Bill,

I also had a TR22C and thought it was a great radio.  I put together a box 
into which I home-brewed a power supply, and put a mobile mounting bracket 
on top of the box for the TR22C.  I mounted an SO239 on the back of the box, 
as well as a piece of cable with a PL259 on it for connecting to the back of 
the radio.  I straightened out a coat hanger, soldered a PL259 to one end of 
it, slid a hollow piece of plastic over it and pushed it into the connector 
to keep it from shorting, bent the other end into a tiny loop and connected 
it to an elbow connector which I attached to the back of the box.  This 
arrangement served as my "portable" 2-meter station which I used when I 
wanted to operate from my living room instead of the shack.  I eventually 
hooked a GLB frequency synthesizer up to that radio, and that was my base 
station for quite a while.

Sadly, I wiped out that home-brew power supply one night by doing something 
that should have qualified me for the idiot of the century award, but that's 
a story for another time.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Deatherage" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 15:07
Subject: Re: Most Memorable Ham Experiences


> Hi Phil,
> The second Radio I had was an Icom 2.A.T. Before that I had a drake TR22c
> which ran by crystals.  when I got the Icom it had three wheels on the top
> and you could adjust the frequencies with those.  It also had a key pad so
> you could do Auto patch with it.  I thought I had hit the big time with 
> that
> radio.  It was good and I  really enjoyed it.
> Bill Deatherage wb4YKL
>