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    ICOM 735-745-751 alignment

    Anyone here go through aligning their receive sides of these radios? Athough my 745 is working very well, and is more sensitive on 11 meters than my TRC 458 realistic, I haven't done anything to it except verify the PLL lock voltages for the different bands. They were about 0.07 v off. Tried...
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    Confirmed power output of TRC 433 and 458

    Finally built a good dummy 50 ohm load with shielded test leads for my scope. Verified the yet unopened TRC 433 (good receiver side) put out a constant 3.99 watts, with 40 volts peak to peak accross the load (no modulation), and very nice modulation waveform (used a wavetek 180 audio oscillator...
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    2 meter skip to England from Virginia

    Just listened to three folks on a repeater in England (147.405 Mhz) talk on their mobile, for about 20 minutes. They were on a repeater, and the accent of the repeater clinched it. From northern Va, 7:00 am local. Rig is ICOM 2100H mobile.
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    TRC-458 compared to TRC-433

    The TRC-433 (not touched inside) has more sensitivity and audio clarity than my TRC-458. Background- I found a 458 at a local thrift for $10.00, so I have my first CB radio since 1975. It had no mic, so I bought a TRC-433 on eBay for $15.00 plus shipping, since it came with mic too...
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