[Milsurplus] TRC-1

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 3 Sep 2017 at 16:49, Ray Fantini wrote:

> rather something that´s more telephone friendly like a TRC-1 system. The TRC 
> radios are not that uncommon but the frequency range places them outside the 
> Ham bands so they as originally built are useless. Perhaps I can modify the 
> output tanks and input for operation in the low end of the two meter band?

I have at least two NIB AM-8/TRC-1s here. There was a modification to those published in 
some ham magazine some time ago on how to modify those for BOTH 6 and 2 meters.\

Normally the system covered from 70 to 100 MHz.

Since the input and output tanks are push-pull circuits, if you connected a capacitor in 
series with the main tuning caps, they tuned to 2 meters, and if you used the same cap in 
parallel with the main tuning caps, they output on 6 meters.

Maybe something similar could be done with the transmitter and receiver?

I have manuals around here some place.

IMHO, the TRC-1 is a very interesting piece of equipment, and at the time, was pretty far 
ahead of its time.

Ken W7EKB

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