Posted by David on 4/1/2003, 8:06:40
Message modified by board administrator 4/26/2003, 15:02:23

........Jack, I just wanted to take the time to let you know about a recent experience that i had. About 3 years ago i sent a Galaxy 99 to have you peak and tune. i am from colorado and i saw your website by chance, so i decided to call and talk to you to get a basic idea on what you could do to improve my Galaxys performance. when i heard the price my first thought was "that's a little steep". but after talking to you for over half an hour i came to the conclusion that you definitely knew your stuff. in colorado most of the radio shops tune the radios out of a manual and do the basic "this part isn't necessary so let's just remove it". the fastest way to an overmodulated crappy sounding dirty signal throwing piece of junk is to take out the limiters and overdrive the unit. i received my Galaxy back from you and to my surprise it outperformed my expectations. i received compliment after compliment on how loud, clean and strong it sounded. i received signals also from distant stations, as if they were next door to me. i decided about 6 months ago i wanted to upgrade my radio so i bought a Ranger 2970 DX. i sold my Galaxy 99 to a friend who wanted it because he knew how great it worked. i sold it to him for $400.00. he knew how much he could get a brand new one for but he never could find a radio shop that could come close to making a radio scream like that 99 that you worked on. he didn't want to waste the time of buying a radio and sending it to get fixed up by you, he wanted it NOW. that radio was 2 years and 6 months old when i sold it, and i definitely got my moneys worth out of it when i used it and again when i sold it. we set up and installed that Galaxy 99 which was now his and i was receiving him at signal strength of 3 at a distance of 35 miles. he was mobile and barefoot. this was also in Denver during a weekday and there is definitely a lot of noise on the airwaves. that proved to me once and for all, that you are the master of your craft, and i won't let anyone else work on my radios. when someone asks me where i got my radio tuned, i always tell him or her "you don't know Jack". i cannot wait to see what you can do to my Ranger. Sincerely, David Washburn