After looking at the Galaxy website, that sure is a heck of a radio! I probably would like it for doing sideband. (I don't like going on uppers).. I have an old Cobra 139 Base with tons of channels... as I said, I don't like to go to 10 meter, but I confess I do talk right below 1 sometimes. I am a certified Sideband freak! Leo (LDB ) has been talking to me about getting my ham ticket.. .and I've been playing with that idea. He has both CB and Ham in his truck, and plays very nice equipment. I've talked to Arizona and up into Canada on my Cobra, playing thru an Antron, but I like the idea of world wide! We still have a sideband net active on Thursday nights out of Lancaster.
In my area I'm lucky enough to have several friends who still are very active on the CB. We talk quite a bit.
According to the Galaxy site... the 98VHP IS the 8 pill radio.. 8 mosfet finals.. 200 deadkey.
DX 98VHP
Do you have an active CB channel around where you live, besides 19? If you get down around Circleville, we talk some on 19... and some friends and I (they're dump drivers also..)talk on 25.
Dale