out more wattage than similar radio. The S9 is capable of a true 50 watts of PEP power. If you want a great all mode radio this is it. The S9 is truly a real hotrod radio straight from the factory. NOW IN STOCK! __________ I just coppied and pasted, sorry for any misspellings or whatever, I also tried to give credit to who wrote the review, and oh yeah don’t forget the review on coppers forum Thanks BC   Patzerozero Junior Member Username: Patzerozero Post Number: 49 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 10:18 pm:        stop it! please! oh somebody help me! i want my S9 now! oh, wait, i didn't order it yet. i said in a couple of weeks-well i guess i'll just have to do it sooner. haven't heard a signal more than 50 miles away since i got my delta back last monday, i know dx is declining, but c'mon, don't we have a couple more yrs before it's totally dead? oh, texas, where are you guys, falls a'comin'! i wanna at least test my old-new delta before i retire it.   Bc910 Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 73 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 10:47 pm:        Now I'm just torturing you huh Patzerzero? Pretty isn't it? hehe, ok I'm done teasing, seriously tho, best money I ever spent! BC   Patzerozero Member Username: Patzerozero Post Number: 51 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 11:04 pm:        i'm starting to not like you   Tech808 Moderator Username: Tech808 Post Number: 3378 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 11:06 pm:          Bc910 Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 73 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 11:49 pm:        Oh come on, it realy isn't very often I actualy get to brag when you gettin yours? hey Lon howd u get that smily to work?   Hatchet New member Username: Hatchet Post Number: 4 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 6:41 am:        Well since my last post was not posted for some unknown reason ill try to do this again. If you would go back and re-read my post Lon, I did say that Magnum had a few more toys added( Top Gun, Speech processor,AMT) But besides those "toys", they are idendical. Yes Bc910, I have seen both radios inside and out. Dont get me wrong, they are nice rigs, but the fact remains that they are still the same radio weither anyone wants to admit it or not. Yes Lon, I have read your Review on both the S-3 and the S-9. Still waiting for a NEW radio   Bc910 Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 74 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 10:25 am:        I think I know what you’re saying and I think we all miss-interpreted it. I believe what you are trying to say is, you want a completely 100% new, nothing like it anywhere, couldn't even try to compare it to any other radio, what the heck is that?, people mistake it for something other than a cb, totally different CB, right? If that's the case then yeah, I agree with you. On the other hand, like I said earlier, the S9 is the closest to that that we have as of yet, so what are we supposed to do? BTW Like I said I haven’t gotten to play with a northstar yet, are they nice? BC   Hatchet New member Username: Hatchet Post Number: 5 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 1:27 pm:        Yea they are a nice rig.....If youve played with the S9....Youve played with a Northstar. Turn the Topgun Modulator, AMT, and Speech processor off and you have a Northstar. Nice rigs but still Old radios   Patzerozero Member Username: Patzerozero Post Number: 57 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 5:33 pm:        ar3500, now that was different, never duplicated. uh, um, i'll probably order this week or next monday, just gotta get a couple of things in order. now, if jon666, who said he'd take the blame when my wife yells about the ups man, is gonna pay for the siding for my house when it comes sometime this week or next, then i'd order it now. hey, my shacks in the basement, vinyl siding isn't going to effect my swr's or anything, what do i need it for? oh, yea, to keep her quiet.(SHHHHH, don't tell her i said that). still would love to test drive my delta if we could just coax some skip out of the woodwork.   Jon666 Intermediate Member Username: Jon666 Post Number: 260 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 3:21 pm:        no matter if its new old or otherwise i love my s9 the receive in a northstar or northpoint is very noisy receiver in other words i think they stink i have had both the new northpoint n9 and i sold it on ebay cheap because it was a sorry excuse for a radio and i got the s9 the s9 is supieror to the nortstar   Hatchet New member Username: Hatchet Post Number: 7 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 5:26 pm:        Did you try to get an alignment on the northstar??? Some radios do need an alignment from the factory. This goes for Cobra, uniden, RF Limited, Northstar....All of them. An alignment strait out of the factory will help just about any radio.   Jon666 Intermediate Member Username: Jon666 Post Number: 261 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 3:42 pm:        yes i had my tech alighn and tune it the magnum is a much better radio then the northpoint radio just my opinon having both radios to compair with the s9 is superor to the northpoint radio   Dillon New member Username: Dillon Post Number: 1 Registered: 8-2004 Posted on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 8:50 pm:        Hello all I am waiting for my s9 to arrive. I am curious to know what the feedback is regarding the stock mike versus using a different mike? Thanks Dillon   Tech808 Moderator Username: Tech808 Post Number: 3471 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 9:07 pm:        Dillon, WELCOME TO THE COPPER FORUM! The Stock Mic performed very well and we also use the DM-452 Hand Mic which also gives very good results. Lon Tech808   Bc910 Intermediate Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 146 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 9:26 pm:        I like my d104 m6B personaly, but to each his own BC PS the stock mic does work very nicely, however it is still a stock mic and if you are a fan of power mics you will still prefer the power mic. The nice thing is you can have them both hooked up at the same time!!!! I love my radio   Waverider Junior Member Username: Waverider Post Number: 39 Registered: 12-2003 Posted on Friday, September 03, 2004 - 8:06 am:        Dillon, although I don't own an S9 I do have a Delta Force. I have always run power mics on all my other radios if for no other reason then it gave the audio a more pleasing tone. For example I just got a DM-452 and am running on an old Tram D60 and it works great. However my Delta Force has so much audio (loud & clean too) that I have not even thought about running anything but the stock mic. If you run SSB most of the time like I do be careful with a power mic. Usually the audio on SSB doesn't need much help. Have fun with your S9, from the posts I have read you are gonna love it! Hey Lon, have I missed the review of the S1 or are you still putting it through it's paces? Was thinking about getting one for the wifes truck. 73's Barry CEF335   Patzerozero Member Username: Patzerozero Post Number: 74 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Friday, September 03, 2004 - 5:00 pm:        lookie what the ups man left on my front porch-a brand spanking new S9 from copper! now i just gotta find time to take it out of the box and take it for a test drive!   Dillon New member Username: Dillon Post Number: 2 Registered: 8-2004 Posted on Friday, September 03, 2004 - 7:17 pm:        Thanks all for the feedback. Just got the s9 radio yesterday and will be setting up this weekend in the car. I am also thinking of putting the unit in the house as a base.. Any suggestions as to which power supply and antenna would be most appreciated. I am considering the Jay in the Mohavie Interceptor as an antenna as I have heard nothing but amazing things about it. Thanks Dillon   Bc910 Intermediate Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 160 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Friday, September 03, 2004 - 10:00 pm:        Dillon and Pat: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK PLEASE! so far nothing but good about this radio (minus my 1 fall back) I'm interested to see what other ppl think! BC   Highlander Advanced Member Username: Highlander Post Number: 604 Registered: 12-2001 Posted on Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 3:50 am:        An IMAX-2000 or Maco V5/8 will have the same gain as that Interceptor for alot less money, so unless you live in some kind of extreme climate, I'd suggest saving some money. Get the best Coax you can afford, though! I would think that a 20 or 25 amp power supply would be adequate for that radio, I am NOT a fan of Pyramid, btw. A Trip-lite or an Ameritron would be a good choice, among others.   Jon666 Intermediate Member Username: Jon666 Post Number: 262 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 2:43 pm:        the only problem with mine is the noise blanker dont seem to work it dont matter where you put the noise blanker switch it dont do anything???? any suggestions? jon   Tech808 Moderator Username: Tech808 Post Number: 3495 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 3:13 pm:        The best suggestion I would have is to contact Chris at the MAGNUM Service Center and let him know about it and follow his advice. 1-909-390-5056   Patzerozero Member Username: Patzerozero Post Number: 81 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 11:53 pm:        well it sure is the NICEST LOOKING cb/export/pseudo 10 meter rig i ever saw! i will give it that! of course this about the only weekend all summer where it's been perfect weather fri-mon, so outlook for attending to hobbies is slim at this point. but i am just DYING to fire it up!   Dillon New member Username: Dillon Post Number: 3 Registered: 8-2004 Posted on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 7:47 pm:        Jon Just set up my s9 in the car today. I also noticed that when you switch the NB switch to the middle, it does nothing! The position all the way to the right only turns off the frequency counter. If you hear of any feedback please let me know. I am running the unit with a Wilson 1000 trunk mount on a 2005 Ford Taurus and the lowest I can get my swr down to is 1.6-2.0 Not sure why, but it seems that if this is or becomes a problem that built in swr alarm should let me know something is wrong. Any feedback would be appreciated. Dillon   Tech808 Moderator Username: Tech808 Post Number: 3518 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 8:09 pm:        Dillon, On your Ford Taurus or any other type of car using a trunk lip mount, Scratch the Paint off of the Trunk lid where your set screws go and also run a wire from the Bottom of the bracket or set screws to your Frame. Your trunk lid is not completely grounded. Lon Tech808   Jon666 Intermediate Member Username: Jon666 Post Number: 265 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 3:42 pm:        there is a swr warning switch on the back make shure its turned on jon ps i sold mine radio is to noisey for me   Dillon New member Username: Dillon Post Number: 4 Registered: 8-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 6:29 pm:        Bummer that you had to sell your s9 Jon. My radio is silent compared to some others I have owned. The noise level on my radio is so low it is amazing. I will also say that I hooked it up next to the galaxy 95t, and the RCI 2970 and the noise level is lower than those as well. Good luck with whatever you go with. This radio is a screamer!! Dillon   Tech808 Moderator Username: Tech808 Post Number: 3531 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 8:31 am:        Dillon, No one ever has to sell a Radio unless they want to or choose to. They are covered under the Factory Warranty and would have been Fixed for FREE or REPLACED if un-repairable. Any Copper Forum Member who buys a RF Limited or Magnum Radio from Copper can contact me direct at: Tech808@copperelectronics.com if they are having problems and I can Issue them an RA Number to return the Radio to the RF Limited / Magnum International Service Center. This is an Extra Service the the Owner of RF Limited and Magnum International has given Copper to handle any problems a Copper Customer may incur. Lon Tech808 Tech808@copperelectronics.com   Jon666 Intermediate Member Username: Jon666 Post Number: 266 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 3:07 pm:        it wasent the radios fault i live in the city and i have alot of high voltage lines overhead and 3 transformers righ next to my apt. i get a ton of static here i was using it as a base radio so there was nothing really wrong with the radio the only thing i didnt like is the nb was not very good thanks jon   Patzerozero Member Username: Patzerozero Post Number: 98 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, September 12, 2004 - 10:00 pm:        finally hooked up my S9 in the shack tonite. like i said before, it is the sharpest looking 'cb' i've ever seen! i like the receiver, not as quiet as ar3500, but much less white noise than the delta force. antenna a macoV5/8 with stock S9 on 27.515LSB, talked 50 miles thru dx to brooklyn and we could hear each other! i talk mostly AM so of course i couldn't get back to any dx on ch 6 and my regular, 26.835 was DEAD silent. on my sx100 30 watt scale says only 20 watts swing, but on 300 watt scale says 45. guess i'll have to go get a cheap cb wattmeter... will use it in shack for awhile before i set up in mobile to make sure there's no bugs. and i suspect i have 2. with mag mount wilson 2000 configured for 3:1 swr's, and swr warning switch on, a couple of quick keys and no antenna warnings. hmmmm, not major. HOWEVER, the NO NOISE BLANKER situation ain't gonna cut it in the mobile that's for sure! with the engine off everythings fine, start it up though, boy you can barely hear yourself think. and turn on the ac/heater blower and that's it, reception of radio signals is non-existant! i am gonna try one of magnums power cords with filter(knew i should have ordered it w/radio!) just curious if any of you guys called magnum and what they said. like you guys said right nb+ position just shuts off freq counter, none of the 3 positions make any difference w/any of the noise. still very happy with low noise in the receiver, will have to try it a few more times in different conditions to see if it compares to my ar3500. same with transmit. my qso to brooklyn thru noise makes me believe i'll be happy, though. i love the blue lites, just hope when i do get it mobile they're not annoying in dark like those new headlites with the blue tinge to them-they annoy the heck out of me! again-did anyone call magnum to ask about the noise blanker situation?   Patzerozero Member Username: Patzerozero Post Number: 99 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, September 13, 2004 - 6:13 pm:        some more testing w/my new S9 today. still in the base, had a 10 minute qso on usb27.455 w/a station in maracaibo, venezuela. he had a beam and 250 watts, i was barefoot on V5/8. his signal had a lot of fade, from 1-5 s-units. my 40+ watt signal in venezuela was S9 to 40db over S9-amazing! had at least 6 or 7 other stations call me as i left the air-all over south america! peru, chile, argentina and brazil-very wide area to hear skip from at one time, but that was about it. no big noise level, not really that many stations out there, and they all had a decent signal. no more time to talk, unfortunately. just got back from store, had son on S9 in shack on AM 26.835, i was about 10 miles from home and the S9 sounded GREAT! with topgun on, as it will always be, you can hear the compression, (slight hint of audio being clipped) maybe just on the verge of being too much, but than again it gives it a distinctive sound, all its own. dead silence on freq, signal strength was nearly same at that location as my 100w ar3500, and i would swear the audio was NOTICEABLY louder on S9 than ar3500! next experiment is to find the perfect setting for a noise cancelling-power mic and see if we can improve on the loudness. noise-cancelling mic is a must because every creak of the chair, every loud breath, even the sound of the earth rotating was picked up by the mic, definitely a close-the-window-turn-on-the-air cond type of radio. as long as my dx500 don't tell my truck's computer to self-destruct, i think we're in business. still waiting to see about NB, but this radio is definitely a KEEPER!!!!!!!!!!!!may eventually order a 2nd to keep at the shack! it is a tvi machine, though. filter wasn't inline w/S9, got several reception reports from neighbors about how the endless echo sounds over their tv's! even my 100w ar3500 doesn't affect my own digital cable tv, but the S9 kept putting the ch info up and freezing it on the screen. oh well, americans watch too much tv anyway! like you said, Bc, S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Bc910 Intermediate Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 163 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, September 13, 2004 - 7:06 pm:        Hey Pat I haven’t experienced the NB problem like you guys have...HMMMMM? Oh well maybe my truck is quiet (electrically) Any way NB on should be in the center position, I believe it is the same as the 99v all the way left is off, middle on, and right is on with no freq counter. Also haven’t found a rfi problem yet either, but again it is in a mobile and if I am causing it they never knew what hit 'em 'couse I was zoooomin' buy 'em I went on 19 last night to show the radio to a friend and started a quick conversation with a trucker (knowing truckers, having been one myself) They normally wont give good radio checks out like candy. The most you normally ever get is "it's workin'" Well last night this wasn't the case after talking to this trucker for 2 or 3 minutes he already was asking me who made it, how much it cost, etc, and by the end of the qso (maybe 5 min total) I had about 5 other people asking about the radio, saying it was loud!!! Proud!!! And all sorts of other compliments. They all wanted to know where they could get one and how much, who made it, what mods were done (none of course, that's one reason I like this radio so much!) Most didn't ever hear of Magnum, well they have now and at least the guys I talk to the other night like what they heard, big time!!! Amazing, I have never gotten reports like that before! Not to say that I never got good reports, in fact they were almost all good in the past but these were soooooooo good and soooooooo easy to get, I mean I only asked for one from one guy and got 5 or 6!!! I can't say enough about this radio! BC   Bc910 Intermediate Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 164 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, September 13, 2004 - 7:09 pm:        Oh! by the way, I'm gonna go watch TV now   Dillon New member Username: Dillon Post Number: 5 Registered: 8-2004 Posted on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 4:06 pm:        Hey guys Dillon here and I wanted to let you know I too am getting awesome reports on how my s9 performs. I bought the rk56 noise canceling mike and the mike sounds perfect. Puts the stock mike to shame and I tried my d104 astatic and the rk got the best reports. I recommend it. Also, I am going to be picking up the Jay in the Mohavee base antenna for the s9 in the house. Anyone live near me in NY? I live in Wallkill,NY near New Paltz and Newburgh. I have also ordered a Diamond sx100 swr/power meter to test power and swr for the mobile and base. Can anyone tell me if I made a good choice on the meter? Thanks Dillon   Highlander Advanced Member Username: Highlander Post Number: 610 Registered: 12-2001 Posted on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 7:13 pm:        Diamond has good stuff. I recommend an Imax 2000 instead of the I10K, unless you live somewhere with very extreme weather conditions. Performance-wise, in my opinion the I10K is WAY too expensive for an omni. Not saying it isn't a good product, just not worth the money to me.   Dillon New member Username: Dillon Post Number: 6 Registered: 8-2004 Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 3:01 am:        Highlander, Frankly, the only reason I was considering the I10k is that supposedly it does a great job at preventing TVI as I live pretty close to my neighbors. Any thoughts? Dillon   Highlander Advanced Member Username: Highlander Post Number: 611 Registered: 12-2001 Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 7:18 am:        According to Tech833, who is a highly respected RF engineer with extensive knowledge of antennas, antennas do not cause TVI. So one omni antenna being "better" at preventing TVI than another is probably not the case. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure you will be happy with the I10K, it is a fine product. I just think that the extra money saved by buying an Imax2000 or Maco V58 can buy some nice shack accessories, and there would be no noticable difference in the RF performance of the antenna.   Patzerozero Intermediate Member Username: Patzerozero Post Number: 101 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 9:44 pm:        hey dillon, i'm 60 miles east of madison square garden. probably too far to talk barefoot omni-to-omni, though have talked farther straight trip 1kw+ in my mobile to a beam in pa. have never used imax, but like highlander says, for $ i'd go w/maco v5/8. it's stood up to ice storms and blizzards we've had past 9 or 10 yrs, hasn't broken but needed to be straightened once or twice. never missed a beat! when done PROPERLY, and almost NOBODY does, a quality tvi filter and WELL grounded system will eliminate as much rfi as possible. when you don't interfere with picture, but your audio comes over neighbors tv and not yours, and it is crystal clear-not staticy sounding, that usually is an indication of the poor quality filtering in the tv or whatever, and that may require some work at the neighbors house to alleviate the problem. that's why i do 90% of my high watt skiptalking from the mobile.   Bc910 Intermediate Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 166 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, September 20, 2004 - 7:18 pm:        I HEARD MINE TODAY!!!!!!!!!! AND I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! By far the loudest/cleanest radio I have ever owned (I still can't believe it is bone stock) Clean Echo too. The audio gets a little fuzzy with the "top gun" modulator on but what you lose in clarity, you gain in complete, un-adulterated, unbelievable loudness! I have heard louder radios before but none that sound this good and this loud at the same time! BC   Patzerozero Intermediate Member Username: Patzerozero Post Number: 116 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 10:02 am:        bc, sorry i wasn,t around to agree with you sooner!!!! what was that you said? oh yea, S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9 hooked it up to a high drive texas star dx350v just for kicks. S9 on 10 amp power supply topgun on power turned down to less than 2 watts and amplifier on 40 amp power supply-amp was keying 70-80 watts and burying needle on 300 watt scale on diamond sx100 meter. on 3kw scale i estimate it was swinging close to 400w, however accurate that may be. the processed/compressed/fuzziness was amplified, by no means did it make it unintelligible-still crystal clear, i did a lot of long keydowns for about 90 minutes or so and with a pair of fans blowing on the heat sink i don't think the amp got any hotter than normal. taking sam lewis' words to heart, i'd only consider using that setup knowing the amp could self destruct at any moment. then again, i'm not known for 'setting up' my own systems so 'weakly'! I NEED POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Mikefromms Intermediate Member Username: Mikefromms Post Number: 273 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Saturday, November 06, 2004 - 8:53 pm:        () () () ____ Hey, I can't get mine to roll... Should I trade my President Lincoln in or sell it and get a Magnum s-9? Has M-9 overshadowed the famed Lincoln? ()..()..Still can't get that rolling effect... mikefromms   Patzerozero Intermediate Member Username: Patzerozero Post Number: 182 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Saturday, November 06, 2004 - 10:06 pm:        had MY old hr2510 in the repair room to fix a loose so-239 problem, there is no comparison to my S9.though not sure how 2510 stacks up to lincoln, my S9 could outhear it and outtalk it hands down. though in my opinion the S9's receive is 2nd only to my ar3500, i still feel the rcvr section is what magnum radio needs to build on in any of their next creations.(that and a 100 watt radio). i have compared the xmit of the S9 to a grant xl & lt, 148, 29, 68, 76, 78, cobra 2000, 2990, tram d201a, johnson 4740, delta force, ar3500, and a whole heap of galaxy-connex-superstar and other assorted radios over the past 6-7 weeks i've had my S9 running. the S9 has the stock mic still, every single radio i've tested it against has had some type of mod-whether it be a power mic, swing mod, peak and tune, clipped limiter, final transistor mod, etc, the only radio that outdid it carrier AND audio-wise, was the ar3500. the 2990 had it carrier-wise, but it was no match for the S9's audio. it may not have recieved the 'absolutely crystal clear' report of all of the radios, but it was consistently the loudest, or 'had more punch'. no fancy test equipment, just over the air signal reports, locally up to 40 miles Am and closer to 50-55 on SSB, along with numerous skip contacts. i've managed to get out with the barefoot S9 over the 150watt 3500 numerous times, and have had better reception reports in rough conditions AM or SSB with the S9 than ANY of the other radios i may have had available to my antenna switch while skip was rolling. of course some of the local wannabe amateurs on both am and ssb have commented on the over-processed/compressed fuzziness, they have not denied it's 'punch'. a major improvement to the S9's transmit would be a built in 2-2290 or 2879 amp, with the ability to drive 8-2879's satisfactorily. i've not yet gone mobile with my S9 and still wonder about its effectiveness and ability to drive a 4 (or 8) pill with its current 1w key 40w swing setup. and of course THE biggest flaw of ALL cb/export/10m rigs is their rcv section,the S9 included. i'm already paying $350 for the radio, charge me a little bit more and add a'channel guard', or build it into its rcv section, along with more sensitivity/better rcv. unless someone was to begin building ar3500's again(like the lincolns) i do not see any other radio i'd rather have for my mobile at this time. is it any more durable than the other junk out there for mobile use, only time will tell. is it my first choice for a base station? not neccessarily. would i keep mine? at this point, yes. am even considering purchasing a 2nd, to keep at the base, if i ever get my 1st one into the mobile.   Bc910 Intermediate Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 181 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 12:04 am:        Hey Pat I have never owned a 3500 so I did a little research on it and discovered some questions for you. Do you have it modded for wide recieve? It seems as if you can mod it to transmit and recieve from just under 25 MHZ to 30 MHZ and recieve from 2. something all the way to 30 MHZ! Just wondering if u have done this, and if so how well it works? I might just have a new toy to buy BC   Patzerozero Intermediate Member Username: Patzerozero Post Number: 186 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 10:29 pm:        there is the main mod, bc that gets you full function from 26.0 to 29.9999. it's just a 5 second jumper mod, no obstructions, no face plates off, nothing, just remove the cover & it's there looking at you saying 'mod me'! the other mods are programmed into it from the panel controls. it will transmit, supposedly, from 100 khz to 29.999mhz, but mine will only transmit at low output in the 22mhz area, and the receive dies under 20 mhz. you have to change freqs thru the scan function only with this mod, a real nuisance to go from 26.835 to 27.555, if you over scan to top or bottom cpu locks up, 1st you shut off radio, if still locked diconnect power, if still locked, open radio & unsolder memory battery. i've had this one since '89 or so, won't part with it! they were trouble-prone, had a couple others that were more trouble than this one, also some friends had them-most preferred a cb type as opposed to a ham type radio as the 3500 is, that or they got a problem radio. most have since disposed of theirs. mine has builtin 2-2290 amp section, variable output 1-30 deadkey, with 100-150+ watt swing, and a speech processor, all factory installed options and cost over $500 new back then. have probably spent another $350 on repairs over 15 years +. too much-probably. i think xmit/rcv it just blows away 2970's, and feel it is one of the most awesome radios i've ever used. would definitely buy another if i found one in good shape. i'd have to test it first though. i'd be reluctant to buy one sight unseen(e-bay) though. if you've noticed, most every one of my comments/praises of the S9 i've qualified by stating my wishes for a new ar3500, that is how much i feel it is THE one all others should try to be better than. no applause, please, just send money   Bc910 Intermediate Member Username: Bc910 Post Number: 184 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 4:57 pm:        Just though I would mention the pll offset section (L19-L21) is the same layout and numbers as a galaxy 99V that layout being; L19 - AM frequency L20 - USB frequency L21 - LSB frequency I don't know what else is also the same layout... But it's a start, so if your s9 is a little off frequency (you need to have the 6th digit activated to know) now you know how to adjust it. These are very sensitive though so move them slowly Bc   Mikefromms Advanced Member Username: Mikefromms Post Number: 579 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 7:22 am:        Lon, I read in a review or post about the Magnum S-9 that you had compared it to 11 other radios and the reports were constant that the S-9 was the smoothest and loudest in the bunch. Which radios did you compare the S-9 to in your test? Was Lincoln one? I know they had to be similar wattage radios. Can you list them? Thanks for your time, mikefromms   Tech808 Moderator Username: Tech808 Post Number: 5620 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 11:21 am:        Mikefromms, For several weeks I continued changing to different radios and it never changed they could tell a Major Difference in Modulation and Clarity of the New Magnum S-9 over the other 11 radios that I was using for Comparison. The 11 Radios I referred to and compared the S-9 to in the Review were using 100% STOCK Mics on all of them the same as the S-9 and modulation between 90 to 100%. RCI-2970DX, RCI-2995DX, RCI-2950, Ranger AR-3500, Galaxy Saturn Turbo, TR-696F SSB Base, President Lincoln, President HR2510, Voyage VR9000, Magnum S-3, and the Magnum S-45. Lon Tech808 CEF808 N9OSN   Patzerozero Advanced Member Username: Patzerozero Post Number: 722 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 2:44 pm:        audio comparison's between my AR3500 & my S9, both with stock mics are that they are DIFFERENT sounding, tone quality, but both equally loud & with PUNCH. their signals each come thru with AUTHORITY, you know i'm coming. the compression sound of the S9 is noticeable to fairly close stations, but has never had anybody say it decreases intelligibility. those who don't 'know' question the sound, then with the topgun off, realize the difference. there is about a 2 S-unit difference from those 2 to my mobile, at a distance of 15 miles-because of the prior posts, my son & i just checked that NOW! of course the 2 S-units is because my AR3500 is keying 40 watts & swinging 160. stock, the S9 does NOT sound like a STOCK anything, cobra, uniden, galaxy, connex, etc. it already sounds as though it's been tweaked & a power mic added. but it's a clean sound, compression scratch notwithstanding. putting a power mic on it does change it's tone & appear to increase 'loudness'. with the S9 & my davemade, in the mobile it will key over my AR3500 & ic735 at the base, local & dx. the S9 barefoot in the base has talked dx against my grant xl & davemade mobile, 'underneath' the mobile-but they knew the S9 was in there. & it's signal compared to the 3500 & 735 wasn't much different. though dx is a hard way to make that type of comparison.   Mikefromms Advanced Member Username: Mikefromms Post Number: 583 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 8:27 pm:        Incredible radios that S-9 has outperformed! Maybe I should go ahead and add one to my collection. I know how much you like the Voyager VR9000 and recommend it, and the Lincoln and 2510 are top of the line for years on end. For the S-9 to beat them out is really an accomplishment! Thanks Lon.   Woozy New member Username: Woozy Post Number: 5 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 10:51 pm:        Patzerozero mentioned the old AR's so I had to add my thoughts. For 12 yrs I ran a AR3300 greyface(w/3500 upgrds) and a TS 350HD with a Wilson silver load in my big rig. 3 yrs ago the face broke and that started a 3 yr search for a replacement. I started with my old origanal 148, a work horse, but I hate road maps. I then went to a Mag 257, a great radio but in my application some quality control problems. Next was a RCI 2950 and I needed a preamp and 100 watts to feel it was up to snuff, plus I HATED the knob layout. Plus none of them were my AR. 3 weeks ago in an act of desperation I pull into the hackshack I have dealt with for 20 yrs and told the tech "You know what I like, I don't care what it costs just give me a radio that will make me smile", and the rest as they say is history. He handed me a S-9. This radio is my AR updated to the 21st century. I have not found 1 thing this radio can't do better than my AR. My AR is now offically a great radio that has had its day. My only complaint is that I have to replace my 350HD with a TX500 and you know that just breaks my heart.   Patzerozero Senior Member Username: Patzerozero Post Number: 2568 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 4:45 pm:        i completely agree with you, woozy. i have yet to find a 'CB' that can compare to either my ar3500 or S9   Sniper_62881 Intermediate Member Username: Sniper_62881 Post Number: 142 Registered: 7-2005 Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 6:36 pm:        I'm seriously considering buying an S-9 marc.cef613 sniper   Walterb New member Username: Walterb Post Number: 2 Registered: 12-2007 Posted on Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 9:32 pm:        Ordered an S9 last week because got a chance to check out a S980 Nitro last Saturday and was impressed with the receive, called Sam Lewis and he told me the S3-6-9-880 series have a different receiver than my S-45. The S9 to me has a very very clear receiver, which is easy to hear every word at low volumn, thats why I always liked my Cobra 148GTL and the Cobra 2000GTL..............(Oldtimer)   Walterb Junior Member Username: Walterb Post Number: 10 Registered: 12-2007 Posted on Monday, December 24, 2007 - 12:55 pm:        Well received my S9 from copper right on time, Hooked it up to the MACO and checked it out. Good signal reports from it. The receive is very up front sounding and clear, output is great. When the A/C heatpump comes on you hear it, but to be expected from such an up front receiver, still playing with it in the house but will try it in the mobile when it gets a little better outside. Using a mobile for a base sometimes has some limitations. Think I said this before LOVE the powerful up front receive of the S9...walterb   Tech808 Moderator Username: Tech808 Post Number: 14905 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Monday, December 24, 2007 - 2:13 pm:        Walterb, If you have your power supply, radio, meter's coax jumper's, antenna coax, and antenna all properly grounded to a single point ground you should not hear the heat pump unless you have a faulty ground in your house circuit box. And the same goes for mobile installation also as everything get's connected to a single point ground. Hope this help's, Lon~Tech808 CEF#808/HAM#001/CVC#002 Tech808@copperelectronics.com   Slim1 Intermediate Member Username: Slim1 Post Number: 142 Registered: 4-2002 Posted on Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 8:02 pm:        What Lon said,BUT;it may be coming in from the antenna itself.My furnace blower motor(evacuater) comes thru my antennas no matter what!Not too bad tho and it's acceptable for me.Just depends sometimes. Slim   Vanillagorilla Senior Member Username: Vanillagorilla Post Number: 1080 Registered: 4-2005 Posted on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - 10:00 pm:        Well...just got my NEW S9 in line today. As you may remember I did have one years ago that I let go due to an offer I couldn't refuse! Well I FINALLY got my hands on another via Copper for wifey to give me for Christmas. All I'll say right now is that the new MOSFET induced S9 is doing an honest 50w PEP both AM and SSB after a minor tweak and freq conversion. I wanted to use it as a 10m SSB radio so the expansion was required to reach the top of the 10meter band. I use a desk mic for SSB and the supplied hand mic for AM when needed. On AM a 10w carrier with a swing to 50 is Smooth and loud with the TGM "ON". (29.0250AM stateside DX today ) Both get GREAT CLEAR reports from 27 through 28MHz on SSB. It WILL see 50+ peaks (leaning on it) on SSB with an average speech around 35-40. My 15-25mi 10m contacts see nearly NO signal difference between it and my usual AR3500 @ 100w and tell me "perfect" audio. Tomorrow we go back inside and do the 5kc mod so I can dial around 10m without dialing the Clarifier off the preset "channelized" freq's. 28.3650-28.3700-28.37500 and so on is how I'd like to see it work...looking forward to trying. All in all the NEW S9-"50" is a winner! I'd like to give a full report/ review after I've worked it a little longer but so far SO GOOD! S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9SS9 Oh how I missed an ANOLOG "S- meter"! Hank~CEF559/CEFHAM242 Eastern Long Island NY KC2RIW ~ 2OP905 11M SSB