MD/surrounding states CB shops

Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by Urbancowboy, Jan 1, 2011.

  1. jellybean

    jellybean Medium Load Member

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    Wise communications in Hanover PA off of route 94.I have a pretty nice set up (in my opinion) and I bought all my stuff from him. He is knowledgeable and stands behind his work. I have a magnum s980 i bought from him and one of the LEDs went out after 2 years and he fixed it for free. He's a good guy and he sells it all. His phone number is 717-630-9822. Good luck
     
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  3. WA4GCH

    WA4GCH Road Train Member

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    Question ....

    What do you know about being retarded ? And what do you base your opinion on ?
     
  4. Carolina Thunder

    Carolina Thunder Medium Load Member

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    What ever he sees on that Dosy meter!
     
  5. WA4GCH

    WA4GCH Road Train Member

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    :biggrin_2551: A DOSY IQ METER :biggrin_2551:

    As you know my son is profoundly retarded ( IQ less than 30 ) Autistic and psychotic he is in a group home after he tried to kill us and our dog.
    So I take a interest in people who profess to know something about the disorder ....... I would like to see how they came to that diagnoses.

    I have 28 years of working with them .....
     
  6. dtbradio

    dtbradio Bobtail Member

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    Galaxy/Texas Star has been scaling back on personnel for some time. I'm not sure at this point if they still field direct call questions from the general public or not. I assume they still do.
     
  7. Black_Hawk70

    Black_Hawk70 Bobtail Member

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    Long story short... I do not recommend this place.

    I was having issues with the Cobra 29 LX BT I just bought. Built a custom ant mount w/ a 4' FireStik. Really high SWR readings (3+) and an ant warning on the radio. Brought it into "CB World" at the T/A in Elkton. The head honcho sent one of his cronies out to my truck to take a look. He hooked up his meter, hacked off about 2' of wire from my ant and charged me $20. Then, he told me about how for $25 more, el jefe would peak and "super tune" my radio. So, I go inside with the radio... Give it to el jefe... 5 min later, he hands it back and tells me I'm good to go and tells me I will be pushing something like 40 watts. I pay him the $25 and walk out.

    So, I'm heading up I-95 and about to call out to see what I've got for range. But for some reason, I decided to check the SWR Cal again. Low and behold, when I key the mic... SWR is higher than it was to start with, but no ant warning.

    I continued on up to I-295 exit 18 and stopped in at a little place called "Radio Ready" which is next door to the T/A.

    The guy there spent the better part of an hour fixing what the other shop had done. He brought me in the back and explained what he was doing, as he did it and why. At the end of the day, what the shop in Elkton did was, disable the ant warning on my radio. They also fiddled with the circuit board, which made me lose power as the mic was keyed. "Super Tuned" my ###... I was only pushing 5 watts! Basically what "CB world" did was nearly guarantee that I'd fry my radio, by disabling my ant warning, even though my SWR was 3+. Oh yeah... And charged me $45 to do it. If I wanted to pay to get #######... I'd find a lot lizard.

    "Radio Ready" peaked and tuned my radio, so I'm looking at about 30 watts. And they CORRECTLY tuned my antenna, so now my SWR is only 1.3 (not great, but much better than 3). Approximately 2.5 hours of his time and a working CB cost me $55 at "Radio Ready". 5 min of their time and more of a problem than when I arrived, cost me $45 at "CB World" in Elkton.

    Eventually, I'll find myself back in Elkton. When I do... The cops might have to come remove me from that CB shop.
     
  8. Slow & Wide

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    Hi there Longshot34
    I have been following your posts on Resse at I-81 Exit 5 in PA. Do you know if he is still working out of the TA motel?
     
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