Lots of power

the 29 is usually a fine radio . sounds like it has either had a golden screwdriver in it or you got a lemon . one suggestion would be to sent it to a REAL tech and get it both tuned and aligned .

of course theres nothing wrong with using that as an excuse to get get a new radio . i know i have , lol . assuming that either it cost too much to do the T&A on the radio or to fix it ........
am cb , id go with uniden .
ssb cb , philipino grant or cobra 148 or a galaxy 959/979 .

id always go with a seperate amp over one built into a high powered radio . its just too darn much stuff and heat jammed into a lil box with inadaquate cooling in my opinion , and we all know what opinions are like....

having said that about radios , its important to remember your antenna system will play the biggest part in the performance of your cb setup . in fact id check the antenna/coax/mount and swr befor i replaced or fixed that radio . whats your swr ? did you check the coax and mount for contiunity ? whats your antenna and where is it mounted ? how is it mounted ? how are the rf gain and mic gain on the radio set ?

do you have someone to let you try your radio on their (properly performing) antenna ? if it works great its not the radio .

 

and there ya have it!!!!!!

 

I have a Connex 4600 with a Road King mic. My antenna is a single Wilson 2000. I am very happy with it. Since you say you are not too familiar with cb radio, make sure someone who is qualified tunes the antenna to get the lowest SWR. Thats the most important part of any radio setup.

 

i agree with brickhauler , who tunes a radio can make all the difference in the world . you cant turn a sows ear into a silk purse , but , you can turn a silk purse into a sows ear .

i run a 2018 xtremem mic into a sparkified uniden 78ltw into a texas star 500v into a 10k on the roof .

 

Honestly not to be rude or anything what makes you think 10K's are better than a Wilson or other coiled antenna? Is it just hype or are 10K's worth the bucks?

 

Any Connex HP radio or a Galaxy with dual finals.

 

Doesn't the DX 949 come with dual finals?

 

On the Galaxy's, only the 2 digit series are dual finals. 33,44,66,88 and so on. I'm not 100% sure the 33 is though. I know on the Connex 3300 there is a regular 3300 which is single final and the 3300hp is a dual final.
The 3 digit Galaxys are all legal output cb radios and my cb doctor friend said that the way they are made its hard to do too much with them, something about surface mount transistors. I've heard guys talking on them and I thought it didn't sound half bad. Antenna tuning is pretty important in my book.