Realistic Navaho TRC 431
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dime196604
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Realistic Navaho TRC 431
who know of good mods to be done to this radio? any one know how to do the extra channel mod? i have look at the secret cb magazine and on cbtricks.com but the channel mod is hard for me to follow and any one know of a site that walks you through it better? and any on know of any other mods i could do to it to boost the power but wont throw it off frequency?
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Tobin
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If you have a Realistic Navaho TRC 431 radio you should check to see if the radio is fused inside. I had two of these radios and they never had any fuses built in. There was two homes in this area where I live that burned down because of the fault of that specific radio.... I am not sure if there are other radios with the same problem... Another guy here in town lost his garage and nearly lost his home because of the TRC431 Navaho. Be careful.... Look into getting it fused somehow....
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dime196604
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ok thanks i just got it tonight and i can't believe how good of shape it is in and how smooth the knobs are for it being as old as it is. i have not check for fuses yet but i will just unplug it when not in use for now but thanks for the heads up on that. that is some thing every one should know about this radio
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dime196604
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would stretching out the coils one the inside of the radio do anything? I'm not gonna do it is nobody thinks its a good idea. I have read some things on some cobras and they say to fan out the coils on the inside of the radio when adjusting modulation. does this do any thing? My radio have 2coils on the inside one smaller in diameter and one larger one, If this helps any? Should i or shouldn't I? that is the question
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Tobin
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Yeah, I should have told you to unplug it for now... My next door neighbour had one and he unplugged it. He sold it a couple of weeks after he got it because he used to forget it plugged in. He was supposed to try and fuse the radio but I guess he never figured out how....
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Lost Ram
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leave those coils alone!!!! Get a good power mic!!!!
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Tobin
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Lost Ram.. I've never heard of expanding the coils and I have to agree. A good power mic will make that TRC 431 sing.....
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Lost Ram
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Tobin, my personal opinion of the coil spreading theory is that its a hack.
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"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government. So let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so that the second will not become the legal version of the first."
Thomas Jefferson.
Ham: FTDX101MP, FT-991A ,FT8900-2 meter crossband rig
Ham Antennas: 570', 500', wire loops, 2M Copper Slim Jim X2, CG-144 mobile
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government. So let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so that the second will not become the legal version of the first."
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Tobin
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Lost Ram, I think you are spot on with that analysis.... There is a lot of mods and tweaks but why not just tell the person to put a 12 volt cooling fan on the unit.... Fan out the coils... Hahahaha..... Yeah, run a radiator with coolant right next to it.... There should be boards out there that have collant systems running through them like a car... I know it.... Computers have them $$$$$.....
What about dry ice....?? Hmmmmm.... Hack heaven... !
What about dry ice....?? Hmmmmm.... Hack heaven... !
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Night Crawler what happen to the link you posted with the channel mod?Night Crawler wrote:.
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Put a D-104 on mine and it sounded great.
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dime196604
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Any one out here have a link to the PCB lay out of this radio? i can seem to find on any where, I'm gonna put a stinger board in it and i wanna put a variable swing kit in itso i can lower the deadkey
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dime196604
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Digging up this old post because i just picked up a base amp, and was wondering if anyone knew a good safe way to turn down the deadkey. the amp is older so i don't wanna drive it too hard
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