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Bbmfic
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Username: Bbmfic

Post Number: 22
Registered: 1-2003
Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 12:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i have just bought a 2950 DX & i need for some one to tell me how to convert it from 10 to 11 meters & any other mod that can be done to enhance the radio i will be greatly indeated to you for the help thank you very much BBMFIC
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Bbmfic
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Post Number: 23
Registered: 1-2003
Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 4:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i forgot to add that this 2950 dx is ept695012b that is the board in it thanks
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Inspector
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Post Number: 103
Registered: 12-2001
Posted on Sunday, October 31, 2004 - 3:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Did you get the "expansion module" with the radio? Its' instalation will give you 11m coverage.
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Bbmfic
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Post Number: 25
Registered: 1-2003
Posted on Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 8:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i dont know where to get one can u help me??? where do i get one?? how much is it?? i was just on a site that gave the mod.for the 2950 DX but it said u had to purchase a E-chip or IE expansion module can u tell me where to get one it seems to be easy to install by the way the site i was on showed how to do it Please any help at all would be greatly app. thank you very much ps i was told that coppers sold this module if so how much???
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Inspector
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Post Number: 106
Registered: 12-2001
Posted on Saturday, November 06, 2004 - 3:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The expansion module (sometimes called the E-key) should have been sold with the radio...shame on them! Not sure if Copper has them (I would think they might). When these modules are sold separately, they can demand a rather high price considering they are normally a part of the "package". Was this radio sold to you with the notion it was ready to work 11m, or were they up front about it needing modified?
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Bbmfic
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Post Number: 29
Registered: 1-2003
Posted on Saturday, November 06, 2004 - 5:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

thanks inspector i found out the story about the way it is done & u can buy it for $20.00 shiped to your door all that was done was they installed the 3 wires & put a plug on it & coppers sent the E-Chip with it for the buyer to install it thats why the other 2950 DX were not modifiable it was installed by the seller & the buyer to install the chip thats whats in that shrink tape the E-Chip thats why when u bought one at a ham store it wasnt able to be moded u have to do it yourself or have the seller do the mod for it & there is a site that shows u how to do the mod it is very very easy to do if u know how to solder good but thanks for the help its not expensive at all $20.00 to your door & a little of your time not to expensive
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Inspector
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Post Number: 108
Registered: 12-2001
Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 1:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Oh, the three-wire pigtail now has to be soldered in-place in order to accept the plug-in E-key? They just keep making it harder and harder. I would be interested in the pigtail installation steps. I have tried reverse-engineering the E-key to no luck, as it is double sided, SMT, and markings ground-off. It is good to hear that the price has moderated for a replacement E-key.

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