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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
>
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