The RCI 2950 has been around for many years. The first radio of this type from Ranger Communications was the RCI 2900. The 2900 radio was a CPU type radio with an analog S/RF meter. Comparing the 2900 to the 2950, the meter was the only redeeming quality of the 2900. The 2900 radio was […]
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Back in the August issue I did an article on the new Magnum Maverick A34 10-meter radio. As mention in that article the radio submitted for review was a pre-production unit. Finally Magnum received 20 production radios and I was able to convince them to send one in. This time it arrived complete in a very […]
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The first thing I noticed after removing the top and bottom covers was the mobile chassis mounted in the base chassis. At first I was disappointed thinking this was a cheaply made base radio. What they have done was use the aluminum chassis of their mobile CB radio and designed a base chassis that accepts […]
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The RCI 2950DX is capable of covering 24.0000 MHz to 32.0000 MHz with the addition of a small circuit board provided by an undisclosed third party. It must be mentioned that radios from some Ham Radio only dealers cannot be converted. The prices are lower on these radios, be careful, you may be buying something […]
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n 1961 Frank J. Kukura Jr. and his father formed Kem-tron Industries specializing in manufacturing power supplies, frequency counters, Interceptor 100, Thunderbolt 305, RoadRunner 150 and many other products including antenna electronics like coaxial switch boxes, Ham and CB Base antennas, and fiberglass mobile whips. The coaxial switch box was named the Anttron AS-3. In the […]
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This is the first base station in the line of Galaxy CB radios. In these days of converted 10-meter radios, companies like Cobra, Midland and Uniden seem to be trimming their CB radio lines. Cobra with the elimination of their base station radios. Midland back in the hay days was one of the first manufacturers […]
Continue readingSome of you may think the information presented in this publication is too technical and might be over your head. The intent, as our name implies, is to inform everyone. The material may go into more detail than some of you need but others may have a better technical understanding and have a use for […]
Continue readingAdding the MD-4 to the Magnum 357DX is simple if you don’t want the LCD meter to read any signal. The MD-4 external meter measures current and draws the voltage down to the LCD meter, thus the LCD won’t read once the MD-4 meter is connected to the same signal feeding the internal meter. Remember, […]
Continue readingRCI 2950 Display And Buttons RCI 2950DX Rear Of Front Panel RCI 2950DX Main PC Board Component Side RCI 2950DX Main PC Board Bottom RCI 2950DX Rear Panel
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