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Frequently Asked Questions

Is it true you offer a discount if my radio was stolen?

I've heard some great things about your radios, are they all true?

What is a "WackPack"?

What is a SuperWackPack, read it all and it will make tons of sense! (UPDATED)???

Super WackPacks are now available I heard, is this true?

Will you WackPack my radio that I already own?

How far can my WackPacked radio transmit?

What does your Super Receive do?

My SWRs are 1.5 pretty good huh?........NOT!

What do you guys think of Cobra, Uniden or Midland Cb radios?

What's the best radio they make?

What's the best microphone to use with a WackPacked radio?

With all these antennas which one is the best mobile?

Why don't I see prices for crying out loud?

Do you have all items in stock?

How do you ship?

Do you really warranty your work forever?

What's your policy on returns?

Is it true some competitor of yours blacklisted you?

Do you offer catalogs?

Do I need a license to purchase a 10m radio?


Is it true you offer a discount if my radio was stolen?

YES! We get so many calls daily that someone broke into a truck, car, home and stole someone's radio. Some idiot thief caused you enough harm, and we'd like to help you. If you supply us a police report (via US mail) we'll offer you up to $25 off a purchase of a new SuperWackPacked radio and discounts on replacement mics, antennas, etc. While it doesn't make a bad situation good, we hope it will make it a little better. Call or email us for details. Limitations do apply.
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I've heard some great things about your radios, are they all true?

YES - honestly we have about a 99.99% success rate at satisfying our customers. We cater to the working man, and know what it's like to work hard for a living. We try our best to treat you right, one call to us, and you'll see!
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What is a "WackPack"?

A WackPack is a process exclusive to RadioActive Radios! About 12 years ago, we saw a need for customers who demanded more audio, cleaner signals, and wanted to be bodacious! After years of research we designed a way to make your radio do just that. We redesign the audio/wattage section of your radio (and other stuff too!) to make your radio do max watts, max audio, and swing. But operate at much cooler temps, helping your finals last A LOT longer!! It's like watching TV, and you hear a TV commercial tons louder than the show you were watching. They do that by audio, that's what we do to our radios! You'll love a WackPacked radio! Tuned/Peaked, Peaked/Tweaked, MegaTune or what ever you call the garbage stuff radio shops do are so basic it makes us laugh. If your paying for a tune/peak honestly you're getting ripped off. What they do is hack out your audio limiter, turn a core, or spread a coil. All together making your radio get a little more audio, but it's like a fat man running up a hill! Won't last long, or strong! And please never be fooled by modulator kits! What a joke, yes some semi work, but you're paying $30-$60 for a resistor in a box! Will you WackPack my radio that I already own?? Yes, as long as it qualifies to get one done. Most Big Radio Chassis do, but please don't ask us to WackPack your cb radio like a Cobra, Midland, or Uniden.
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What is a SuperWackPack, read it all and it will make tons of sense! (UPDATED)???

Many of you have known for years of the wackpack mod that we do to our radios. In Feb 2005 we updated the wackpack after about 12 years! In Feb we released the SuperWackPack!!! First please understand, NOBODY does this but us. Not even under a different name! So many places call their tune ups different things trying to fool you and steal your money. They call their tune/peaks all kinds of names, yet you get the same old thing. It's not a lame swing kit (which is a utter waste of money and ANYONE that says different bumped their head!), it's not a kit you buy and we install. It's our process of working on radios that only we do! Some even try to lie about our work! But we're too busy building radios, (we're radio techs!) to even respond!

To help you understand the superwackpack better read on! A corvette is a car that can go 180 mph. Let's call that the cars peak envelope speed. But how often do corvette drivers drive at 180 mph? Hardly ever. They may drive at 50-80 mph. This is closer to the cars average speed. Radios are the same. A 180 watt radio is its peak envelope power, the max watts it can do. But how often does a 180 watt radio, do its max watts??? Hardly ever. It can do 180 when someone whistles into the mic, that is why radio shops often tune radios while whistling into the mic. (((Horrible way of tuning unless your a bird))) A 180 watt radio on average will do around 80 watts with a good tune, a really good tune.

What the superwackpack does is it brings the average watts up from about 80 to about 135, allowing the 180 watt radio to do 180 watts a lot more often. It's 10x easier to do 180 when its already doing 135. Ham radio dealers, road side shops, radio shops, and internet fakes don't tell you these things, because it doesn't sell radios!

How can it do it? Well for example a sports car once again often times benefits from getting a better exhaust, cam, intake, heads, and other items to get more horsepower from the engine. Making the engine work less, even though the engine gets more horsepower. Often even better gas mileage! Superwackpacked redesigned radios are so much better a design than the factory it helps the radio last a lot longer, even though its doing more watts! Again it's not a repackaged design. It's a RadioActive Exclusive! In fact a radio engineer, of a major radio company said to us on the phone that in all his years he's never seen such a design improvement! Is the extra $$$ worth it to do a superwackpack? Heck, just this explanation is.
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Super WackPacks are now available I heard, is this true?

You better believe it! What is a super wackpack? Ok, its kind of technical but we'll get you up to speed. Wackpacks offer max audio by providing max swing (low dead keys, high pep watts) The super wackpack gets your average watts up higher longer, and squeezes out more watts on most radios. The extra watts aren't really the big deal, the average RMS watts staying up higher longer means you get more talk power! This means as you talk your doing more watts on average then any other radio builder we know about (we know a lot of them!). This means getting out further, longer, and stronger! Yes, still warranted for life, and makes those radios tons more efficient. This is available on MANY models, even ones you send in to our repair department. Don't buy your radio from some lames selling all kinds of radios and junk. Get your radio from a real big radio specialist and talk the talk!
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Will you WackPack my radio that I already own?

Thank you for thinking you may want us to work on your radio. If you own a type of radio we do work on we'd be glad to SuperWackPack. In fact all radios coming to us must be Super Wack Packed before they leave here. However there are times we do NOT take in radios bought elsewhere for service! Why? Being the fact we specialize in high performance mods, there are times in our service schedule that we just don't have the bench space for any extra work. Radios not sold by us, take on avg 2-10x longer for us to work on than a new radio out of the box. During these times, we just don't have the hours in the day to squeeze it in. However when we do have open bench space, we'd love to SuperWackPack your radio. It's awesome to get the customer's before, and after thoughts on a radio they owned already. So call or email us, and we'll see how our service schedule is looking. With our new east coast service center being opened, there just may be a open spot for you!
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How far can my WackPacked radio transmit?

Impossible to answer! Sometimes in the radio world you can talk 1,000 miles easier than 10 miles! However, for example, if you've got a great antenna, a WackPaked radio, and its flat outside, in a mobile you can talk 15 plus miles. Its not unheard of to talk 20! If you're on a hill you get out further. If you're talking to a base, typically they can hear you far away! Always just know no matter how far you're transmitting, if your radio is from us its doing it the best it can! We can't do anything about the canyon you live in, the mountain behind your house, or the noise level on the airwaves...sorry!
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What does your Super Receive do?

Well, the name says it all. It gives you maximum receive on the band you're going to use. Lets say you buy a radio but the radio needs to be modified to transmit on the frequencies you're wanting. Many shops will align transmit, but never touch receive. In fact we know of no other shop offering this service! We can align the receive, and even pump up the receive on your radio!!! Another RadioActive Radios exclusive.
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My SWRs are 1.5 pretty good huh?........NOT!

Let us disagree with 99.9999% of everyone you're ever going to talk to. An SWR of 1.5 is NOT good. It's not bad, but it's not that good either.

1.5 was the standard in 1979 when everyone was a mud-duck, and did 4 watts swinging 9 watts. Modern radios doing 50, 100, 180+ watts are far different then when the old 1.5 SWR was the top notch of the 70's. 8-tracks, disco, and the Brady Bunch era is over people! There's no reason not to have SWR's lower then 1.3 in this day and age. People will argue with us, saying the difference between 1.3 and 1.5 is small. They are right, but we'll also key all over them any day of the week! 1.3 should be as high as your SWR's ever go. Good hand built amplifiers must have SWR's lower than 1.3 with the amp on or off! Most good antennas can get a meter to show 1.1, or 1.2. I say "show" since 99% of the meters used in the world stink. Anyway the point is that lazy shop employees tell you 1.5 is good because they a) either don't know any better, b) are too lazy to adjust 'em lower, or c) just don't know how.

One more quick thing on SWR's. Running a ground strap to a antenna bracket that doesn't need one can hurt your antenna system a lot! Only run a ground strap if you must because your bracket isn't grounded. If this is the case KEEP IT SHORT.
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What do you guys think of radios you don't sell?

A lot of people assume we think all other radios are junk. However this is NOT the case. Some of these radios are much like the Buicks of the radio world. When was the last time you said "Wow look at that La Sabre, that's one sweet Buick", but a Buick is usually a good car! Mostly known for being reliable, usually comfortable, but not a mean machine on average. Many radios are the work horses of the radio world. Usually they talk well, usually have enough features and are usually priced right. However you never see a Corvette Specialist push a Mini Van, not that mini vans are bad either! We sell performance chassis, we like performance chassis, and stand behind performance chassis.
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What's the best radio they make?

Well that all depends on what you're trying to get done. Email us, or call us and tell us about what you're going to use it for, and we'll be glad to find the best radio for you! Just know we sell the best of the best. If you're buying it from us, it will be awesome. You found the only shop that just does Big Radios! Why buy your $300 setup from a shop that sells a $29.99 radios?!? Most radios we sell, we'd use!
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What's the best microphone to use with a WackPacked radio?

If you're driving a Big Truck, then a Astatic 636L, or a RK 56 work best! Why?? These radios have tons of audio, and these mic's make them sound sweet! If you're on a base then call us! If you're a fan of power mics the discontinued Astatic 575M6 works BODACIOUS, but call us we may have some lying around someplace!
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With all these antennas which one is the best mobile?

To answer this question can be tricky. Best for you may not be best for the next guys equipment. But here's some facts (current at the time of this write-up). The BEST built mobile antenna, for everyday use is the Predator 10K, if anyone tells you different they are WRONG! (tell them I told you that too!) We also love Mr. Coily antennas, which are hand built for us. Perhaps the same performance, just built differently.

Some of you guys can't go with big antennas on trucks etc., however in all cases height is might. Get the tallest antenna you can get away with. If you want a fast replacement and a good consumer antenna, Wilson antennas are still pretty darn good. We don't feel the quality is as good as when the real Wilson Antenna Company built them, but they as a rule are good. Monkey Mades weigh a ton, and don't hear near as well as some others, I'd only suggest one if you found one laying in a ditch, or your friend upgraded and gave it to you! It's not the worst, but there are tons better! One quick word on K40........you were the best 20 years ago, now its time to update!
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Why don't I see prices for crying out loud?

Before you get all rev'ed up let us explain why we only have a few prices on our site. First we're ol' fashioned. We believe in customer service. We enjoy talking to our customers on the phone, or via email. We just don't want you to price shop, we want you to actually get the product you really need. Many times this saves you money! Discussing the items that suit your needs may mean big savings for you. Or perhaps that low priced radio isn't going to suit your needs. So feel free to call us or email us! Second people that bounce from site to site just looking for the cheapest price aren't our main customer. These people don't appreciate our "lifetime" warranty on our work. Perhaps they overlook our high quality selection. Notice junk on our site? NO! We specialize in selling the best. Our prices are picked very carefully, we may not be the cheapest, but if saving $3.00 is most important shop someplace that offers no personal service. We at RadioActive believe in awesome quality, super custom service, and backing up what we sell.
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Do you have all items in stock?

Well honestly nope! We can't stock everything all of the time, but do have 90% of the radios in stock, waiting to be sold and then custom built for the customer. If your item isn't in stock we aren't the lying bum type of shops who'll say it is to make a sale! Most radios are about 2-4 days away if they aren't in stock. Some amps take longer, if they aren't in stock, as well. We try our hardest to make sure your item is sent as fast as possible. We know what its like to want your radio quickly!
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How do you ship?

Most all of our items ship out via Priority Mail, aka USPS. We find that for the $2.00-$4.00 extra bucks it is sometimes arrives faster, is more reliable, and USPS never lost any of our packages!!
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Do you really warranty your work forever?

The answer is yes. We want to know if our designs ever fail, even 10 years down the road. If our work fails we'll fix it free forever! If your buying your equipment anyplace else that's crazy! How can we do it? First, we provide the best quality service out there. So when your item leaves here, it works right. But hey lets face it, NASA builds $1,000,000,000,000 projects and they go poof every once in awhile! So if our work does we'll fix it free. This only covers work that we do to a radio. Example our wackpack..... warranted for life! There are some conditions, but no FINE PRINT. Don't let ANYONE work on your radio but us (or even crack the covers open), don't back over it with your truck, and don't tell us to fix it free if your problem has anything to do with something we had nothing to do with! No other place we're aware of backs their work up with a lifetime warranty, wonder why? Many shops have heaps of used, blown up radios that they steal the parts out of to fix yours. Your paying top dollar for used parts! No big heaps of used radios here, but tons of BRAND NEW parts, and high quality service equipment.
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What's your policy on returns?

Our policy is keep what you bought, don't be a fathead! We don't allow returns on custom radios, or equipment. However we'd be crazy not to try our best to make you happy. But formally we need our return policy in writing. If your radio or item has a problem, and the warranty has been voided because of modifications call us, we most likely can get your item warranted. But go through us! Many radios have no warranty from the manufacture so if this is a concern call us before you buy. But returning items just cause you didn't like it is nuts, and we don't accept it. If you have a legit reason for a return, call us, and we'll discuss it!
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Is it true some competitor of yours blacklisted you?

We're too busy building bodacious radios to respond to this delusion in great length. When competition sales are poor, and they feel the heat, they'll come up with a story about anyone. Busy shops don't have the time for the games. Our policy? Our awesome radios, and customers do the speaking for us.
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Do you offer catalogs?

Sorry we offer no printed material. Our customers really aren't the price shopping type. RadioActive customers demand the best performing equipment out there. While we deliver the goods there, we don't deliver catalogs! So quit asking!! Just kiddin!
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Do I need a license to purchase a 10m radio?

10 meter radios are intended for use by licensed amateur radio operators within the United States. While RadioActiveRadio is not required to check for a valid "call sign" or license, the user is required to comply with laws in the USA. It is not our intent for persons to operate on frequencies outside one's privileges. You do not need a license to purchase a 10 meter or any other ham radio, but a license is required to operate one within one's operating privilege. Please direct your license questions to the proper gov't agencies, or one of the many online sites, or local radio "clubs", they'd be glad to help.
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