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TruckerChris
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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Location: Sacramento, California
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Theres a good one @ Exit 99 right down the road from the Seven Feathers truckstop/casino on 5 in oregon. |
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feederfred
Joined: 22 Jun 2006
Posts: 281
Location: Nevada
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Actually Radioactive Radios are located in Oregon. They recently moved there from Arizona City, Az. I've always had really good luck with their products. www.RadioActiveRadios.com |
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bcbasher
Joined: 11 Jun 2006
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Location: Battle Creek Michigan
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jegzus wrote: From my expierence I would advise you to stay away from RadioActive Radio's down in Texas. They talk a good game but let me put it to you this way. Their "SuperWhack Pack" should have been named "SuperHack Pack". My General Lee only lasted 3 months and is in the shop right now getting a new echo board and being put back together the right way.
My normal Radio guy is off I-80 exit 302 in PA the place is "Nicks CB Shop", he doesn't sell anything he just works on them. When he took my radio apart yesterday I could see by his facial expressions that RadioActive seriously butchered my radio. So hope that helps prevent people from buying from those "hack" jobs.
well for one i am a avid fan of Mike`s work and i tell you one thing, a lifetime gaurentee on a radio if one hell of a deal to me. also just so you knwo Mike is not in texas nor was he hes been in Arizona and hes actually now moved to Salem OR.
also since you had someone open your radio from RA you shoudl know that your LIFETIME warrenty was voided.
this is a guy who warrentys his radio and his work for ever now tell me what other shop would do that caus i dont know of any. |
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BigDaddyD
Joined: 23 Jul 2006
Posts: 91
Location: Colville, WA
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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| 292 Radio shop I-40 exit 292 in Airzona, Holbrook is the city and its inside the Hopi truck stop. |
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feederfred
Joined: 22 Jun 2006
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Location: Nevada
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Could that possibly be Holbrook, Arizona ?? |
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jegzus
Joined: 23 Oct 2005
Posts: 214
Location: Effort, PA
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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bcbasher wrote: jegzus wrote: From my expierence I would advise you to stay away from RadioActive Radio's down in Texas. They talk a good game but let me put it to you this way. Their "SuperWhack Pack" should have been named "SuperHack Pack". My General Lee only lasted 3 months and is in the shop right now getting a new echo board and being put back together the right way.
My normal Radio guy is off I-80 exit 302 in PA the place is "Nicks CB Shop", he doesn't sell anything he just works on them. When he took my radio apart yesterday I could see by his facial expressions that RadioActive seriously butchered my radio. So hope that helps prevent people from buying from those "hack" jobs.
well for one i am a avid fan of Mike`s work and i tell you one thing, a lifetime gaurentee on a radio if one hell of a deal to me. also just so you knwo Mike is not in texas nor was he hes been in Arizona and hes actually now moved to Salem OR.
also since you had someone open your radio from RA you shoudl know that your LIFETIME warrenty was voided.
this is a guy who warrentys his radio and his work for ever now tell me what other shop would do that caus i dont know of any.
Well after what my radio tech showed me there will be no way I would ever buy anything from RadioActive again. They had jumpers in the completely wrong locations, parts missing off the boards ect. If you like that kind of work that's fine but myself or no one that I know will be using them.
And as far as the lifetime warranty, I really don't care about that because their products aren't even good enough to warrant sending them across the county at my exspense. |
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BigDawg
Joined: 08 Apr 2006
Posts: 279
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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| on I-70 in Missouri at the 28 mm in the Petro T/S is a place called the C.B.Shop upstairs,these guy's do good honest work on the noise box.I have taken mine there a couple times to get it worked on very reasonable also. |
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Mr.Coffee
Joined: 27 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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I was browsing this forum and came upon this thread. I have known Michael at www.radioactiveradio.com for over 16 years. I am a retired electronics tech (retired because diabetes has made my eye sight to bad to work on radios) with 35 years of experience. I've work for Boeing as a avation electronics tech in WA, and at Motorola in AZ as a QCIII supervisor. I've been a active in the radio community the entire time. For a man to put down a tech because his (1) radio had a issue is bogus.
Its very easy to make statements such as the ones you've written, with terms such as the ones you type. But reading this thread and what others have to say, would make one think the issue was not with RadioActiveRadio but with either yourself, or that one unit you bought. A shop that stands behind their work with a lifetime warranty is a rare shop. I've purchased many radios over the years with Michael, Sammy, Val, and other guys at 2 of his three locations, and have had no issues with any purchases to date. If in the rare case I do, I'd be more then glad to send it back and have them make it right. |
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qpaw04
Joined: 13 Jul 2007
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Location: ACC
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Stay away from 75 Chrome Shop CB shop, I75 Fl x329 Wildwood
Very expensive and hack job. mess up my radio so bad, (it burned up three hours later) had to but a new one. inline fuses btwn radio and pwr source is a MUST
Another to be wary of is the CB shop next to TA, I75, GA x296. |
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Hat Rak
Joined: 02 Apr 2006
Posts: 275
Location: Nashvegas, Tenn
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| I'm planning on stopping in the Walcott CB shop after this weekend and see what they're all about. Anyone been there before? |
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Fredog
Joined: 23 Apr 2005
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Location: North Georgia
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| Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: CB SHOPS |
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fkbmlb wrote: Where are some of the best CB shops in the US located. Would like to know for when I go back out.
40 acre truckstop Tennesee I-40 exit 126 charged a fellow driver 8 bucks to replace a fuse and and resolder a connection. another 8 bucks to come out to the truck and set the swr. |
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Deus
Joined: 27 Aug 2006
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Anyone care to recommend a good online vendor I can buy a good but cheap CB at? I've never owned one, but I think I'm going to put one in the truck I take on my big route. Sick of not being able to communicate with other drivers..
I don't want anything fancy, just something that does the job I need it for. Looking at spending about $100, not one of those $400 jobs... Cobra any good? I see them all the time at truck stops.
Or even radio shack, can I get a decent cheap CB there? |
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terrylamar
Joined: 25 Apr 2006
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Location: Austin, TX
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| Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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Deus wrote: Anyone care to recommend a good online vendor I can buy a good but cheap CB at? I've never owned one, but I think I'm going to put one in the truck I take on my big route. Sick of not being able to communicate with other drivers..
I don't want anything fancy, just something that does the job I need it for. Looking at spending about $100, not one of those $400 jobs... Cobra any good? I see them all the time at truck stops.
Or even radio shack, can I get a decent cheap CB there?
As a general rule, I ignore all the echo board, beep and contrived voices and other nonsense. Won't even talk to them. |
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fireman932003
Joined: 28 Dec 2003
Posts: 948
Location: Chandler Indiana
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| Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Ok, I admit that I have never been into CB's much. I own a little Cobra but it is nothing special. Is the Uniden PC78 any good?? |
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Deus
Joined: 27 Aug 2006
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terrylamar wrote: Deus wrote: Anyone care to recommend a good online vendor I can buy a good but cheap CB at? I've never owned one, but I think I'm going to put one in the truck I take on my big route. Sick of not being able to communicate with other drivers..
I don't want anything fancy, just something that does the job I need it for. Looking at spending about $100, not one of those $400 jobs... Cobra any good? I see them all the time at truck stops.
Or even radio shack, can I get a decent cheap CB there?
As a general rule, I ignore all the echo board, beep and contrived voices and other nonsense. Won't even talk to them.
What is an echo board? That a brand? |
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