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    Tram D201a

    Well first let me say Hello and sorry it's been awhile since I posted I've been moving! lots O' fun!! LOL! Any way I just perchased a mint cond Tram D201a I would like to add extra channels. Any one here know how to do it? any help will be great!!
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    need info on texas ranger

    Picked up a texas ranger tr-127fs radio cheap and did the usual searches can't find any info it has the ranger EPT-012910z main board. It has a few plugs where the is nothing plugged into and Ranger\RCI 8719-99 PLL. Is this the same as thu upd8719? Any help from DTB or any of the other masters...
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    Has anyone got the lowdown on this radio?

    Been looking at the Galaxy DX 2547 Base anyone have info on them Good? Bad? It's a nice looking Unit! What about power mods? looked at cbtricks found a bunch of info but nothin on power tweaks! Thanx Weatherman
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    Fm vs Am

    Well call me stupid if ya want but I have a Question or 2 about radios with FM modes! Correct me if I'm wrong! (FM) Frequency Modulated signal (AM) Amplitude Modulated signal Now for the Questions! 1 all the 10m radios have fm modes but you never hear any one mention using them Why not...
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    need info on transistor

    I have a Maco Mite 2 dual pill marked TRW the numbers are as follows pt9748 7833 c I have looked in all the normal places And still can't find any info on them! any info or links to info would be helpful Thanx
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    Counter poise

    Building an antenna for 11m I know how to calcalate for the radiator part how would I calculate for the lenght of the GP(counterpoise) Thanx
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    Just for the arguments sake

    OK here goes just turned my scanner to the 28 to 30 mhz band I will leave it there for the next week to see if there is any activity in MY area!! I'll let ya know I am in the El Dorado AR (Union County) area I would make a challange to the rest with scanners or radios caple of recieving these...
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    Power supply

    Thinking of making a power supply to run a mobile amp from the house needs to be at least 15 amp what are the components that would ultimately determine the amperage available. Ie transformer? rectifier? filtering capacitors and or chokes? resistor wattage values?
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    Dummy load

    Hey got a Q I made a dummy load out of a old radio chassis, I cut the back off where the only thing left was the coax connector, soldered 20 1000 Ohm 1/4 watt resistors in parallel to get my 50 Ohms works great 1:1 swr my Q is using the 1/4 watt resistors how much power will it handle I have...
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    50 watt mods by justin

    :( A couple of months back i read a post about the 50 watt mods from justin and there were pictures and discriptions on the mod I believe it was done on a cobra 25 or 29 cant remember but I can't find the post if the moderators can help me find it again I would be very grateful Thanx...
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    riddle me this antenna man?

    so here it is set up small radio midland 886c cobra magnet mount mobile antenna radio is on power supply in house antenna mounted to car outside coax thru window (redneck I know but wanted to see if would work) here's the riddle with the antenna on the car 5 TO 8 ft from my trailer I get swr...
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    uniden ekl mods and thoughts

    I have heard, been reading and looking around for the best price on a pc68 elite I am planning on diong the ekl component mods my thought about the uniden and cobra sister radios are this for the price of the radio the price of the parts to mod it and the performance gain it is definatly worth...
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    DTI-4dx???

    I'm into computers just about as much as radio spend an = amount of time on both A couple of years back i found a beta version of a program called dti-4dx that let you interface the computer with a 11 meter radio at the time it was free ware and there was no info on hooking it to the radio I...
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    power supply plans

    I have a small rat shack power supply but it aint enough does anybody have plans for maybe a 10 amp supply that i can use to run a modified mobile cb out of the house thanx in advance