Magnum s-3

As long as a DOT cop or US Customs agent doesn't see it and you stay on channel 19 you should be all right. As to how well it stays in band...........That depends on how your tune up was done.

 

I was under the impression these magnum radio's all come from the factory already tuned as hot as you can get one..
Or maybe that was just the S-9 that magnum has out.

 

That would not surprise me any.....I've never had the radio on the bench.....

 

From what I have read they come factory at about 45 watts maybe more..
A rumor has it a new one is about to be released for close to 100 watts..

These guys just asking to get them taken away...:smt065

 

He lied............
That is an ugly radio too....the blue lights are cool though.....They remind me of the lights in the guages in my Bronco II.

 

I don't know, I havent had one of these on my bench and I see lots of claims online. Very few if any will use an anallyzer or scope. Most use a watt meter and that is relative at best. It means nothing.

Now lets put your radio up against a 5 watt radio into the same antenna to another radio 5 Miles away.
Lets say that our friend is recieving our 5 W radio at 1 s-unit or S-1. We hool up your 50W radio and our fiend only sees 2 S- units or S-2. S-units are that scale on your meter hat reads S-1 thrue 9 and then you'll see a + sin and maybe a 10db, 20db, up to a 60db.

See that extra power really means nothing.

Now, lets take a clean 5W signal vs, a dirty 50W signal. There will be very little difference on the distant reciever between the two. There is a possability that the 50W radio will be weaker.