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Goat373
Intermediate Member
Username: Goat373
Post Number: 110
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2005 - 10:52 pm: | 
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about a year ago i work on a tr-296 for a friend of mine (unlock the clar* tune up and improvement mods for ssb clarity) and i was thinking the whole time i was working on it, man, this is a nice radio. I went back to where i told him to buy his and they where out, he had bought the last one and they were discontinued...so i thought i was out of luck...well, he sold the radio to some guy, who it turns out i go to church with. anyway, he got out of radio and wanted a scanner so i traded him a bc-350c for the 296...it was a scanner i had laying around and not using...heck, it wasent even in-line, just sitting up on the shelf...after operating this radio for the afternoon here today, it's awsome...this thing is jam up thinking of putting a Turner SSK on it and getting a small amp to throw behind it. |
1861
Intermediate Member
Username: 1861
Post Number: 416
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Monday, December 19, 2005 - 9:54 am: |
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THOSE ARE SWEET RADIOS FOR SURE ! I GOT MINE OUT ON LOAN TO MY FATHER IN LAW , BUT WOULD NEVER GET RID OF IT |
Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 2090
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, December 19, 2005 - 2:48 pm: |
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148 gtl/grant XL, & a fully modifiable rci8719 in those texas ranger 296's! i've got several, including 2 NIB 
just in case |
Goat373
Intermediate Member
Username: Goat373
Post Number: 111
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 8:05 pm: |
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just did the channel mod...not the one listed here...a different one, ive seen several different ways to do it...all i did was
pin 10-switch-ground
pin 11-switch-pin 12
8719 channel chart (148 GTL, etc)
Position 1: sw1 down, sw2 down
NORMAL CHANNELS
Position 2: sw1 up, sw2 down
15=26.815 20=26.885 25=26.925 30=26.985(ch3)
16=26.835 21=26.895 26=26.945 31=26.995(ch3A)
17=26.845 22=26.905 27=26.955 32=27.005(ch4)
18=26.855 23=26.935 28=26.965(ch1)
19=26.865 24=26.915 29=26.975(ch2)
Position 3: sw1 up, sw2 up
1=27.605 6=27.505 10=27.555 14=27.605
2=27.455 7=27.515 11=27.565 16=27.475
3=27.465 8=27.535 12=27.585 20=27.525
4=27.485 9=27.545 13=27.595 23=27.575
5=27.495
Position 4: sw1 down, sw2 up
1=27.605 11=27.725 21=27.855 31=27.955
2=27.615 12=27.745 22=27.865 32=27.965
3=27.625 13=27.755 23=27.895 33=27.975
4=27.645 14=27.765 24=27.875 34=27.985
5=27.655 15=27.775 25=27.885 35=27.995
6=27.665 16=27.795 26=27.905 36=28.005
7=27.675 17=27.805 27=27.915 37=28.015
8=27.695 18=27.815 28=27.925 38=28.025
9=27.705 19=27.825 29=27.935 39=28.035
10=27.715 20=27.845 30=27.945 40=28.045
i used the hi/low and the brt/dim switches on the face, i couldnt bring myself to drill out the radio..
works like a champ too
thinking of putting a 10K on the cb/pa switch |
Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 2097
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 3:59 pm: |
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the 3 switch mod gets ya 27.415, 425, 435, 445 |
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