rci 2990 vs. 2995dx

[209 first class]

i have the 2990, everything works great,but i cant help eyeing the 2995dx. has anyone owned both? how is the build quality on the new ones ? is the new one just as heavy? (meaning they didnt skimp on th power supply) same output finals? seems the 2990 has 3 more knobs? any opinions appreciated. 209

[Sheriff Bart]

I think the 2995DX is the hot one right now 209


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[djrebel236]

the RCI 2995dx is a nice system, as im a owner of one, the only diffrents that i know of is the 2990 has the echoe built into it, and the 2995 doesnt and the 2990 has orange color to the face and the 2995 has green to it, and i think the 2995 has more power than the 2990 - that part i may be wrong though, mine can go from 2 watts up to 180 watts, other than that both are good radios...Dj

[209 first class]

180 watts? you mean swing right? the 2990 will dk 50w and swing to 150w. 209

[djrebel236]

yep, a nice forward swing to it, and i still run the stock mike on it, and everybody saids its sounds great, but mostly i run it at low power to talk with the localz...Dj

[BtyMONSTER]

its mostly a 90 percent lateral move with only a few differences . how about trying this since you re in the price range.........
http://www.icomamerica.com/pr ... ateur/718/
about $600
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/947

[209 first class]

looks nice, looks small, not that size matters. im wondering in what way would it outperform the 2990? i dont have any complaints about it, i thought it might be nice to have a shiny new one for asthetic reasons . 209

[preacherman]

It will outperform the 2990 and/or the 2995 on recieve
because the filtering is better. As long as the limiters are
intact on the rci's they will sound great on ssb...just not
as good filtering in the rx. Of course, there's the small
issue of other hf bands and gen. coverage recieve on
the Icom
preacherman

[DX47]

718 is the way to go.

[dud muck]

718 is the way to go.

Indeed bootymonster, good call. After the icom rebate, the 718 is the same price as the 2995dx.
And you get full HF coverage.

The new yaesu ft-450 is cute, but its $300 more.

[Mr RadioActive]

MKIIG is the way to go, its got easy modded awesome AM audio, as well as SSB audio.

[DX47]

MKIIG is the way to go, its got easy modded awesome AM audio, as well as SSB audio.

And its $400 more

[BtyMONSTER]

if you do get the icom dont put swing kits and crap in it . it defeats the whole purpose of getting a nice clean radio like that .

[Blackdammit]

Hey 209,

I have two 2995's and they are dynamite! I use the echo-max Astatic mic on them
but I did replace all of the wiring in them with Teflon wire and beefed up the power
supply. Then swept the entire board with a spectrum analyzer. Every radio has a
few bugaboos. Ranger should be spanked for using cheapy azz wire and not
beefing up the power supply.


blackdammit

[Stroker]

they want the most profit they can get.. All rangers had simple issue's out of the box... From what I have owned..

[frogman]

718 is the way to go.

true enough...hard to beat icoms..the 718 is quality at it's finest