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    Slightly Outside of RF Wheel House: Transistor Adapter Idea from Adiophile Electronic Obsolete Parts

    Here is a video on youtube. It is short and has the images, idea's and links to the person developing it. I am sure at some point this idea might be benifical for RF electronic repair and home brewing many projects not only rf related. Hope this idea spurs innovation and cooperation! Cheer's!
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    54Mhz Slug Suprise

    So I installed a 108" whip and some 18' of LMR 400. I had a Uniden PC78XL that I bought about 10 years ago as NOS. It looked like NOS in every single way right down to none of the hardware, power cable, mic looking like new. The good news the antenna is as flat as a slab of finely machined...
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    Realistic TRC 435

    I am not kidding you this little radio got crazy compliments on air. It was because it was not over modulated. It is amazing how good you can sound if you just dont over modulate. You could seriously peak this little radio with a golden screw driver, a pair of diagonal cutters and a light bulb...
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    Trc 465

    Oh and do not take the modulation past 98% to 100%. I do have one that came to me with the 2SC1969 and Super Swing Mod. It does sound really good on AM but no where near as good on SSB as stock radio. The audio on AM is just a little bit better it is not a massive improvement. The modifications...
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    Trc 465

    Do not take it above 15 watts of output on AM. This is not an audio beast keep but is a great radio. Set it between 2.5 to 4 watts and let it swing to 12-14 watts. It will sound fantastic on air. Do not take SSB above 16 watts. Do not do NPC mod. Do not put in a 2SC1969. Do not do super swing...
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    Finally! A cure for K-Tran disease? Why didn't I think of this?

    That is so cool. I have avoided purchasing so many old radio's both recievers, transmitters and trancievers for the last 20 years because I did not know a good way to deal with this. I knew it could be done but I also knew I did not have the skills to solve this. This is absolutely fantastic...
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    Motor Mouth Mauldulator. Well done, but not done well.

    That PCB is way smaller than the origanal MMM unit.
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    50 Years of Power from a Battery? Sounds good to me !

    If the average person could purchase and use duterium tanks you could affordably split hydrogen from water at home and fuel your car or anything else cheaply with very low tech low power equipment. Very diffacult and expensive to get liscensed to purchase and use duterium. It would free the...
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    Anytone 6666 won't work with realistic desk Power Mic - why ???

    Check your adapter wiring or your mic wiring job.
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    CBC INTERNATIONAL Speech Processor or ???

    I am not as talented or experinced as you with electronics in fact I am idiot by comparison. I can plug and play and populate a board and do very mild trouble shooting mostly because I have not made time to advance my understanding and skill. So with that said I head the CBC internation is...
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    Not interested in the gate but Cobra 2000 is nicely done.

    I will go one step farther and say that video gates with the gear in the video are pretty boy look at me and like me gates and video's and turn me off. I talk on the radio to talk on the radio not to make a video of my gear. That sort of nonsense is a turn off to me. It is like the guy with...
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    Not interested in the gate but Cobra 2000 is nicely done.

    Well it is so heavily modified to not have any collector value as a Cobra 2000 in name only at this point. I am not a collector so that is no skin off my back. You can make a Cobra 148GTL, Uniden Grant XL or LT or a Uniden Washington Base sound the same, perform the same for a fraction of the...
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    WHERE CAN I PURCHASE THESE??

    In fact even though my 1998 President Lincoln is going strong I picked up 3 high beta high gain MRF455's about 10-15 years ago with the idea of having some finals handy for my old girl. I also have a few NTE/ECG eqivalants since the MRF455 and the like are so common in little amps and such. I...
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    WHERE CAN I PURCHASE THESE??

    http://inforadio.free.fr/mrf.htm Good Image and a little bit of information for those wanting to make their own. I would love to have an extra board since I have a 1998 President Lincoln with this board fromt he factory. Do we have a sorce? I do not have or use Facebook and have not for about...
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    DEI Transistors

    DEI and PP100's where all made by HG just rebranded. They basicly made endless versions until they got a decent product and used DEI and PP100's as their dumping grounds for early designs. That is how I heard it anyways. The problem is lack of documentation no one can tell you what interchanges...
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    4 pill hg 2879c output capacitor value

    There is but it never matches real world especialy with chinessium parts with fake data sheets and specification printed on parts that never match what you actual get. Arco's are your friend!
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    4 pill hg 2879c output capacitor value

    I have not tried them and do not think I even own one. If I do own one it would be a gift from Gatekeeper. I am not one to chase after max power out of a signal device. So the idea of the 2879C from HG has zero appeal to me since I own 16 or so of the their regular 2879 marked product. I am...
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    PEOPLE SHOULD LEARN TO HAVE SOME COURTESY !!!

    Yes I would agree. I am super polite on the radio not as Frank as I am on internet. Then again when I was on the CB in my early days you had Net Controllers and everything was family oriented. Trash was taken car of either with peer pressure, 20-30 good old boys or lots of letters to the FCC...
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    Any of you guys drill through Bakelite electronics cover? Advice

    Previously I was going to do the 3x9 volt battery mod. I had been just using the 30V batteries since they where still available from Eveready and Excell but now not so much. They have also gotten expensive! Oh how I miss the days of RadioShack pre-cell phone and Chinese toys! I use this meter...
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    Any of you guys drill through Bakelite electronics cover? Advice

    So my high voltage multi-meter is in fantastic shape but takes expensive often hard to find 30V batteries. I was thinking about using a DC-DC bucking transformer to either use a conventional 9V battery or use a cheap 12V powersupply to replace the 30V battery. While I grew up with Bakelite...