Connex 3300HP-ZX

[RubberMan]

Exactly, ya got to love when someone thinks , they're going to buy a radio and buy any old antenna and simply expect it just to be a perfect match .
I go through quite a bit of work to get my Antennas perfectly tuned to the channel I use the most, I will accept nothing but a 1.0 to 1 .
I'm real picky about my SWR .
I'm also real picky about the way in which my radio is tuned, Knowing from the factory they basically just "ballpark" it , which is way too wide banded for me.
Naturally the finer it is tuned on tx and rx the farther it will transmit and receive .
And you're not getting this kind of tune up from just a meter and a screwdriver .
As I believe KC has stated before, you need a scope to get it that fine tuned .
And I also know by lowering your dead key on AM you're increasing your overall modulation, which is the "Real Power " on the AM side.
All that aside you're still only going to go X amount of miles on a 4-5 watt dead key and the only thing you're left with in the way of transmitting and receiving farther would be to increase the height of your antena.
My antenna is already over 90 ft after last weekends renting if the 56 ft lift and the 3 10 ft sections of mast pole , plus the 24 ft antenna .
So yes, at 5 watts, the radio gets out really well , but does the experimenting have to stop there, just because someone in the FCC has limited the number to 4-5 watts ?
I like to have a radio that puts out a little bit more than that so I can reach out a little bit farther and anyone who says thier 5 watt radio is going to be heard over a 50 - 150 watt radio is just kidding themselves.
No single final radio is going to key over a 2 final radio on the AM side , when te power is modulation , unless that guy with the 2 finals as a poorly tuned set up .
I'm no radio Guru as there are many here . . . .
But I do know the basics .
What is your take on all this ?
I'm curious to know, so get back to me as soon as you can , OK ?

[RubberMan]

I shouldn't have said no 5 watt radio, just to be clear, I should have said no one that has a perfectly tuned 50 watt radio is going to be keyed over by any 5 watt radio perfectly tuned . . . . and the added final is just a bonus .
I mean if it's kinda like your truck, if it's worth turbo charging, it's worth turbo charging twice . . .
Have a great day everyone .
Just my opinion . . .

[RubberMan]

Did I mention, I just love this forum ?
I learn a lot from the postings here .
Countless things .
And in my opinion if you're driving for a living and you want a radio that gets way down the road, go out and buy yourself the Galaxy 95 T or the Connex 4600 Turbo. . . ." I think the Connex has better audio quality "
But you don't need to do anything but the frequency mod to these radios and they talk way down the road and the overall idea is to be able to be heard loud and clear . . . .
So the Connex 4600 or the Galaxy 95 T with the Wilson Trucker is guarenteed to exeed any of your expectations .
If you don't have a need for sideband , I suggest the Connex though, ya save a lil money and the audio is a little bit cleaner .
73's

[kc0rey]

Geez.......I give up.........I should delete these posts due to all the disinformation................

[25(2)+2]

Originally Posted by kc0rey

Geez.......I give up.........I should delete these posts due to all the disinformation................

It's a bit of a monster you have here, but many of us do appreciate your work. AJ has a couple of SSB radios and enjoys reading your posts.

[kc0rey]

Thanks 52..........I have been attracting allot of scorn lately.

[RubberMan]

Yea, what can you do ?
The whole world is full of dis-information .
The whole world is also full of a lot of *** kissers as well .
As for me . . . I believe in myself
And I believe in the almighty Connex radio .
You know what , I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone here from around my area,Long Island New York ??
I'm friggin famous over here . . .
Who has the Cleanest sounding , farthest transmitting radio around here .
That's right . . . He's called " The Rubberman "
No one who is honest can deny it .
Sure there are a few guys runnin around with 2-3 K But . . .

Big watts mean nothing without audio .
I just can't believe how guys get so jealous though?

Everyones got all the answers , but no clue .
Now I have this huge radio I picked up from my grandmother that used to be my grandfathers radio and I'm absolutely clueless on how to even use it, it has so many knobs and buttons, it's going to take me 2 years to figure all this stuff out and a few people have told me I definitely need a ham radio license to use this radio because of the range of the frequencies , But do I still need the license just to posses it ?

[kc0rey]

You do not need the license to possess it. You said that it is an Icom IC-7800, is that correct.
If it is, I am sure you know that it is a $10,000 radio. Most Hams I know would kill for it. I'd kill 2. LOL

[RubberMan]

Ummmm yea??? How did you know what radio it was though ??
I'm not sure what he paid for it , but I know he hardly had enough time to really use it before he passed, it's pretty much brand new .
10 grand for a radio ???

OMG, I didn't see the picture you posted before I answered back !!
Yupp that is the radio , that's the exact one .
I guess you have the same one , geeeezis man , hom many radios do you have man ?

Then again I guess you guys that are real ham radio ops probably have tons and tons of radios .
I know that I have to go for a ham license soon because I don't mind losing the radios I have if they come kicking my door in , but this radio has sentimental value , so I would never want anything to happen like that

[RubberMan]

Now that is really strange??
I would swear to God , I sent that in two different posts ??
I think I'm losing my marbles over here ??!!