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Airplane1
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Username: Airplane1

Post Number: 315
Registered: 5-2004


Posted on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 7:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I am getting my 696fd1 moded for extra channels,
does it need to be realigned after it is done. I`m doing the mod where you cut the two wires and add 2 switches.
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Patzerozero
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Post Number: 558
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 7:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

probably not. unless it was off freq to begin with.have someone listen to your transmit AM & SSB, then you listen to them & see where things end up, if you open the clarifier up it'll probably no longer be on center, but that's not really a big deal.
the expo kits usually need a realignment, but again, do it with another radio & you can usually get it close enough where the fine tune tweaks it those few hertz it's off. tweaking by ear is tweaking to YOUR ear-again, not really a bad thing.
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Airplane1
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Post Number: 316
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Posted on Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 12:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Well I cut the grey and yellow wires that need to be for extra ch on 696 mobile,I hooked the grey wire to the dim swich and want to hook the yellow wire to the ch 19 swtch. the problem is the ch 19 switch has three wires comming off of it, black, blue and white, which wires do I need to cut and then hook the yellow wire to. Can someone please help,
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Patzerozero
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Posted on Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 8:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

can't help you with the colors, airplane, the gray & yellow wires should be the ones from the back of the channel selector switch, P5 & 6 right? disconnect wires from bright/dim, & either solder 'em together, or keep 'em apart, depending on how you want lights to stay-bright or dim. then tape 'em up. as for ch 19 switch, the center wire on the switch goes to the wire that gives you regular channel-NOT 19.the other gives you 19 and gets taped up alone. the first 2 get soldered together & taped. just check with an ohmeter, radio on 'regular' channel, whichever 2 wires together show '0' resistance are the 2 you solder together.
then you remove wire from board end that camefrom P5 & solder loose end to bright switch, & take another piece of wire & go from other pin on switch back to the empty hole. you then do the same with the P6 wire & use the ch 19 switch, the same 2 pins the 2 wires you soldered together came off of.
anyways, it's 8 hours since you posted airplane-you should have it done & tested by now!!!
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Airplane1
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Post Number: 318
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Posted on Monday, March 14, 2005 - 8:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I got every thing working now and talked to CA the other night + some others and they all said I was right on frequency. I ended up useing the tone switch though because I just could`nt figure out the ch 19 switches three wires(black, white and blue) every thing I tried made the channel selector light go out so like I said I just used the tone switch. That worked well.

Thanks for your help though,
Roger

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