General Lee

[midnitebandit87]

It seems like alot of people on here run the General Lee. Im thinking about getting a new radio soon. what is so good about the General that other radios are lacking?

[BigBopper]

nothing, they are a good dual final radio, also look at the Galaxy 45, Ranger 6300 ect,,,they are all Ranger radios

[Duck Commander]

They are just really the best bang for your buck they some good talkin radio's can be made into some loud talkin radios
and they are very well built just a great all around radio.

[Circuit Breaker]

It seems like alot of people on here run the General Lee. Im thinking about getting a new radio soon. what is so good about the General that other radios are lacking?

I wonder myself. Since I prefer to have a radio with SSB, the General Lee's not for me.

[lil devil]

same here, i like a good SSB radio if i am going to paying over 250 bucks for one. i don't need all the bells some radios have but the SSb for DXing is the way for me.

[BigBopper]

Ranger SS-158 is a loud SSB radio, tunes really well

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[Popcorn501]

Go with the Ranger 158edx.I have one of them and a Gen lee and i would take 1 158edx's to 20 Gen Lee radio's hand down!!! The 158edx is the best bang for the buck.Lets so only i think 40 or 50 bucks more than a Lee and it is ssb and has a 6 digit freq counter and has the new updated main board.Better radio buy far!!

[BigBlue 442]

Go with the Ranger 158edx.I have one of them and a Gen lee and i would take 1 158edx's to 20 Gen Lee radio's hand down!!! The 158edx is the best bang for the buck.Lets so only i think 40 or 50 bucks more than a Lee and it is ssb and has a 6 digit freq counter and has the new updated main board.Better radio buy far!!

hey Popcorn I am beginning to think you don't like the General Lee. Almost to the point of mention it on every post that says General Lee. Go figure , I happen to think the G Lee is a great radio because I like the way it makes some people nuts because it is what it is. Maybe if you showed your Gen Lee some love it would swing harder for ya. Just poking some fun I'll still drive my Chevy while you drive your Ford and we with both get from point A to point B.

[BigX]

I heard my first Gen Lee today. it was some trucker sounding like he had an amp and i asked him what kind of setup he was running and he said just a Gen Lee. I was like damn it sounds good :D

[Steve]

It seems like alot of people on here run the General Lee. Im thinking about getting a new radio soon. what is so good about the General that other radios are lacking?

Without owning one the only thing I can come up with is the name.. General Lee...... Just sounds cool lol

[countryboy]

General Lee's wish i had one. but my cobra 29 will have to do. just a poor countryboy here

[Mister Heat]

Ranger SS-158 is a loud SSB radio, tunes really well

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Excellent Choice Coming Soon w/fet's...

[MOONSHINER]

General Lee's wish i had one. but my cobra 29 will have to do. just a poor countryboy here

get a good tune on that 29, echo, and then get an amp and walk all over a lee.

[dud muck]

Go with the Ranger 158edx.I have one of them and a Gen lee and i would take 1 158edx's to 20 Gen Lee radio's hand down!!! The 158edx is the best bang for the buck.Lets so only i think 40 or 50 bucks more than a Lee and it is ssb and has a 6 digit freq counter and has the new updated main board.Better radio buy far!!

indeed it is. clays shows its only $30 more, without the peak and tune.
The RCI2950 is $30 more.
If its as good of a SSB talker than the RCI-2950, then its the winner.
The 2950 is a bit of a turn-off for me, because of the lack of a real S-meter.

[BigBlue 442]

General Lee's wish i had one. but my cobra 29 will have to do. just a poor countryboy here

get a good tune on that 29, echo, and then get an amp and walk all over a lee.

until the Lee flips the switch and turns the 29 into a 19 with ten cents change.
Why put a turbo on a Yugo when you can buy a General Lee and be done with it?

[mojavehanna]

Or put an amp on a Lee and then your back to comparing apples to apples. Honestly, there are so many variables the radio is the least important thing in the equation. Get a good radio, tune it, and be done with it. The real payoff is in the details IMO, but hey Im a newbie so take it with a grain of salt.

[BigBlue 442]

mojavehanna

Honestly, there are so many variables the radio is the least important thing in the equation. Get a good radio, tune it, and be done with it.

The key word is good radio. One that fits what you are trying to do. Some radios drive certain amps better than others. Some radios have no need for an amps as they have them built in. I posted that radios are relative. I was trying to point out the when it comes to the best of the best antennas and coax can be tested to prove which one is best in an array of applications. How ever when it comes to radios they are relative to what one wants and or likes in a radio.

And for the record The General Lee is a crappy SSB radio bottom of the list for sure. (yes I know the G Lee does not have SSB)
As for the original question there is nothing special about the General Lee other than in my experience I get mistaken as a base all the time and its track record of being a solid chassis made me feel good about putting my money down for it. The General Lee speaks well of the Connex radio line up and other Ranger radios. I would suggest finding one that fits your needs and buy it.

[countryboy]

what kinda power does a general lee pump out???? dead key and swing, pep , rms.

[MOONSHINER]

General Lee's wish i had one. but my cobra 29 will have to do. just a poor countryboy here

get a good tune on that 29, echo, and then get an amp and walk all over a lee.

until the Lee flips the switch and turns the 29 into a 19 with ten cents change.
Why put a turbo on a Yugo when you can buy a General Lee and be done with it?

because to tell ya the truth, the 29 is already capable of 30w pep, get a better echo board like a trb-1 echo (magnum, stryker), and you will talk right with one for that trucker sound.

how many keydown vehicles do ya see with lee's compared to 29's, 78's???

maybe the lee is loud, but throws more harmonics off channel.

[MOONSHINER]

I will say, the biggest part of the mobile setup is feedline and antenna.
the difference between 25-30w and 60w aint much....

[Popcorn501]

Well bottom line is that Gen Lee or Connex 3300 or Galaxy 88 they are the same radio with diff features.And the 158edx is just a newer updated version of the same main board that is in all the Galaxy based radios(Gen Lee,Connex,Mirage,Galaxys)End of story!!

[countryboy]

flip what switch . low and high. that only changes the dead key, right???

[MOONSHINER]

Well bottom line is that Gen Lee or Connex 3300 or Galaxy 88 they are the same radio with diff features.And the 158edx is just a newer updated version of the same main board that is in all the Galaxy based radios(Gen Lee,Connex,Mirage,Galaxys)End of story!!

this is true, except I think the 88 uses a different board than the lee and 3300, (ssb), correct me if I am wrong.

they are all rci's I know that.

[countryboy]

what switch high and low. that only changes the dead key, right???

[BigBlue 442]

General Lee's wish i had one. but my cobra 29 will have to do. just a poor countryboy here

get a good tune on that 29, echo, and then get an amp and walk all over a lee.

until the Lee flips the switch and turns the 29 into a 19 with ten cents change.
Why put a turbo on a Yugo when you can buy a General Lee and be done with it?

because to tell ya the truth, the 29 is already capable of 30w pep, get a better echo board like a trb-1 echo (magnum, stryker), and you will talk right with one for that trucker sound.

how many keydown vehicles do ya see with lee's compared to 29's, 78's???

maybe the lee is loud, but throws more harmonics off channel.

LOL I knew the whole key down 29 would be thrown in there. And as for harmonics I did have a local tell me my Lee was loud all except the off channel harmonics (notice sarcasm here). But then I don't have 9 billion watts and 60 thousand alternators in my mobile RF bomb there comes a point when we are not talking about a normal radio setup anymore. You say Ford I say Chevy I like my radio you like yours.