Hi Tim,Having visited your TRC-77 page many times, I knew you would be checking in here. Thanks!The "tens" 3570, 7040, tend to be junked up with digital out here on the East Coast. That is why I was on 7039, and Howie pointed out that the K beacon from Kamchatka was messing me up there, so I will probably move to 7038. K was booming in here this morning at sunrise.We moved the OMRN Sunday evening net from 3570 to 3558 to get away from digital, so that is a commonly used frequency out here.I might try 7050 to see what the digital situation is there.73, RFOn Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 2:45 PM Tim <timsamm@gmail.com> wrote:Hi guys - a happy TRC-77 operator out this way. Of all my Mil radio gear the TRC-77 probably has the most operating hours on it.There are at least 4 TRC-77 sets/operators on the west coast in fairly regular operation along with similar "spy" sets on the "West Coast Agent Guard Channels" of 7050/3550 kc days/nights. Not a formal, schedulet "net" but a rally point to keep a receiver on Guard. One can usually scare up at least one of us if we happen to be in the shack. A quick EMail will also activate the crew...CW Lives!Also always good for random CQ contacts. Most of us also have 3560, 7030, 7040, 7055 and 7060 available.These freqs were selected decades go since FT-243 rocks were commonly available and Expanded Spectrum Systems and QRPme also has HC-49's available for a few bucks each on those freqs (but receive rocks (+455 kc) are another matter.)I used the Epson programmable chips in my nearly-identical TRC-88, they work great but now there are SMT devices available. However ProgRock seems like a better method these days - we look forward to Anthony's application notes on them.If interested, here is everything I have learned about the TRC-77's development, deployment and my own Ops with it. A very capable Bush Radio, it goes with me on every boondocks recon trip...N6CC TRC-77 notes Probably more than you ever wanted to know! HiHiYou might consider some of those freqs as well. I can hit the east coast with the TRC-77 and a dipole pretty routinely with the current good propagation conditions. 500+ miles is easy anytime.Have fun with your sets!TimN6CCOn Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 7:52 AM WA6BBQ via MRCA <mrca@mailman.qth.net> wrote:Rob, very cool!
I also have a TRC-77, but its full of the factory default fairly worthless
crystals.
I did a quick search on N3KCB and didn't see any link to any progrock page.
Do you have a link? I'd like to get mine moved to ham frequencies.
Also, I'd be interested in your list of frequencies that you have
installed in yours, as well as anybody else who's got one up and running.
Thanks and 73,
Jason WA6BBQ
> Hi,
>
> I have been having fun with a TRC-77 set up with progRocks by Anthony
> N3KCB.
>
> This morning radio magic smiled on me as I turned to one of my 2 40m
> channels and heard old military radio buddy Howie WB2AWQ calling CQ from
> Nevada.
>
> It took a few tries to get his attention, but luckily Howie knows how to
> use RIT and he found me with his TS-530s, a rig I used to run also.
>
> Howie had to work a little bit but I repeated a few key items and we had a
> 20 minute ragchew. It was so cool.
>
> Will have to look into military packset CW frequencies for 80 and 40.
> Naturally one of my 80m channels is 3558 and for the time being I am on
> 3522 where I like to listen to the QRQ guys.
>
> RF
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